Carve MCP server

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• carve_apply_ast_patchwrite action

  Validate and apply structured operations to a PART 12 Carve AST, returning the patched AST and canonical Carve source.

• carve_apply_reversible_ast_patchwrite action

  Verify a reversible AST patch against source, apply or undo it, and return a minimal stale-guarded UTF-8 source edit without writing files.

• carve_create_ast_patchwrite action

  Compare two PART 12 Carve ASTs and return position-independent add, replace, and remove operations.

• carve_create_reversible_ast_patchwrite action

  Compare two PART 12 ASTs and return forward and inverse operations with semantic stale-edit fingerprints.

• carve_format

  Format Carve source canonically and report any lossy raw-format nodes.

• carve_lint

  Check Carve source for author-facing problems and silent degradation.

• carve_list_files

  List supported document files inside an explicitly configured root, with bounded recursion and no host paths.

• carve_migrate

  Migrate HTML, Markdown, or Djot source to Carve with fidelity diagnostics.

• carve_parse

  Parse and resolve Carve into its position-aware interchange AST.

• carve_prepare_edit

  Read and canonically format a Carve workspace file without writing. A lossless result includes a stale-guarded patch with UTF-8 byte ranges; a lossy writer-review result has patch: null.

• carve_prepare_workspace_edits

  Prepare bounded formatting proposals and unified diffs without writing. Lossless items include stale-guarded UTF-8 byte patches; lossy writer-review items have patch: null.

• carve_read_file

  Read a UTF-8 text file inside an explicitly configured workspace root.

• carve_render

  Render Carve to HTML, Markdown, plain text, or ANSI terminal text, with loss reporting.

• carve_review_workspace

  Lint Carve files and validate explicit local document links and anchors across a bounded workspace scan.

• carve_select_ast_nodes

  Resolve a heading ID, footnote label, or node type to reviewable PART 12 AST paths without silently choosing among multiple matches.

• carve_workspace_info

  List root indexes and whether writes are enabled. Paths are intentionally not exposed.

• carve_write_filewrite action

  Dry-run by default; atomically write UTF-8 text only when dryRun is false. Overwrites require the hash returned by carve_read_file.

• Code scan31 source files scanned25/25
• –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
• –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
• Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
• Maintenancelast push 0 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner7/10

Carve: common questions

Is Carve MCP server safe?

Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (91/100). Read the Carve safety report

How do I install Carve?

It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.

Does Carve need an API key?

Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.

Is Carve maintained?

The last commit was in the last day (2026-09-19). The latest release is v0.1.4.