Depwire CLI

Deterministic context for AI coding agents. An open-source local MCP server that replaces RAG guesswork with real dependency graphs — so Claude, Cursor, and Verdant know exactly what your code does.

Depwire CLI — The Deterministic MCP Server for AI Coding Agents

Depwire CLI is an open-source local infrastructure layer that sits between AI coding assistants and your codebase. Instead of feeding LLMs probabilistic search results, Depwire builds a full dependency graph of your code and exposes it as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server — so tools like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Verdant get deterministic, auditable context on every request.

Why Depwire Is Not RAG

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is probabilistic — it returns whatever the embedding model thinks is similar. Depwire is deterministic — it returns exactly what depends on what, what calls what, and what breaks if you change a symbol. Same query, same answer, every time.

What It Does

Dependency Graph: Parses your codebase into a typed graph of files, symbols, and edges using tree-sitter
17 MCP Tools: connect_repo, get_architecture_summary, impact_analysis, simulate_change, security_scan, and more
What If Simulation: Ask "what breaks if I delete this function?" before you touch a line of code
Security Scanner: Reachability-aware vulnerability detection — no more CVEs on unused imports
11 Languages: TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Java, C#, Ruby, PHP, C++, Kotlin

Token Savings

Teams using Depwire report 40% fewer tool calls, 56% fewer file reads, and 70% fewer grep operations compared to RAG-based context retrieval. Deterministic lookups don't need to search — they know.

Install

npm install -g depwire-cli
depwire mcp

Then add Depwire to your Claude Desktop config and your agent has full structural understanding of your codebase.

Open Source

Depwire CLI is open source under BUSL-1.1. The Depwire Cloud tier adds hosted MCP endpoints, private repo support, and AI-powered chat for teams that don't want to run infrastructure.