RepoZip AI

An AI repository index that lets an assistant reason about an entire codebase almost entirely from a compact, persisted index instead of re-reading source files.

RepoZip starts from an ultra-dense AST symbol map (exports, interfaces, types, classes, public methods, imports — bodies, comments, and private members stripped) and enriches it into a navigable index: per-file semantic responsibilities, a global symbol table, a bidirectional dependency graph, feature clusters, a Next.js routing map, a React component tree, a search index, and a change predictor.

The full index payload is gated behind a Solana Devnet micro-payment and exposed to Cursor through an MCP server. Lightweight navigation tools (search_repo, predict_changes) are free.

Stack

• Next.js (App Router) + TypeScript

• TailwindCSS

• @solana/kit for Devnet payment verification

• @modelcontextprotocol/sdk for the MCP server

• @babel/parser + @babel/traverse for AST compression

• react-force-graph-2d for the symbol graph

Related MCP server: Axon.MCP.Server

What it does (in one picture)

The problem: AI coding assistants burn huge token budgets re-reading source files on every task. RepoZip reads the whole repo once, distills it into a dense, structured index, and serves that index to the assistant on demand — so the AI reasons about the codebase without opening files. Access to the heavy payload is metered by a Solana Devnet micro-payment.

flowchart LR
    Repo["Your repository<br/>(raw source)"] -->|"read ONCE"| Pipeline["Indexing pipeline<br/>(10 layers)"]
    Pipeline -->|"persist"| Store[".repozip/<br/>compact index"]
    Store --> MCP["MCP server"]
    MCP <-->|"tools"| AI["Cursor AI"]
    Pay["Solana Devnet<br/>micro-payment"] -.->|"unlocks paid tools"| MCP

    classDef repo fill:#1f2937,stroke:#4b5563,color:#f9fafb;
    classDef core fill:#4338ca,stroke:#6366f1,color:#f9fafb;
    classDef pay fill:#065f46,stroke:#10b981,color:#f9fafb;
    class Repo,Store repo;
    class Pipeline,MCP,AI core;
    class Pay pay;

Architecture

System overview

Three surfaces sit on top of one shared index: a Next.js web app (visual demo + payment UI), a set of HTTP API routes, and a stdio MCP server that Cursor talks to. All of them call into the same indexing library and Solana verifier.

flowchart TB
    subgraph Client["Browser"]
        UI["Next.js App Router UI<br/>src/app/page.tsx"]
        Wallet["Browser wallet<br/>(Phantom / Solana)"]
    end

    subgraph Server["Next.js server + Node"]
        subgraph API["HTTP API routes"]
            Compress["/api/compress"]
            Verify["/api/verify-tx"]
            Search["/api/search"]
            Predict["/api/predict"]
        end
        MCP["MCP server<br/>mcp-server.ts (stdio)"]
        subgraph Lib["Shared library (src/lib)"]
            Indexer["index/indexer.ts<br/>build / load / update"]
            Solana["solana.ts<br/>verify + replay guard"]
            StoreLib["index/store.ts<br/>.repozip persistence"]
        end
    end

    Chain["Solana Devnet<br/>RPC"]
    Cursor["Cursor AI agent"]

    UI --> Compress
    UI --> Search
    UI --> Predict
    UI --> Verify
    Wallet -->|"signed payment"| Chain
    Verify --> Solana
    MCP -->|"paid tools"| Solana
    Solana -->|"getTransaction"| Chain
    Compress --> Indexer
    Search --> Indexer
    Predict --> Indexer
    MCP --> Indexer
    Indexer --> StoreLib
    Cursor <-->|"MCP tools over stdio"| MCP

    classDef ui fill:#1f2937,stroke:#4b5563,color:#f9fafb;
    classDef core fill:#4338ca,stroke:#6366f1,color:#f9fafb;
    classDef pay fill:#065f46,stroke:#10b981,color:#f9fafb;
    class UI,Wallet,Cursor ui;
    class Compress,Verify,Search,Predict,MCP,Indexer,StoreLib core;
    class Chain,Solana pay;

The indexing pipeline (10 layers)

buildIndex(root) scans and AST-compresses every file once (the expensive step), then assembleIndex() derives every cross-file layer with cheap in-memory map operations. This is why incremental updates are fast: only the changed file is re-parsed; the derived layers are recomputed from cached per-file entries.

