world-model-mcp 0.7.0

MCP server that builds a world model for codebases to prevent hallucinations, repeated mistakes, and regressions

World Model MCP

Enforcement, provenance, and harness-neutral memory for AI coding agents. A temporal knowledge graph that validates code changes against learned constraints at the edit boundary, re-injects relevant context after compaction, tracks contradictions with confidence-weighted resolution, and runs across Claude Code and Cursor.

Status: v0.7.0 -- 25 MCP tools, 14 CLI subcommands, 220 tests. Adds PostCompact / UserPromptSubmit auto-injection, the defer enforcement tier for headless agents, confidence-weighted contradiction resolution, a compaction audit log, and a Cursor adapter. Contributions welcome.

mcp-name: io.github.SaravananJaichandar/world-model-mcp

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What It Does

World Model MCP creates a temporal knowledge graph of your codebase that learns from every coding session to:

• Prevent Hallucinations -- Validates API/function references against known entities before use
• Stop Repeated Mistakes -- Learns constraints from corrections, applies them in future sessions
• Reduce Regressions -- Tracks bug fixes and warns when changes touch critical regions
• Survive Compaction -- Re-injects top constraints and recent facts after the agent's context window resets
• Resolve Contradictions -- Picks a winner between conflicting facts using confidence, recency, or source count

Think of it as a long-term memory layer that runs alongside Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP-aware coding agent.

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What's new in v0.7.0

• PostCompact / UserPromptSubmit auto-injection -- when the agent's context is compacted, the hook automatically splices the top constraints and recent canonical facts back into the next turn. Configurable, fails open.
• defer enforcement tier -- PreToolUse now classifies recurring warning-level violations as defer, which pauses headless agents (with graceful fallback to ask on older clients) instead of either hard-denying or silently passing through.
• Confidence-weighted contradiction resolution -- the new resolve_contradiction tool picks a winner using keep_higher_confidence, keep_most_recent, keep_most_sources, or auto. The loser is marked superseded.
• Compaction audit log -- every PostCompact event writes a row with pre/post token counts and what was re-injected. Query with the audit-compactions CLI or export to JSONL.
• Cursor adapter -- harness-neutral hooks under adapters/cursor/. Same Python helpers, different manifest format.

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Quick Start

Option 1: Desktop Extension (one-click for Claude Desktop)

Download the latest .mcpb from Releases and drag it into Claude Desktop. Auto-installs hooks, MCP server config, and dependencies.

Option 2: pip install (Claude Code CLI / IDE plugins)

# 1. Install the package
pip install world-model-mcp

# 2. Setup in your project (auto-seeds the knowledge graph from existing code)
cd /path/to/your/project
python -m world_model_server.cli setup

# 3. Restart Claude Code
# Done! The world model is pre-populated and active

You can also re-seed or seed manually at any time:

# Seed from existing codebase
world-model seed

# Re-seed with force (re-processes already seeded files)
world-model seed --force

What Gets Installed

your-project/
├── .mcp.json                    # MCP server configuration
├── .claude/
│   ├── settings.json           # Hook configuration
│   ├── hooks/                  # Compiled TypeScript hooks
│   └── world-model/            # SQLite databases (~155 KB)

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Features

1. Hallucination Prevention

Before:

// Claude invents an API that doesn't exist
const user = await User.findByEmail(email); // This method doesn't exist

After:

// Claude checks the world model first
const user = await User.findOne({ email }); // Verified to exist

Goal: Reduce non-existent API references by validating against the knowledge graph

2. Learning from Corrections

Session 1: User corrects Claude

// Claude writes:
console.log('debug info');

// User corrects to:
logger.debug('debug info');

// World model learns: "Use logger.debug() not console.log()"

Session 2: Claude uses the learned pattern

// Claude automatically writes:
logger.debug('debug info'); // No correction needed

Goal: Learned patterns persist across sessions and prevent repeat violations

3. Regression Prevention

// Week 1: Bug fixed (null check added)
if (user && user.email) { ... }

// Week 2: Refactoring
// World model warns: "This line preserves a critical bug fix"
// Claude preserves the null check

