dialectic

# 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 ```bash # 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 ```bash # 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](https://dialectic.dev) - [Installation Guide](./md/installation.md) - [Quick Start](./md/quick-start.md) - [Architecture Overview](./md/design/overview.md) ## License MIT