cd mcp-server
npm install
npm run build

npm install -g @ason-format/mcp-server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ason": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/absolute/path/to/ason/mcp-server/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ason": {
      "command": "ason-mcp"
    }
  }
}

{
  "json": {"users": [{"id": 1, "name": "Alice"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Bob"}]},
  "config": {
    "indent": 1,
    "delimiter": "|",
    "useReferences": true,
    "useSections": true,
    "useTabular": true
  }
}

ASON 2.0 Output:

users:[2]{id,name}
1|Alice
2|Bob

Configuration used:
{
  "indent": 1,
  "delimiter": "|",
  "useReferences": true,
  "useSections": true,
  "useTabular": true
}

{
  "ason": "users:[2]{id,name}\n1|Alice\n2|Bob"
}

{
  "users": [
    {"id": 1, "name": "Alice"},
    {"id": 2, "name": "Bob"}
  ]
}

{
  "json": {"users": [{"id": 1, "name": "Alice"}, {"id": 2, "name": "Bob"}]},
  "config": {
    "indent": 1,
    "delimiter": "|"
  }
}

Compression Statistics:

Original Tokens: 32
Compressed Tokens: 15
Reduction: 53.13%

Original Size: 78 bytes
Compressed Size: 41 bytes
Savings: 37 bytes

Configuration:
{
  "indent": 1,
  "delimiter": "|",
  "useReferences": true,
  "useSections": true,
  "useTabular": true
}

{
  "config": {
    "indent": 2,
    "delimiter": ",",
    "useReferences": false
  }
}

Global configuration updated:

{
  "indent": 2,
  "delimiter": ",",
  "useReferences": false,
  "useSections": true,
  "useTabular": true
}

# Build
npm run build

# Watch mode
npm run watch

# Test locally
node dist/index.js

User: Can you compress this JSON for me?
{
  "products": [
    {"id": 1, "name": "Laptop", "price": 999},
    {"id": 2, "name": "Mouse", "price": 25}
  ]
}

Claude: I'll use the compress_json tool to compress this JSON.
[Uses MCP tool compress_json]

Result:
products:[2]{id,name,price}
1|Laptop|999
2|Mouse|25

This compressed version uses 45% fewer tokens!

# Run the release script
./scripts/release.sh

# 1. Select version bump (patch/minor/major)
# 2. Update CHANGELOG.md when prompted
# 3. Confirm push

# GitHub Actions will automatically:
# - Build the package
# - Publish to NPM (@ason-format/mcp-server)
# - Create GitHub Release