flowchart TB
    Start["Repository root"] --> Scan["fileScanner.scanRepo<br/>safe walk: ignore rules,<br/>size caps, traversal guards"]
    Scan --> L0["Layer 0 · astCompressor<br/>parse to AST, strip bodies/<br/>comments, keep public API"]

    L0 --> PerFile{{"per-file entry<br/>(buildFileEntry + classifyFile)"}}
    PerFile --> L1["Layer 1 · metadata<br/>language, moduleType, role"]
    PerFile --> L2["Layer 2 · semanticClassifier<br/>responsibilities + summary"]

    L1 --> Assemble
    L2 --> Assemble

    subgraph Assemble["assembleIndex · cross-file layers (cheap map ops)"]
        direction TB
        L3["Layer 3 · symbolTable<br/>global exported symbols"]
        L4["Layer 4 · dependencyGraph<br/>fwd + reverse, multi-kind edges"]
        L5["Layer 5 · featureClusterer<br/>feature map"]
        L6["Layer 6 · routingMapper<br/>Next.js routes"]
        L7["Layer 7 · componentTree<br/>React hierarchy"]
        L8["Layer 8 · searchIndex<br/>inverted index + BM25-lite"]
    end

    Assemble --> L9["Layer 9 · changePredictor<br/>task -> likely / possible / indirect"]
    L9 --> Persist["index/store<br/>persist to .repozip/"]

    classDef scan fill:#1f2937,stroke:#4b5563,color:#f9fafb;
    classDef layer fill:#4338ca,stroke:#6366f1,color:#f9fafb;
    classDef out fill:#065f46,stroke:#10b981,color:#f9fafb;
    class Start,Scan,PerFile scan;
    class L0,L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6,L7,L8,L9 layer;
    class Persist out;

The workflow it enables (AI + MCP)

Once indexed, the assistant navigates with free lightweight tools and only pays when it needs the full payload. No full repository rescan happens during normal editing.

sequenceDiagram
    participant U as User
    participant AI as Cursor AI
    participant MCP as MCP server
    participant IDX as Index store

    U->>AI: "Add OAuth"
    AI->>MCP: predict_changes("Add OAuth")  [free]
    MCP->>IDX: read change predictor
    IDX-->>MCP: likely: auth, login, middleware...
    MCP-->>AI: ranked files + risk + confidence
    AI->>MCP: search_repo("authentication")  [free]
    MCP-->>AI: most relevant files
    Note over AI: opens ONLY those files
    AI->>AI: make code changes
    AI->>MCP: update_file_index(path)  [free]
    MCP->>IDX: reparse 1 file, re-derive layers
    Note over AI,IDX: no full rescan

Payment / paywall flow (Solana Devnet)

Paid tools (get_repo_index, get_file_index, get_compressed_repo_context) require a verified, unused Devnet signature. Verification is fully server-side and replay-protected — the client's claim of success is never trusted.

sequenceDiagram
    participant W as Wallet
    participant MCP as MCP server
    participant S as solana.ts
    participant RPC as Devnet RPC
    participant IDX as Index

    W->>RPC: pay >= MIN_LAMPORTS to MERCHANT_ADDRESS
    RPC-->>W: txHash (signature)
    W->>MCP: get_repo_index(txHash)
    MCP->>S: verifyPayment(txHash)
    S->>RPC: getTransaction(txHash)
    RPC-->>S: recipient, pre/post balances, status
    alt not verified (wrong recipient / amount / failed)
        S-->>MCP: verified=false
        MCP-->>W: PAYWALL_REQUIRED
    else already used
        MCP-->>W: PAYWALL_REQUIRED (replay)
    else verified & unused
        MCP->>S: consumeSignature(txHash)
        MCP->>IDX: loadOrBuildIndex
        IDX-->>MCP: tiered payload
        MCP-->>W: index payload (unlocked once)
    end

In REPOZIP_DEV_UNLOCK mode the paywall is skipped entirely for local demos.

Core modules

• src/lib/fileScanner.ts — Safe recursive repo walk (ignore rules, size caps, path-traversal guards).

