# Raysense > A structural X-ray for the codebases AI agents are writing. - **Type:** MCP server - **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-rayforcedb-raysense` - **Verified:** Pending review - **Seller:** [RayforceDB](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/rayforcedb) - **Installs:** 0 - **Category:** [Integrations](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/integrations) - **Latest version:** 0.1.0 - **License:** MIT - **Upstream author:** [RayforceDB](https://github.com/RayforceDB) - **Source:** https://github.com/RayforceDB/raysense - **Website:** https://sense.rayforcedb.com/ ## Install ```sh agentstack add mcp-rayforcedb-raysense ``` Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. ## About Raysense reads your repository as a graph: who imports who, where the cycles are, which files are now load-bearing, what tends to change together. It runs locally, refreshes on save, and serves the whole picture to your coding agent over MCP. Before an edit, the agent can ask *what depends on this file*. After a chunk of edits, it can ask *did this regress anything*. ## Why A coding agent reads source one file at a time. The shape of the project (its modules, its layers, its cycles, the files that always change together) never reaches its working memory. Reviewers operate on diffs, and a diff hides structure by definition. So architectural drift is invisible until it shows up as a production bug, a regression, or a refactor that takes a week. ## Grading model Six dimensions, each graded A through F against the dependency graph and commit history of the repo. The overall score, 0 to 100, is their weighted aggregate: - **Modularity** - how cleanly modules separate - **Acyclicity** - how much the dependency graph really is a graph - **Depth** - how layered (or how flat-and-tangled) the code is - **Equality** - how evenly responsibility is distributed - **Redundancy** - how much logic is duplicated - **Structural uniformity** - how consistent the patterns are The score moves with structure, not with cosmetics: adding tests or shuffling files around will not lift it. ## Install One-liner. Installs the `raysense` binary and registers it as a stdio MCP server with whichever local Claude hosts are present (Claude Desktop and / or the `claude` CLI): ```bash curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RayforceDB/raysense/main/install.sh | sh ``` Step by step instead: ```bash cargo install raysense # binary only raysense install # register raysense with every Claude host present ``` The install command auto-detects every Claude host on the machine and registers raysense with each one in its native form: | Host | Where it writes | What you get | |---|---|---| | Claude Desktop | `claude_desktop_config.json` | MCP server (50 tools + 6 prompts in the "+" menu) | | Claude Code | `~/.claude/settings.json` (marketplace + enabledPlugins) | Plugin: tools + prompts + slash commands (`/raysense:audit`) + skills | | Cowork | `local-agent-mode-sessions///cowork_plugins/known_marketplaces.json` | Marketplace registered; finish with `/plugin install raysense@raysense-marketplace` in your next Cowork session | Force a subset when you want to be explicit: ```bash raysense install --desktop # only Claude Desktop raysense install --code # only Claude Code (plugin install) raysense install --cowork # only Cowork (research preview) ``` Re-running is safe. Existing `raysense` entries are overwritten silently, so upgrading via `cargo install raysense` and then re-running `raysense install` points the host at the new binary in one step. Skip the host wiring if you only want the CLI: ```bash curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RayforceDB/raysense/main/install.sh | sh -s -- --no-mcp ``` ### Update To upgrade an existing install to the latest release: ```bash cargo install raysense --force # pull the newest binary from crates.io raysense install # repoint every detected host at the new binary ``` Or in one shot via the installer (it also takes `--version` if you want to pin): ```bash curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RayforceDB/raysense/main/install.sh | sh ``` For Claude Code, after upgrading the binary also run: ``` /plugin uninstall raysense@raysense-marketplace /plugin install raysense@raysense-marketplace ``` (or use `/plugin reinstall raysense` if your Claude Code version supports it, followed by `/reload-plugins`). This pulls the new plugin manifest, slash commands, and skills from GitHub. The MCP server picks up the new binary automatically because it's resolved from `PATH` on each launch. For Cowork, run `/plugin install raysense@raysense-marketplace` in a fresh Cowork session (the marketplace was registered by `raysense install`; cowork fetches the plugin on first install). For Claude Desktop, just **quit and reopen** the app — the MCP server respawns on launch and the new binary is on PATH from `cargo install --force`. ### Agent surfaces Once raysense is installed, agents see it through up to four surfaces. Which ones light up depends on the host: | Surface | Invoked by | Available in | |---|---|---| | **MCP tools** (`raysense_health`, `raysense_hotspots`, `raysense_blast_radius`, …) | The model auto-calls them as needed | Desktop, Code, Cowork | | **MCP prompts** (templated workflows, parametrized) | Desktop "+" attachment menu / Claude Code `/mcp__raysense__*` | Desktop, Code, Cowork | | **Plugin slash commands** (`/raysense:*`) | User typing `/` | Code, Cowork | | **Plugin skills** (model-triggered phase workflows) | The model picks them up automatically when phase-relevant | Code, Cowork | The six workflow names are consistent across surfaces: | Name | What it does | Args | |---|---|---| | `bootstrap` | Scan, save baseline, surface top hotspots / failing rules | `path` | | `verify` | Rescan, diff against the session baseline | `path` | | `drift` | Diff over a time window (7d / 30d / 90d) | `path`, optional `window` | | `impact` | Blast radius + coupling + cycle exposure for one file | `path`, `file` | | `query` | Run a Rayfall query (`select` / `.graph.*` / Datalog) against the baseline | `path`, `question` | | `audit` | Heavy review: architecture, evolution, test gaps, DSM | `path` | In Claude Code, type `/raysense:audit /path/to/repo` for the slash form, or let the model invoke the matching skill. In Claude Desktop, click the "+" attachment button next to the prompt bar, pick `raysense → audit`, and fill in the path. The MCP tools (50+ of them, listed in `raysense --help` and via `tools/list`) are always callable directly by the model. ## Use ```bash raysense . # health report raysense . --check # CI gate, exits non-zero on rule violations raysense . --watch # rescan + reprint on a 2s loop raysense . --ui # live dashboard at http://localhost:7000 raysense --mcp # stdio MCP server for agents ``` ## Sample output Pointed at this very repo (`raysense .`): ```text score 82 / 100 coverage 90 / 100 structure 68 / 100 facts files=34 functions=656 calls=7518 call_edges=1383 imports=247 imports local=98 external=124 system=0 unresolved=25 graph resolved_edges=89 cycles=0 max_fan_in=53 max_fan_out=21 coupling local_edges=98 cross_module_edges=0 god_files=2 unstable_hotspots=0 size max_file_lines=5907 max_function_lines=1345 large_files=7 long_functions=20 test_gap production_files=13 test_files=0 files_without_nearby_tests=13 dimensions modularity=100/100 (A) acyclicity=100/100 (A) depth=100/100 (A) equality=45/100 (F) redundancy=80/100 (B) structural_uniformity=79/100 (C) overall_grade B architecture depth=4 max_blast_radius=7 max_blast_radius_file=src/facts.rs complexity max=140 avg=4.261 cognitive_max=119 cognitive_avg=3.457 dead_functions=50 evolution available=true commits_sampled=151 changed_files=34 authors=2 bug_fix_commits=1 ``` `--json` produces the same facts in machine-readable form for CI gates, diffs, and agent consumption. `--ui` brings up the same data live in the browser, `--watch` keeps the terminal report fresh as you edit, and `--mcp` exposes every fact and rule to your coding agent over MCP. ## Query and policy Every saved baseline is a queryable columnar database. Run free-form Rayfall expressions, drop in custom rules as `.rfl` files, and bring external CSVs into the same query substrate. ```bash # 1. Save a baseline with 21 splayed tables (files, functions, calls, # call_edges, imports, types, hotspots, change_coupling, # trend_health, trend_hotspots, trend_violations, ...) raysense baseline save . # 2. Ad-hoc query in Rayfall (LISP-like, prefix, arity-strict). raysense baseline query files \ '(select {from: t where: (> lines 500) desc: lines})' # 3. Graph algorithms over the call graph (PageRank, Louvain, topsort, # shortest-path, betweenness, k-shortest, BFS expand). raysense baseline query call_edges \ '(select {from: (.graph.pagerank (.graph.build t (quote caller_function) (quote callee_function)) 30 0.85) desc: _rank take: 10})' # 4. CI-gated architectural rules. Drop *.rfl files in # .raysense/policies/; each must return a (severity, code, path, # message) table. Exit code 0 pass, 1 eval error, 2 error finding. raysense policy check # 5. Bring your own data. Coverage, lints, runtime traces, # pre-computed embeddings -- all join the baseline through the # shared sym table. raysense baseline import-csv coverage ./coverage.csv raysense baseline query coverage \ '(select {from: t where: (/.raysense/`. Two sessions on two repos = two independent baselines, zero cross-project bleed. ## Capabilities - **Live treemap dashboard** - every file, every metric, every cycle, open in your browser while you work - **Baselines and what-if** - diff against a saved snapshot; simulate an edit (delete a file, break a cycle) before touching the tree - **Splayed-table agent memory** - scan results materialized as columnar tables so an agent's follow-up questions are instant reads, not re-scans - **Rayfall query layer** - run select / `.graph.