@github-analyzer/type-error

Type error detection microservice for GitHub repositories using GitHub MCP (Model Context Protocol).

Installation

npm install -g @github-analyzer/type-error

Usage

CLI

# Analyze a repository
type-error analyze --owner microsoft --repo vscode --branch main --token YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN

# Disable MCP integration
type-error analyze --owner microsoft --repo vscode --no-mcp

# Or use environment variable
export GITHUB_TOKEN=your_token_here
type-error analyze --owner microsoft --repo vscode

Programmatic API

import { TypeErrorAnalyzer } from '@github-analyzer/type-error';

const analyzer = new TypeErrorAnalyzer('YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN', true);

const result = await analyzer.analyzeRepository('microsoft', 'vscode', 'main');

console.log(`Total Type Errors: ${result.totalErrors}`);
console.log(`Language: ${result.languageInfo.language}`);
console.log(result.errors);

Features

• Detects type errors in TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Java, and Go
• Integrates with GitHub MCP for advanced type checking
• Analyzes GitHub Check Runs for type errors
• Provides detailed error reports with file, line, and column information
• Categorizes errors by type (implicit-any, type-annotation, etc.)
• Auto-detects language and configuration files

GitHub MCP Integration

This tool leverages GitHub's Model Context Protocol (MCP) to access advanced type checking information from GitHub's code analysis infrastructure. MCP provides:

• Real-time type checking results from GitHub Actions
• Integration with language servers
• Access to check run annotations
• Enhanced error detection

API

TypeErrorAnalyzer

Constructor

new TypeErrorAnalyzer(githubToken: string, mcpEnabled?: boolean)

Methods

analyzeRepository(owner, repo, branch?)

Analyzes a GitHub repository for type errors.

Parameters:

• owner (string): Repository owner
• repo (string): Repository name
• branch (string, optional): Branch name (default: 'main')

Returns: Promise<TypeAnalysisResult>

Supported Languages

• TypeScript (.ts, .tsx)
• JavaScript (.js, .jsx)
• Python (.py)
• Java (.java)
• Go (.go)

License

MIT