• src/lib/astCompressor.ts — Parse to AST, strip bodies/comments, keep public API surface.

• src/lib/tokenEstimator.ts — Estimate original vs compressed tokens + savings.

• src/lib/graphBuilder.ts — Build {nodes, links} for visualization.

• src/lib/solana.ts — Devnet payment verification + replay protection.

Index layers (src/lib/index/)

• types.ts — All index data structures (FileIndexEntry, SymbolEntry, FeatureCluster, RouteEntry, ComponentNode, ChangePrediction, RepoIndex, ...).

• store.ts — Persistence to .repozip/ (per-file shards, manifest, search index) + content hashing.

• metadata.ts — Layer 1 per-file enrichment.

• semanticClassifier.ts — Layer 2 responsibilities (deterministic heuristics + optional LLM enrichment).

• symbolTable.ts — Layer 3 global symbol table with param/return parsing.

• dependencyGraph.ts — Layer 4 graph with reverse edges, tsconfig @/ alias resolution, and imports/extends/implements/renders/apiToService/hookToComponent edges.

• featureClusterer.ts — Layer 5 feature clustering by responsibility + graph connectivity.

• routingMapper.ts — Layer 6 Next.js App Router mapping.

• componentTree.ts — Layer 7 React component hierarchy.

• searchIndex.ts — Layer 8 field-boosted inverted index + BM25-lite ranking.

• changePredictor.ts — Layer 9 change prediction (no fresh scan).

• indexer.ts — Orchestrator: buildIndex, loadOrBuildIndex, and incremental updateFile.

• query.ts — Tiered payload helpers (overview / files / symbols / file detail).

On-disk index (.repozip/, gitignored)

• manifest.json — Repo-level derived layers + per-file hash list.

• files/<slug>.<hash>.json — One shard per file (its FileIndexEntry), for cheap incremental writes.

• search.json — Inverted index postings.

MCP tools

Registered via .cursor/mcp.json.

• get_repo_index — Tiered index (overview | files | symbols | full). Paid. Start with overview.

• get_file_index — Full detail for one file (Tier 3). Paid.

• get_compressed_repo_context — Backward-compatible full AST map. Paid.

• search_repo — Rank files by a natural-language query. Free.

• predict_changes — Predict likely/possible/indirect files for a task, with risk + confidence. Free.

• update_file_index — Incrementally refresh one file's index after an edit. Free.

Paid tools require a verified Devnet txHash; without one they return PAYWALL_REQUIRED (skipped entirely in dev-unlock mode).

Setup

npm install
cp .env.local.example .env.local   # fill in MERCHANT_ADDRESS
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Environment variables

See .env.local.example. Key values:

• MERCHANT_ADDRESS / NEXT_PUBLIC_MERCHANT_ADDRESS — Devnet public key that must receive the payment.

• SOLANA_RPC_URL — defaults to https://api.devnet.solana.com.

• MIN_LAMPORTS — minimum payment (default 100000 = 0.0001 SOL).

• REPOZIP_WORKSPACE — repo the MCP server indexes (defaults to process.cwd()).

• REPOZIP_DEV_UNLOCK — set to 1 to bypass the paywall for local demos.

• REPOZIP_LLM_ENRICH — set to 1 to enable optional LLM enrichment of low-confidence file responsibilities (requires OPENAI_API_KEY). Off by default; deterministic heuristics always run.

Payment flow (Devnet)

1. Connect a browser wallet.

2. Pay >= 0.0001 SOL to the merchant address.

3. The signature is verified server-side (recipient, amount, confirmation).

4. A verified signature unlocks the MCP payload once (replay-protected).

Incremental updates

The index is persisted once and refreshed per file. On an edit, updateFile reparses only the changed file, rewrites its shard, and re-derives the (cheap) cross-file layers — no full repository rescan or reparse of unchanged files. A stale/corrupt or version-mismatched manifest triggers a one-time full rebuild.

Security notes

Verification is server-side only; client-reported success is never trusted. The scanner refuses to read outside the workspace root and skips node_modules, VCS internals, .env*, and binaries. LLM enrichment (when enabled) sends only the compressed file descriptor, never raw source. Only .env.local.example (placeholders) is committed.

License

MIT