# roslyn-mcp MCP Server

Local-first MCP server for semantic C# analysis & refactoring via Roslyn & MSBuildWorkspace.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `Darylmcd.RoslynMcp` on nuget. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**67 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### [audit] symbol_search lacks pagination — broad queries overflow MCP response cap on large solutions

## Finding

`symbol_search` has no pagination parameters (`offset`, `limit`, or cursor). Broad queries on large solutions produce 69K+ responses that exceed the MCP transport cap, making the tool unusable without kind-filter narrowing. Other tools in the same family (`list_analyzers`, `test_discover`) have pagination.

## Repro

Call `symbol_search` with a broad `query` string (no `kind` filter) on a 36-project solution. Observe response body exceeds 69K characters.

## Proposed fix

Add `offset

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/617) · 2026-05-11 · closed · 3 comments

### [audit] guided_extract_interface prompt payload exceeds MCP cap (~30+ KB)

- id: itchatbot-guided-extract-interface-prompt-payload-cap
- source-repo: itchatbot
- severity: P1
- area: prompts
- server-version: 1.38.1
- anchors:
  - src/RoslynMcp.Host.Stdio/Prompts/PromptMessageBuilder.cs

**finding**: `get_prompt_text` for `guided_extract_interface` overflows the MCP inline payload cap (~30+ KB observed) on workspaces with 9+ projects. This is the third prompt of three in the same payload-cap-overflow family — sister issues are [#755](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/776) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 1 comment

### [audit] find_unused_symbols flags *ForTest test-bridge accessors as unused (convention-invoked exclusion gap)

- id: tradewise-find-unused-symbols-test-bridge-suffix-exclusion-gap
- source-repo: tradewise
- severity: P3
- area: tools
- server-version: 1.38.1
- anchors:
  - src/RoslynMcp.Roslyn/Services/DeadCodeService.cs

**finding**: `find_unused_symbols(includePublic=false)` flags `Build*CommandTextForTest` methods (test-bridge accessors used via `InternalsVisibleTo`/reflection from test assemblies) as unused with `confidence=high`. 20 such hits observed in the TradeWise consumer audit. The existing "c

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/775) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 1 comment

### [audit] get_prompt_text has side-effects — debug_test_failure runs dotnet test, security_review runs vuln scan

- id: itchatbot-get-prompt-text-side-effects-in-rendering
- source-repo: itchatbot
- severity: P2
- area: prompts
- server-version: 1.38.1
- anchors:
  - src/RoslynMcp.Host.Stdio/Tools/PromptShimTools.cs
  - src/RoslynMcp.Host.Stdio/Prompts/PromptMessageBuilder.cs

**finding**: `get_prompt_text` for at least two prompts actually invokes live tools during rendering rather than performing pure template substitution: `debug_test_failure` runs `dotnet test` (16.5s, 1126 test outcomes captured); `sec

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/772) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 1 comment

### [audit] get_di_registrations default response (showLifetimeOverrides=true) overflows MCP cap on 100+ registrations

- id: itchatbot-get-di-registrations-default-response-exceeds-mcp-cap
- source-repo: itchatbot
- severity: P2
- area: tools
- server-version: 1.38.1
- anchors:
  - src/RoslynMcp.Host.Stdio/Tools/AdvancedAnalysisTools.cs

**finding**: `get_di_registrations` with its default response shape (`showLifetimeOverrides=true`) produces an 86 KB body on a 141-registration DI graph, exceeding the MCP inline transport cap and triggering a write-to-disk envelope fallback that breaks default callers. Peer too

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/771) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Option C (Claude Code plugin) doesn't bundle the server binary, contradicting docs, and can't use Option B's dnx invocation

## Description

README and `docs/compatibility.md` describe **Option C** (the Claude Code plugin) as if it's self-contained:

- README: "The plugin bundles the MCP server, 32 skills, and safety hooks."
- `docs/compatibility.md` install-path table: Option C cold-start cost is "**Lowest (bundled)**" and update story is "`/plugin update`".
- `docs/compatibility.md` client table: "The Claude Code Plugin path ... is the highest-fidelity install — bundles the server, 32 skills, and safety hooks."

