mcp/ast-grep repository overview

⁠ast-grep MCP Server

ast-grep is a fast and polyglot tool for code structural search, lint, rewriting at large scale.

What is an MCP Server?⁠

⁠MCP Info

⁠Image Building Info

Attribute	Details
Dockerfile	https://github.com/dgageot/mcp-ast-grep/blob/c0a1edaf9cd6b168f2b59bc5a0161ad49a793099/Dockerfile⁠
Commit	c0a1edaf9cd6b168f2b59bc5a0161ad49a793099
Docker Image built by	Docker Inc.
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Licence	Apache License 2.0

⁠Available Tools (1)

⁠Tools Details

⁠Tool: ast-grep

Search codebases using ast-grep patterns for straightforward structural matches. (returns json)

This tool is read-only. It does not modify its environment.

This tool may perform destructive updates.

This tool interacts with external entities.

⁠Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ast-grep": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-v",
        "/local-directory:/local-directory",
        "mcp/ast-grep"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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