*` (PageRank, Louvain, topsort, shortest-path, betweenness, ...) / Datalog rules with transitive closure / vector primitives (cos-dist, knn, hnsw-build, ann) against the saved tables. Same vocabulary in agent queries, MCP tools, and committed `.rfl` policy packs - **Policy packs as code-reviewable files** - `.raysense/policies/*.rfl` are Rayfall expressions that return a (severity, code, path, message) table. `raysense policy check` walks the directory and exits 0 / 1 / 2 for CI gating. Architectural rules ship in the repo, not in raysense's release notes - **Bring your own data** - `raysense baseline import-csv` lifts any CSV into a queryable baseline table. Coverage data, lint counts, runtime traces, pre-computed embeddings -- all join the structural baseline through the shared sym table - **Edit-risk per file** - one number per file ranking which the next agent edit is most likely to break. Composite of churn, max complexity, single-owner penalty, and missing-tests penalty, refreshed on every save - **Drift over time** - every baseline save and `trend record` appends one row to the splayed `trend_health`, `trend_hotspots`, and `trend_violations` tables in the saved baseline. Agents query "what got worse over the last 30 days" through Rayfall, the typed `raysense_drift` MCP tool, or the `drift` skill, all reading the same columnar substrate as every other baseline table. No JSON sidecar. Verify still surfaces per-dimension regressions against the saved baseline (Equality B to D) for the no-time-window case - **Bug-density per file** - files where most of the churn is fix commits float to the top. Conventional Commits prefixes (fix, hotfix, revert) drive the classifier; absolute count and ratio against total commits both feed the ranking - **Test gap detection** - files without nearby tests, ranked by structural risk. Feeds directly into the edit-risk score so untested files in churn-heavy areas surface first - **Evolution signal** - bus factor per file, change-coupling pairs, temporal hotspots (churn x complexity), file age windows, and bug-fix concentration over the last 500 commits - **69 language profiles out of the box** - 11 languages with full AST analysis (Python, TypeScript, C++, Java, C#, Kotlin, Scala, Swift, Ruby get type inheritance on top; Rust and C stop at complexity since their type models don't fit the inheritance graph). Rayfall (the RayforceDB query language) ships with native function/import/type extraction tuned to its S-expression syntax. 57 more standard profiles (Go, Elixir, Haskell, Clojure, Zig, GLSL, Terraform, Dockerfile, ...) via configurable plugins. Add your own in `.raysense/plugins/`. ## Built on Rayforce The splayed-table agent memory, the baseline tables you can query back, and the columnar storage behind the live dashboard are all powered by **[Rayforce](https://github.com/RayforceDB/rayforce)**, an in-memory analytics runtime optimized for graph-shaped queries. Rayforce is what makes "ask the same question a hundred times during a coding session" cost a hundred microseconds instead of a hundred re-scans. It's open-source and linked statically into the raysense binary; there is nothing extra to install. If you're building structural-analysis tooling of your own, take a look. Rayforce is a standalone project and useful well beyond this one. ## Configuration `.raysense.toml` at the repo root overrides everything: rule thresholds, plugin language definitions, baseline scoring, what-if ignored paths. Per-language rule overrides let one language demand stricter caps than another. `raysense --help` lists every flag. ## Building from source ```bash git clone https://github.com/RayforceDB/raysense.git cd raysense cargo build --release ``` The rayforce C runtime is sourced from upstream at the SHA pinned in `.rayforce-version`. `build.rs` clones it on first build, or uses a `RAYFORCE_DIR=/abs/path` you provide. Requires `git`, `make`, and a C compiler (clang or gcc). ## License MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE). ## Source & license This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code. - **Author:** [RayforceDB](https://github.com/RayforceDB) - **Source:** [RayforceDB/raysense](https://github.com/RayforceDB/raysense) - **License:** MIT - **Homepage:** https://sense.rayforcedb.com/ Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above. ## Pricing - **Free** — Free ## Security capabilities Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access: - **Network access:** yes - **Filesystem access:** no - **Shell / process execution:** no - **Environment & secrets:** no - **Dynamic code execution:** no *"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.* ## Versions - **0.1.0** — security scan: flagged — Imported from the upstream source. ## Links - Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-rayforcedb-raysense - Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/rayforcedb - Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse --- Listed on AgentStack — the marketplace for AI agent skills and MCP servers. 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