// Result: Bug not re-introduced

Goal: Detect potential regressions before code execution

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How It Works

Architecture

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Claude Code + Hooks                                      │
│ Captures: file edits, tool calls, user corrections       │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                         |
                         v
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ MCP Server (Python)                                      │
│ - 22 MCP tools for querying/recording/predicting          │
│ - LLM-powered entity extraction (Claude Haiku)           │
│ - External linter integration (ESLint, Pylint, Ruff)     │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                         |
                         v
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Knowledge Graph (SQLite + FTS5)                          │
│ - entities.db: APIs, functions, classes                  │
│ - facts.db: Temporal assertions with evidence            │
│ - relationships.db: Entity dependency graph              │
│ - constraints.db: Learned rules from corrections         │
│ - sessions.db: Session history and outcomes              │
│ - events.db: Activity log with reasoning chains          │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Key Concepts

1. Temporal Facts: Every fact has validAt and invalidAt timestamps

   • "Function X existed from 2024-01-15 to 2024-03-20"
   • Query: "What was true on March 1st?"

2. Evidence Chains: Every assertion traces back to source

   • Fact -> Session -> Event -> Source Code Location

3. Constraint Learning: Pattern recognition from user corrections

   • Automatic rule type inference (linting, architecture, testing)
   • Severity detection (error, warning, info)
   • Example generation for future reference

4. Dual Validation: Combines two validation sources

   • World model constraints (learned from user)
   • External linters (ESLint, Pylint, Ruff)

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MCP Tools

Twenty-two MCP tools available to Claude Code:

1. query_fact

Check if APIs/functions exist before using them

result = query_fact(
    query="Does User.findByEmail exist?",
    entity_type="function"
)
# Returns: {exists: bool, confidence: float, facts: [...]}

2. record_event

Capture development activity with reasoning chains

record_event(
    event_type="file_edit",
    file_path="src/api/auth.ts",
    reasoning="Added JWT authentication middleware"
)

3. validate_change

Pre-execution validation against constraints and linters

result = validate_change(
    file_path="src/api/auth.ts",
    proposed_content="..."
)
# Returns: {safe: bool, violations: [...], suggestions: [...]}

4. get_constraints

Retrieve project-specific rules for a file

constraints = get_constraints(
    file_path="src/**/*.ts",
    constraint_types=["linting", "architecture"]
)

5. record_correction

Learn from user edits (HIGH PRIORITY)

record_correction(
    claude_action={...},
    user_correction={...},
    reasoning="Use logger.debug instead of console.log"
)

6. get_related_bugs

Regression risk assessment

result = get_related_bugs(
    file_path="src/api/auth.ts",
    change_description="refactoring authentication logic"
)
# Returns: {bugs: [...], risk_score: float, critical_regions: [...]}

7. seed_project

Scan the codebase and populate the knowledge graph with entities and relationships

result = seed_project(
    project_dir=".",
    force=False
)
# Returns: {files_seeded: int, entities_created: int, relationships_created: int}

8. ingest_pr_reviews

Pull GitHub PR review comments and convert team feedback into constraints

result = ingest_pr_reviews(
    repo="owner/repo",  # Auto-detected from git remote if omitted
    count=10
)
# Returns: {prs_scanned: int, constraints_created: int, constraints_updated: int}

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Documentation

• QUICKSTART.md - 5-minute setup guide
• CONTRIBUTING.md - Contribution guidelines
• RELEASE_NOTES.md - Version history and features

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Testing

# Run tests
pytest

# With coverage
pytest --cov=world_model_server --cov-report=html

186 tests covering knowledge graph CRUD, FTS5 search, constraint management, bug tracking, auto-seeding, PR review ingestion, decision traces, outcome linkage, trajectory learning, prediction layer, memory health, contradiction detection, transcript pointers, project identity, and PreToolUse enforcement. See tests/ for details.

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Configuration

Environment Variables

# Database location (default: ./.claude/world-model/)
export WORLD_MODEL_DB_PATH="/custom/path"

# Anthropic API key (optional - enables LLM extraction)
# IMPORTANT: Never commit this! Use .env file (see .env.example)
export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY="your-api-key-here"

# Model selection
export WORLD_MODEL_EXTRACTION_MODEL="claude-3-haiku-20240307"  # Fast
export WORLD_MODEL_REASONING_MODEL="claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022"  # Accurate

# Debug mode
export WORLD_MODEL_DEBUG=1

Note: Create a .env file in your project root (see .env.example) - it's automatically ignored by git.

