Claude KARP Inspector Lite connectorWhat Claude can do in your codebase with KARP Inspector Lite.
The Claude KARP Inspector Lite connector exposes 9 tools. 6 read your codebase and its saved snapshots, 3 write to the extension's local index or switch projects, and 0 are left undocumented. Below: what Claude finds, what it changes, and where it stops.
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What changes once Claude can inspect your code
Instead of grepping through folders and opening file after file, you ask Claude where something lives in your project and it searches for you. KARP Inspector Lite runs on your own machine as a Claude Desktop extension, indexes the project folder you pick and lets Claude find code by what it does, not only by the words it contains.
Locate logic you did not write. A developer joining a team asks where payments are handled: Claude runs search_code with that idea, then file_outline on the best match to show its classes and functions with line numbers, without loading the whole file.
Find an exact string fast. For a variable name, an import or an error message, grep_code does a literal or regex search across the project, the precise counterpart of the meaning-based search.
See what changed in a file. After an edit, reindex_file refreshes the index and saves a snapshot; file_history lists those snapshots and file_diff compares two of them, or one against the live file.
What it does not do: no listed tool edits, creates or deletes your source files. The three tools that write only touch the extension's own index, its snapshots or the active project. Nothing runs on its own either, so a commit does not trigger a re-index; Claude acts only while it answers you. For jobs that must run by themselves, the Integrations hub covers automation platforms.
Five words before you connect
The vocabulary around this connector, in one minute.
- Connector
- A link you set up once between Claude and something outside it, here a folder on your machine, so Claude can use it as it answers.
- Tool
- One named capability a connector gives Claude. Claude decides by itself which to call, and the directory sheet lists every one.
- Approval
- The confirmation Claude waits for before an action that changes something, shown in the conversation at the moment it applies.
- Directory
- The official catalogue of connectors, where each has a sheet naming its publisher, its purpose and the tools it exposes.
- MCP
- The shared standard connectors are built on: it is what lets an assistant like Claude talk to an outside service or extension.
Connect KARP Inspector Lite to Claude in three steps
- 01
Find it in Claude Desktop
This one works in Claude Desktop only. Anthropic's general steps go through Customize then Connectors; no Claude page describes this extension's own screens, so they may differ. On a Team or Enterprise workspace, an Owner or Primary Owner enables it before members each connect.
- 02
Start the connection
In Anthropic's general flow, you start from Connect on the connector's row and, if the link breaks, Disconnect and connect again. The publisher describes its own install path, covered in the tip below.
- 03
Check what you grant
If a screen asks you to grant access, read it before accepting: it is not Claude's, and it sets what the access covers. Whatever it lists, Anthropic's default rule is that Claude asks before each action.
The 9 tools, split by what they do
KARP Inspector Lite gives Claude 9 tools: 6 that read your account, 3 that change something in it.
Six tools read the project, three write to the extension's index or settings. Names stay exactly as Claude shows them.
- 6 read
- 3 write
What Claude reads (6)
6 toolsSix tools that look at your code, its index and snapshots without changing them.
search_code
Searches the project by concept rather than by exact wording, so a question like authentication logic or payment handling can be asked in plain words.
grep_code
Matches a literal string or a regular expression across the codebase, which suits variable names, imports and error messages better than a meaning-based query.
file_outline
Shows the skeleton of a file: its classes, methods and functions with their signatures and line numbers, without pulling the full content into the conversation.
file_history
Lists the snapshots saved for a file, each with its timestamp and size, so Claude knows which versions exist before comparing anything.
file_diff
Compares two saved snapshots of a file, or one snapshot against the file as it is now, and shows what differs.
project_stats
Reports figures on the index: how many files and chunks it holds and which extensions it covers, so you can confirm the project is indexed and nothing obvious is missing.
What Claude changes (3)
3 toolsThree tools that change the extension's local state, never your source files. No source details their confirmation, so the general rule below applies.
index_project
Approval: see the ruleBuilds or rebuilds the extension's search index for the whole project; on later runs it reloads the cached index from disk. Your code is read, and only the index is written.
reindex_file
Approval: see the ruleRefreshes the index for a single file you just edited and stores a snapshot of it for version tracking, keeping search results in step with the code.
set_project
Approval: see the ruleChanges the folder the extension works on, loading its cached index when one exists. The extension's active project setting is what changes, not any code.
What Claude checks with you first
By default, Claude stops and asks before each action it takes on your behalf. The request appears in the conversation when it matters.
On Team and Enterprise workspaces, owners decide whether a member may let some actions go through without being asked every time. They can also limit what a connector may do for the whole organization, for instance keeping searches open and closing anything that writes. That setting binds everyone, and nobody lifts it from a personal account. Claude also works with the rights of the person who connected and nothing beyond.
Which plans include it
None of the 819 sheets in the official directory states its plan availability. That answer is published nowhere, connector by connector.
The general rule is what Anthropic publishes: remote connectors are open to all users on Claude, Cowork, Claude Desktop and mobile, while desktop extensions like this one install on Claude Desktop. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner or Primary Owner opens a connector for the organization before members can connect. Only the connector's sheet in the official directory shows its current state.
Where this connector stops
A connector is not an automation. Claude calls these tools while it answers you, so nothing re-indexes when you save a file or pull new commits.
Only SoulDriver, the publisher, documents this connector; neither the Claude help center nor Anthropic's developer docs has a page about it. The partner badge in the directory is not a security audit, and Anthropic says on every sheet that it neither chooses the tools a publisher exposes nor guarantees they behave as described. Connect only what comes from a publisher you trust. The publisher's README is its only documentation, and the directory sheet lists Claude Desktop as its sole surface.
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