← Monday, October 12, 2026AgentsTool

Local search across files and agent sessions aims to reduce tool calls and tokens

tedhaley.ca 9 min read Editor score 6/10

A desktop search tool finds exact words or concepts across files, repositories and coding-agent sessions, with MCP access for agents to retrieve selected context. Engineers building coding agents may find its local-first approach useful for narrowing context.

What

Pensieve is a local search tool for files, repositories and coding-agent sessions.

How

It searches by meaning or exact words; agents connect over MCP to retrieve relevant passages with file and line references.

Why it matters

Focused search can give agents useful context with fewer tool calls than searching and reading many files.

Read on tedhaley.ca → Hacker News · 14 comments

Headline, summary, brief and diagram are written by a model from the source's own text; the link, byline and numbers come from the source. Read the original before relying on a claim.