{"id":"hey-granth-codectx","name":"codectx","homepage":"https://codectx.vercel.app","repo_url":"https://github.com/hey-granth/codectx","category":"ai-ml","subcategories":[],"tags":["cli","code-intelligence","context-building","tree-sitter","llm-agents","python"],"what_it_does":"codectx is a Python CLI that scans a source repository, ranks files by importance, extracts AST-derived structured summaries (via tree-sitter), enforces a token budget, and emits a single Markdown context document (e.g., CONTEXT.md) intended to be immediately useful to LLM agents.","use_cases":["Generate compact, structured codebase context for LLM agents (chat, coding, review, debugging).","Create task-focused repository context (architecture/debug/feature) with token-budget enforcement.","Produce auditable “ranked files” context artifacts for repeatable agent runs."],"not_for":["Serving as a networked API to other services (no REST/GraphQL/SDK surface indicated).","Handling secrets or authenticating to third-party systems (no auth mechanisms described).","Security-sensitive environments where arbitrary repository scanning could unintentionally process sensitive files without careful include/exclude configuration."],"best_when":"You want deterministic-ish, offline preprocessing of a local repository into an agent-friendly CONTEXT.md, especially when raw repo dumps exceed model context windows.","avoid_when":"You need an online service with strong auth/rate-limit guarantees, or you cannot control what files are scanned/excluded (since it will traverse and parse repository contents).","alternatives":["sourcegraph/code-intelligence / repo-aware indexing workflows","OpenRewrite-style refactoring/context tools","tools that build embeddings + retrieval (RAG) for code search","language-server-based summarizers (LSP-driven)","static documentation generators combined with manual selection"],"af_score":53.2,"security_score":85.2,"reliability_score":23.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:33:51.348172+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":false,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":[],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication described; functionality appears to be local filesystem analysis via CLI."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing model described (CLI/library). Any costs are indirect (compute/time; optional dependencies like llm/semantic extras)."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":53.2,"security_score":85.2,"reliability_score":23.8,"mcp_server_quality":0.0,"documentation_accuracy":75.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":100.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":100.0,"auth_strength":100.0,"scope_granularity":100.0,"dependency_hygiene":55.0,"secret_handling":60.0,"security_notes":"This appears to be an offline local repository analyzer with no network/auth layer described. Main security risks are operational: it reads/parses repository files that may contain sensitive data; generated CONTEXT.md may inadvertently include such content depending on patterns. Dependency hygiene is moderate-to-unknown from provided data; many tree-sitter grammars and parser dependencies increase supply-chain exposure. No evidence provided about logging of file contents/secrets or safe handling of binary/large files.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":35.0,"breaking_changes_history":30.0,"error_recovery":30.0,"idempotency_support":"true","idempotency_notes":"Running `codectx analyze` on the same repository state should regenerate the same output artifact (though exact summaries may vary if dependency versions or nondeterministic parsing/sorting exist). Watch mode implies repeated regeneration on file changes.","pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["No network API; agent integration likely requires spawning the CLI process and capturing the emitted Markdown artifact.","Correctness depends on include/exclude patterns and .gitignore/.ctxignore handling; misconfiguration can lead to overly large context or missing key files.","First run may be slower due to tree-sitter parsing and graph/ranking computation.","Output format is described but downstream consumers must handle large files and ensure token-budget alignment with the target model."]}}