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micl2e2/code-to-tree

⭐ 87 C repository created 2025-05-17

code-to-tree converts source code into an abstract syntax tree and returns it to the model, with two stated goals: accuracy regardless of language, and a single standalone binary being everything the MCP client needs. Parsing uses tree-sitter, which provides real grammars for C, C++, Rust, Ruby, Go, Java and Python, so the tree reflects the language's actual syntax rather than a heuristic guess at structure. The zero-dependency goal is met by writing the server in C on the mcpc library and statically linking, so there is no Node, Python or other runtime to install — an unusual and genuinely useful property for a tool meant to be dropped into a client configuration on an arbitrary machine. Why a model wants an AST: reasoning about code as text loses structure, and questions about nesting, scope, which arguments a call actually passes, or where a block ends are answered exactly by a parse tree and only approximately by pattern matching. The repository includes screenshots of whole-AST output and of the tool in conversation, with build instructions for Windows and macOS. The audience is developers building code-analysis agents and anyone wanting reliable structural parsing without adding a language runtime to the environment.

https://github.com/micl2e2/code-to-tree

mcpasttree-sittercsyntax-analysisstatic-analysisdependency-freecode-parsing