AI code impact analysis MCP server — dependency graphs, cascade detection, and a mandatory build gate for AI coding agents
AI code impact analysis MCP server — dependency graphs, cascade detection, and a mandatory build gate for AI coding agents. That is what the syke mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible AI coding agent.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
The server publishes 8 tools. What each one is for:
gate_build — Freecheck_safe — Freeget_dependencies — Freeanalyze_impact — Proget_hub_files — Prorefresh_graph — Proai_analyze — Procheck_warnings — ProConfiguration is passed through the environment: GEMINI_KEY, OPENAI_KEY, ANTHROPIC_KEY, SYKE_LICENSE_KEY. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Syke's toolset — gate_build, check_safe, get_dependencies and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by khalomsky; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| gate_build | Free |
| check_safe | Free |
| get_dependencies | Free |
| analyze_impact | **Pro** |
| get_hub_files | **Pro** |
| refresh_graph | **Pro** |
| ai_analyze | **Pro** |
| check_warnings | **Pro** |
**Cursor** (`.cursor/mcp.json`):
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"syke": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@syke1/mcp-server@latest"]
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| GEMINI_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| OPENAI_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| ANTHROPIC_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| SYKE_LICENSE_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
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