# micl2e2/code-to-tree [Health: Active]

**Category:** 🤖 Coding Agents  
**Repository:** https://github.com/micl2e2/code-to-tree  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/micl2e2-code-to-tree

## Description
A single-binary MCP server that converts source code into AST, regardless of language.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Heuristic fallback — verify the package name and runner against the repository README before running it. Uses `npx` (confidence: low):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "code-to-tree": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","micl2e2-code-to-tree"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# Table of Contents

-   [MCP Server: code-to-tree](#orgf542482)
-   [Using code-to-tree](#org862e7dc)
-   [Configure MCP Clients](#orge54fa87)
-   [Building (Windows)](#org48a8180)
-   [Building (macOS)](#orgbaa740e)



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# MCP Server: code-to-tree

The code-to-tree server's goals are:

1.  Give LLMs the capability of **accurately** converting source code into
    AST(Abstract Syntax Tree), regardless of language.
2.  One **standalone** binary should be everything the MCP client needs.

These goals imply:

1.  The underlying syntax parser should be **versatile** enough. Here we
    choose [tree-sitter](https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter), and languages are: C, C++, Rust, Ruby, Go, Java, Python.
2.  The server should be able to carry all capabilities within
    itself, imposing **minimum** software dependencies on the end user's
    machine. Here we choose [mcpc](https://github.com/micl2e2/mcpc).

**Screenshots:**

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micl2e2/code-to-tree/HEAD/chathistory.png" width="450px" /><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/micl2e2/code-to-tree/HEAD/wholeast.png" width="200px" />

The above screenshots are obtained by asking the question specified
in `q.md`. 

(**IMPORTANT NOTE**: LLMs have no responsibility of generating the identical
result for the same question,  you will likely get a completely different
style or content. The screenshots or questions provided here are just for the reference)

<a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@micl2e2/code-to-tree">
  <img width="380" height="200" src="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@micl2e2/code-to-tree/badge" alt="code-to-tree MCP server" />
</a>


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# Using code-to-tree

Before everthing, you need to have the code-to-tree executable on your
machine (`code-to-tree.exe` for Windows, `code-to-tree` for macOS),
you can download at GitHub release [page](https://github.com/micl2e2/code-to-tree/releases) or build it yourself. Once
downloaded, you configure your MCP clients to install it, check the section
*"Configure MCP Clients"* for more details.


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# Configure MCP Clients

Here we use Claude as the example.


## Windows

In your Claude configuration
(`C:\Users\YOUR_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json`),
specify the location of `code-to-tree.exe`:

    {
        "mcpServers": {
    	    "code-to-tree": { "command": "C:\\path\\to\\code-to-tree.exe" }
        }
    }


## macOS

In your Claude configuration,
(`~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json`)
specify the location of `code-to-tree`

    {
        "mcpServers": {
    	    "code-to-tree": { "command": "/path/to/code-to-tree" }
        }
    }


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# Building (Windows)


## 1. Prepare environment

1.  download & install MSYS2.
2.  open application "MSYS2 MINGW64"
3.  run `pacman -S make gcc git`


## 2. Prepare tree-sitter libraries

Here we need to compile and install tree-sitter and all related grammars.

Clone them:

    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-cpp
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-rust
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ruby
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-go
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-java

Compile and install them:

    cd tree-sitter && OS=1 make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-c && OS=1 make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-cpp && OS=1 make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-rust && OS=1 make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-ruby && OS=1 make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-go && OS=1 make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-java && OS=1 make install


## 3. Build code-to-tree

Install mcpc:

    git clone https://github.com/micl2e2/mcpc
    cd mcpc && make install

Compile code-to-tree:

    cd mcpc/example/code-to-tree
    
    CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -L/usr/local/lib" make
    
    # Check the binary
    file code-to-tree.exe
    
    # Remember the binary's location
    pwd
    # Assume the output is: /c/path/to/code-to-tree.exe


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# Building (macOS)


## 1. Prepare environment

1.  Xcode Command Line Tools


## 2. Prepare tree-sitter libraries

Here we need to compile and install tree-sitter and all related grammars.

Clone them:

    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-c
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-cpp
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-rust
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-ruby
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-go
    
    git clone https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter-java

Compile and install them:

    cd tree-sitter && make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-c && make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-cpp && make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-rust && make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-ruby && make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-go && make install
    
    cd tree-sitter-java && make install


## 3. Build code-to-tree

Install mcpc:

    git clone https://github.com/micl2e2/mcpc
    cd mcpc && make install

Compile code-to-tree:

    cd mcpc/example/code-to-tree
    
    make
    
    # Check the binary
    file ./code-to-tree
    
    # Remember the binary's location
    pwd
    # Assume the output is: /path/to/code-to-tree