In 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/1305) · 2026-08-21 · closed · outside contributor · 0 comments

### Infer workspaceId from filePath when the call already identifies exactly one loaded workspace

## Signal

From the same 10,383-event MCP log survey (2026-04 → 2026-07): **23 of 69** structured tool errors — the single largest category — are workspace-disambiguation failures.

```
InvalidArgument | find_references | Parameter 'workspaceId' is invalid:
  workspaceId was omitted but 2 workspaces are loaded
  (8f6915d11da64f378bd17149cc69b751, 9c49cfa626844a6eaf0bcdec43af740d).
  Pass workspaceId explicitly to choose one.
```

Spread across `find_references`, `compile_check`, `document_symbol

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/1129) · 2026-07-31 · closed · 0 comments

### Accept LSP-style 'character' as an alias for the 'column' source-location parameter

## Signal

A survey of 10,383 MCP log events across 43 working directories (2026-04 → 2026-07) turned up 69 structured tool errors. The single largest shape — **13 occurrences**, still recurring as of 2026-07-28 across two unrelated repos (TradeWise, SnipCue) — is:

```
InvalidArgument | find_references | Parameter '<unknown>' is invalid:
  Source location is incomplete. Provide all of filePath, line, and column. Missing: column.
  Note: this server uses parameter name 'column' (1-based), not th

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/1128) · 2026-07-31 · closed · 0 comments

### [audit] test_reference_map.limit caps coveredSymbols only; mockDriftWarnings + uncoveredSymbols unpaginated

- id: itchatbot-test-reference-map-pagination-only-covers-covered-symbols
- source-repo: itchatbot
- severity: P3
- area: tools
- server-version: 1.38.1
- anchors:
  - src/RoslynMcp.Host.Stdio/Tools/TestCoverageTools.cs

**finding**: `test_reference_map`'s `limit` parameter only caps the `coveredSymbols` collection. The other two enumerable response fields — `mockDriftWarnings` (109 entries observed) and `uncoveredSymbols` — are unpaginated, producing a 60 KB payload even when caller sets `limit

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/774) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 0 comments

### [audit] project_graph.outputType reports Library for ASP.NET Web/Worker SDK projects (should be Exe)

- id: tradewise-project-graph-output-type-misreports-sdk-defaulted-exe
- source-repo: tradewise
- severity: P3
- area: tools
- server-version: 1.38.1
- anchors:
  - src/RoslynMcp.Host.Stdio/Tools/WorkspaceTools.cs
  - src/RoslynMcp.Roslyn/Services/WorkspaceManager.cs

**finding**: `project_graph.outputType` returns `Library` for ASP.NET Core Web (`Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web`) and Worker (`Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Worker`) projects that have no explicit `<OutputType>` element. These SDKs default `OutputType=

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/773) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 0 comments

### [audit] P2 polish list (firewallanalyzer 2026-05-16): tools/prompts/resources medium-severity findings

Bundled list of P2-class findings from the 2026-05-16 mcp-server-surface-test run against darylmcd/DotNet-Firewall-Analyzer. Server v1.38.1+7b2c0b9, catalog 2026.04. Audit report: `audit-reports/20260516T062913Z_firewallanalyzer_mcp-server-surface-test.md`. Each item below is a distinct finding and may be split into its own issue if a maintainer picks it up. Items prefixed with the section number from the audit report.

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**13.3 Cross-tool blind spot on static extension-host classes** — `find

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/768) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 0 comments

### [audit] Preview tokens expire silently across workspace auto-reload; staleness contract undocumented

**id:** firewallanalyzer-preview-token-stale-across-auto-reload
**source-repo:** darylmcd/DotNet-Firewall-Analyzer (firewallanalyzer)
**severity:** P1
**area:** tools
**server-version:** 1.38.1+7b2c0b9
**audit-report:** audit-reports/20260516T062913Z_firewallanalyzer_mcp-server-surface-test.md

**Finding:** A preview token issued by `*_preview` (e.g. `scaffold_test_preview`) becomes stale after an intervening apply that triggers workspace auto-reload (visible as `_meta.staleAction=auto-reloaded`

[Read the thread](https://github.com/darylmcd/Roslyn-Backed-MCP/issues/767) · 2026-05-16 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 18 reports Pod holds for roslyn-mcp](/mcp/roslyn-mcp/issues) — of 67 qualified upstream.

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