Tree Sitter MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides code analysis capabilities using tree-sitter, designed to give AI assistants intelligent access

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Tree Sitter MCP Server?

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides code analysis capabilities using tree-sitter, designed to give AI assistants intelligent access to codebases

What the server does

The preferred_languages setting controls which language parsers are pre-loaded at server startup rather than on-demand. This provides several benefits:

  • 🔍 Flexible Exploration: Examine code at multiple levels of granularity
  • 🧠 Context Management: Provides just enough information without overwhelming the context window
  • 🌐 Language Agnostic: Supports many programming languages including Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Rust, C, C++, C#, Swift, Java, Kotlin, Dart, Julia, and APL via tree-sitter-language-pack
  • 🌳 Structure-Aware: Uses AST-based understanding with efficient cursor-based traversal
  • 🔎 Searchable: Find specific patterns using text search and tree-sitter queries
  • 🔄 Caching: Optimized performance through parse tree caching

Credentials and setup notes

  • Python 3.10+ - Tree-sitter language parsers for your preferred languages

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Maintainer setup documentation.

How to install the Tree Sitter MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tree_sitter": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "mcp_server_tree_sitter.server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

  • Python 3.10+ - Tree-sitter language parsers for your preferred languages

Example prompts to try

  • “Use Tree Sitter to Prerequisites.”

Frequently asked questions

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