What is diaphora-mcp CLAUDE.md?

Project instructions for a local MCP server that exports and compares Diaphora databases. Diaphora is a reverse-engineering tool used to compare compiled programs and match corresponding functions.

Use them when exporting IDA databases, comparing program versions, mapping functions, analyzing call graphs, ranking matches, and producing security or patch reports.

They clarify which files and database types the tools expect, helping prevent invalid inputs and keeping analysis consistent.

How xTeardx/diaphora-mcp configures Claude Code

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Clone the repo

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/xTeardx/diaphora-mcp

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 579 This file is loaded in full into every session.

When invoked 579 The same file — it is already loaded in full.

Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.

Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.

Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

Model	Per session	Once invoked
Fable 5.1	$0.00579	$0.00579
Opus 5.5	$0.00232	$0.00232
Sonnet 5.5	$0.00116	$0.00116
Haiku 4.5	$0.00058	$0.00058

Measured 26d ago against content hash f1acc7084dda, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

diaphora-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 26d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

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 · 55 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 55 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Diaphora MCP — Claude Code compatibility notes

The canonical repository instructions are in AGENTS.md. This file exists so Claude Code discovers the same project rules without maintaining a second architecture document.

Project role

This repository contains a local stdio MCP server for:

exporting .i64/.idb databases through Diaphora;
comparing official Diaphora SQLite exports;
matching functions across rebased binaries;
inspecting matched code and mapped call graphs through 10 core tools;
optional legacy heuristics only with DIAPHORA_ENABLE_LEGACY_TOOLS=1.

Source map

diaphora_mcp_server.py: stdio entry point.
diaphora_mcp/: tool registration and implementation.
diaphora_mcp/core/export.py: auto/headless/gui export modes and batch pipeline.
diaphora_mcp/core/mapping.py: old/new function address mapping.
diaphora_mcp/core/analysis.py: matching and function comparison.
diaphora_mcp/core/graph.py: mapped call-graph tools.
_diaphora_headless.py: IDA headless wrapper.
diaphora_gui_listener.py: optional legacy XML-RPC GUI fallback.
tests/: synthetic regression tests.

Non-negotiable data rules

.i64/.idb is an IDA database, not a results SQLite file.
Results tools accept generated .diaphora.sqlite and .diaphora files.
batch_export_and_diff uses export_mode="headless".
When old/new bases differ, pass match_results_path to address-aware tools.
Never infer cross-version identity from equal addresses alone.
Keep IDBs, binaries, exports, logs, and generated artifacts out of commits.

Large database defaults

Start with use_decompiler=false.
For large inputs, use summaries_only=true.
Increase the MCP client timeout for long exports.
Use ida-pro-mcp/idalib-mcp for detailed address-level inspection after matching.

Required checks before changes

git status --short
python -m pytest -q
python -m compileall -q .
git diff --check

Read the full file on GitHub · 55 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

26d ago Changed · +1 lines · +20 tokens per session f1acc7084dda
2mo ago First seen · 54 lines · 559 tokens per session scan A b23d5a554c65

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diaphora-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository xTeardx/diaphora-mcp (20 stars, last pushed 27d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 579 tokens to every session, about $0.0023 per session on Opus 5.5. 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 2026-08-30.

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