tlaplus-mcp: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

tlaplus-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from richashworth/tlaplus-mcp. It costs 701 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

Project instructions for an MCP server that exposes TLA+ formal verification tools as structured data. TLA+ is a language for describing and checking how systems behave.

In plain words
What is it for?
Guiding development of the TLA+ server, including its nine tool handlers, output parsers, tests, builds, and npm releases.
Why use it?
They tell coding agents how the project is organized, tested, built, and released, helping them make changes that fit the existing codebase.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md.

This is richashworth/tlaplus-mcp's own configuration. It tells Claude Code how to work on tlaplus-mcp itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything tlaplus-mcp configures →

Reuse

Borrowing it

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None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

CLAUDE.md · 65 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 65 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

CLAUDE.md

MCP server exposing TLA+ formal verification tools (TLC, SANY, PlusCal, TLATeX) as structured JSON over the Model Context Protocol.

Release

npm version patch   # or minor / major — bumps version, commits, tags
git push --tags     # triggers publish workflow → publishes to @richashworth/tlaplus-mcp on npm

Build & Test

npm run build          # TypeScript compilation
npm run dev            # Watch mode
npm test               # All tests (vitest)
npm start              # Run compiled server (stdio transport)

Run specific test suites:

npx vitest run src/integration.test.ts
npx vitest run src/parsers/
npx vitest run src/tools/
npx vitest run src/lib/

Project Structure

  • src/index.ts — Entry point (stdio transport, graceful shutdown)
  • src/server.ts — Server factory, registers all 9 tools + resources
  • src/lib/ — Core infra: Java detection, subprocess spawning, config, schemas, shared helpers
  • src/parsers/ — Output parsers for TLC stdout, TLA+ values, DOT graphs, CFG files
  • src/tools/ — 9 MCP tool handlers (tlc_check, tlc_simulate, tla_parse, tla_evaluate, pcal_translate, tlc_coverage, tla_state_graph, tlc_generate_trace_spec, tla_tex)
  • src/resources/ — MCP resources (spec listing, file reading, latest output)
  • src/test-utils.ts — Shared test utilities (captureToolHandler, mockRunJavaResult)

Conventions

  • TypeScript strict mode, ES modules, target ES2022, Node 18+
  • Files: kebab-case. Types/Interfaces: PascalCase. Functions/vars: camelCase. Tool names: snake_case.
  • Tests live alongside source files (*.test.ts) and are excluded from the build
  • All tool handlers use formatToolResponse() / formatToolError() from src/lib/tool-helpers.ts
  • Tool registration follows: export function registerToolName(server: McpServer): void
  • Zod schemas for parameter validation; absolutePath schema enforces absolute paths
  • ESLint + Prettier enforced via pre-commit hook (husky + lint-staged) and CI
  • Run npm run lint:fix && npm run format to fix issues locally

Read the full file on GitHub · 65 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

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tlaplus-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository richashworth/tlaplus-mcp (1 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 701 tokens to every session, about $0.0035 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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