Customizing Hooks

Edit .claude/settings.json to customize which tools trigger world model hooks:

{
  "hooks": {
    "PostToolUse": [{
      "matcher": "Edit|Write|Bash",
      "hooks": [...]
    }]
  }
}

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Language Support

Currently Supported:

• TypeScript / JavaScript
• Python

Coming Soon:

• Go, Rust, Java, C++

Extensible Architecture: Easy to add new language parsers (see CONTRIBUTING.md)

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Privacy and Security

• Local-First: All data stays on your machine
• No Telemetry: Zero tracking or external data transmission
• Optional LLM: Works without API key (uses regex patterns as fallback)
• Encrypted Storage: SQLite databases are local files (encrypt your disk for security)

API Key Usage (only if you provide ANTHROPIC_API_KEY):

• Entity extraction from code changes
• Constraint inference from corrections
• Never sends: Credentials, secrets, PII

Security Best Practices:

• Never commit .env files
• Use .env.example as template
• Store API keys in environment variables or .env files only
• The .gitignore automatically excludes sensitive files

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Roadmap

v0.2.x

• Auto-seeding: knowledge graph populates from existing codebase on setup
• PR Review Intelligence: ingest GitHub review comments as constraints
• Relationship tracking: import and dependency graph between entities
• Multi-language support: Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, Solidity, Go, Rust
• CLI query command for knowledge graph lookups
• 40 tests, 8 MCP tools

v0.3.0

• Module-level matching: query by module name finds the file and its contents
• Incremental re-seeding: only re-process files changed since last seed
• Fuzzy entity matching: approximate name search for typos and abbreviations
• Query caching: in-memory cache with TTL for repeated lookups
• Java support: complete multi-language coverage
• MCP server pipeline validation on real projects

v0.4.0

• Outcome linkage: test failures linked to code changes with facts
• Trajectory learning: co-edit patterns tracked across sessions
• Decision trace capture: structured log of agent proposals and human corrections
• Cross-project entity search with project registry
• 5 new MCP tools (13 total), 104 tests

v0.5.0

• Regression prediction, "what if" simulation, test failure prediction
• Multi-project knowledge transfer, memory health, fact TTL/decay
• get_context_for_action pre-edit bundle, constraint violation tracking, find_contradictions
• 20 MCP tools, 151 tests

v0.6.0 — Enforcement, Provenance, Identity

• PreToolUse constraint enforcement hook: deny hard violations at the edit boundary
• Indexed transcript pointers: hydrate any fact back to source conversation
• Project identity decoupling: stable UUID across directory renames
• Content-hash deduplication for facts and constraints
• Auto-generate CLAUDE.md from the knowledge graph
• BetaAbstractMemoryTool subclass for Anthropic SDK integration
• Desktop Extension (.mcpb) packaging for Claude Desktop
• 22 MCP tools, 13 CLI subcommands, 186 tests

v0.7.0 (Current) — Auto-injection, defer tier, contradiction resolution, harness adapters

• PostCompact and UserPromptSubmit auto-injection: re-emit top constraints and recent facts after context loss
• defer enforcement tier in PreToolUse: pause headless agents on recurring warning-level violations, with graceful fallback to ask
• Confidence-weighted contradiction resolution: pick a winner using confidence, recency, or source count, with an auto strategy
• Compaction audit log: query and export what was remembered across each compaction boundary
• Cursor adapter package: harness-neutral hooks (beforeSubmitPrompt, beforeEdit, afterCompact)
• 25 MCP tools, 14 CLI subcommands, 220 tests

v0.8.0 (Next)

• Cline and Codex adapters
• Local web dashboard for the knowledge graph
• Evidence-weighted decay: constraints persist, low-evidence assertions expire
• AST-based extraction as substrate for the temporal layer
• Org-wide constraint federation

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Contributing

Contributions are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for:

• Development setup
• Coding standards
• Adding language support
• Writing tests
• Submitting PRs

Areas where help is needed:

• Language parsers (Go, Rust, Java, C++)
• Performance optimization
• Documentation improvements
• Real-world testing feedback

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Stats

Project Size:

• ~4,800 lines of code
• 13 Python modules
• 3 TypeScript hook implementations

Storage Efficiency:

• Empty database: ~155 KB
• Per entity: ~500 bytes
• Per fact: ~800 bytes

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License

MIT License - Free for commercial and personal use

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Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions