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MCP tools

The orchestrator-mcp server exposes Spine to assistants like Claude Code and Codex — 17 tools total: 8 read-only comprehension tools, plus gated SDLC tools that write only after a human approval.

Install

Terminal window
pip install 'synaptixs-spine[mcp]'

Then register the plugin with your assistant and ask about your repo in plain language — the assistant picks the right tool.

Read-only comprehension (8)

These write nothing and need no credentials:

map_repo · blast_radius · explain_symbol · investigate · localize · regression_gaps · root_cause · docs_for

See Comprehension for the question each one answers.

Gated SDLC tools

The remaining tools complete the 17 total. They perform actions — branch, codegen, tests, PR — and every one of them stops at a governance gate. Nothing is written to the outside world without an explicit human approval.