Parser facts about a codebase: architecture, call graphs, control flow, effects, beliefs
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claude mcp add gen-understand -e UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY=<UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY> -e UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE=<UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE> -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"gen-understand": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY": "<UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY>",
"UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE": "<UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"gen-understand": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY": "<UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY>",
"UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE": "<UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"gen-understand": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY": "<UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARY>",
"UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE": "<UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHE>"
}
}
}
}
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Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
UNDERSTAND_MCP_BINARYOptional | Path of a local understand-mcp binary; skips the download, for offline machines |
UNDERSTAND_MCP_CACHEOptional | Folder for the downloaded binary; defaults to the user cache folder |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 12 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.hpdkhoa/gen-understand |
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