API Reference
API Reference
Complete reference for kit-dev-mcp tools and responses
Repository Operations
open_repository
Parameters
{
"path": string, // Required: local path or GitHub URL
"github_token": string, // Optional: for private repos
"ref": string // Optional: branch/tag/commit
}Returns
{
"repo_id": string,
"path": string,
"type": "local" | "github",
"file_count": number,
"language_stats": {
"Python": 45.2,
"JavaScript": 30.1,
...
}
}get_file_tree
Parameters
{
"repo_id": string, // Required: repository identifier
"path": string, // Optional: subdirectory path
"max_depth": number // Optional: tree depth limit
}Returns
[
{
"path": "src/main.py",
"type": "file",
"size": 2048,
"last_modified": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z"
},
{
"path": "src/utils",
"type": "directory",
"children": [...]
}
]Documentation Research
deep_research_package
Parameters
{
"package_name": string, // Required: package to research
"max_sources": number // Optional: max sources to fetch
}Returns
{
"package": "react",
"sources_found": 8,
"quality_score": 0.92,
"documentation": {
"overview": "React is a JavaScript library...",
"installation": "npm install react",
"api_reference": {...},
"examples": [...],
"best_practices": [...]
},
"sources": [
{
"type": "official",
"url": "https://react.dev",
"reliability": 1.0
}
],
"output_file": "/path/to/cache/react_docs.json"
}Code Intelligence
extract_symbols
Parameters
{
"repo_id": string, // Required
"file_path": string, // Required
"symbol_type": string // Optional: "function" | "class" | "all"
}Returns
{
"symbols": [
{
"name": "authenticate",
"type": "function",
"line": 15,
"docstring": "Authenticate user credentials",
"parameters": ["username", "password"],
"returns": "User | None"
},
{
"name": "User",
"type": "class",
"line": 5,
"docstring": "User model class",
"methods": ["__init__", "validate", "save"],
"attributes": ["id", "username", "email"]
}
],
"imports": [
"from datetime import datetime",
"import jwt"
],
"metrics": {
"complexity": 5,
"lines_of_code": 150
}
}Search Operations
grep_ast
Parameters
{
"repo_id": string, // Required: repository identifier
"pattern": string, // Required: AST pattern to search
"file_pattern": string, // Optional: glob pattern for files
"language": string // Optional: programming language
}Returns
{
"matches": [
{
"file": "src/main.py",
"line": 42,
"text": "async def handle_request(req):",
"match_type": "async_function_def"
}
],
"total_matches": 15,
"files_searched": 120
}search_code
Parameters
{
"repo_id": string, // Required: repository identifier
"pattern": string, // Required: regex pattern
"max_results": number, // Optional: limit results
"case_sensitive": boolean // Optional: case sensitivity
}Error Responses
All tools return standardized error responses:
{
"error": {
"code": "REPOSITORY_NOT_FOUND",
"message": "Repository with ID 'repo_123' not found",
"details": {
"repo_id": "repo_123",
"available_repos": ["repo_456", "repo_789"]
}
}
}Common Error Codes
REPOSITORY_NOT_FOUND- Repository doesn't existFILE_NOT_FOUND- File doesn't exist in repositoryINVALID_PARAMETERS- Missing or invalid parametersPERMISSION_DENIED- No access to resourceRATE_LIMITED- API rate limit exceededTIMEOUT- Operation timed out