Dialectic

A high-performance code review MCP tool built with Rust, enabling AI assistants to present structured code reviews directly in VSCode.

Features

• 🦀 Rust-powered MCP server for optimal performance and reliability
• 📝 Structured code reviews with clickable file references
• 🔗 Seamless VSCode integration via custom webview panel
• 🤖 AI assistant compatibility with Claude CLI, Q CLI, and other MCP clients
• ⚡ Concurrent processing with non-blocking IPC communication

Quick Start

# Install Rust if needed
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/socratic-shell/dialectic.git
cd dialectic
cargo setup

Then ask your AI assistant: "Present a review of the changes you just made"

Setup Options

# Production setup (installs to PATH)
cargo setup

# Development setup (builds in target/)
cargo setup --dev

# Setup for specific AI assistant
cargo setup --tool claude
cargo setup --tool q
cargo setup --tool both

# Skip extension build (server only)
cargo setup --skip-extension

# Skip MCP registration (build only)
cargo setup --skip-mcp

Documentation

Full documentation is available at: dialectic.dev

• Installation Guide
• Quick Start
• Architecture Overview

License

MIT