semantic-edit-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server for AST-aware code editing

Supported Languages and Important Language Notes

Rust
- Must have rustfmt available on the PATH
- Currently assumes edition 2024 for formatting, eventually this will be determined from context
Python
- Must have ruff available on the PATH
JavaScript/TypeScript/JSON/JSX/TSX
- Must have biome available on the PATH
TOML
- No external dependencies, taplo formatting included
Plaintext / markdown / default editor
- No external dependencies

Tools

  preview-edit           Stage an operation and see a preview of the changes
  retarget-edit          Change the targeting of an already-staged operation without rewriting the content
  persist-edit           Execute the currently staged operation
  set-working-directory  Set the working context path for a session

Installation

$ cargo install semantic-edit-mcp

Usage with Claude Desktop or gemini-cli

Add this to your MCP configuration JSON file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "edit": {
      "command": "/path/to/semantic-edit-mcp/semantic-edit-mcp",
      "args": ["serve"]
    }
  }
}

semantic-edit-mcp

semantic-edit-mcp

Supported Languages and Important Language Notes

Tools

Installation

Usage with Claude Desktop or gemini-cli

License

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