get_type_hierarchy

MCP tool from Sharplens MCP by pzalutski-pixel

Inheritance chain

How to use it

get_type_hierarchy is exposed by the Sharplens MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the get_type_hierarchy tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

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analyze_change_impact

What breaks if changed?

analyze_control_flow

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analyze_data_flow

Variable assignments and usage

check_type_compatibility

Can A assign to B?

diff_api_surface

Public-API breaking-change report vs a git ref

find_attribute_usages

Find types/members by attribute

Impact analysis - who calls this?

find_circular_dependencies

Project and namespace cycle detection

find_dead_branches

Unreachable basic blocks per method (real CFG, not heuristics)

find_implementations

Interface/abstract implementations

find_path_between

Reachability + the connecting call path(s) between two methods; follows dispatch, with barriers and a checkpoint

find_references

All references; each classified read/write/invocation/cast/typeof/nameof/attribute; optional kind filter

find_similar_code

Structural similarity search (token-shingle fingerprints)

find_unused_code

Dead code detection

List attributes on a symbol

Full inheritance chain

Multi-hop callers/callees graph with depth bound + cycle detection

get_complexity_metrics

Cyclomatic, nesting, LOC, cognitive

get_containing_member

Enclosing symbol at position

get_derived_types

Find all subclasses

get_diagnostics

Compiler errors/warnings + configured analyzer findings (StyleCop, Roslynator, NetAnalyzers); matches CI

get_documentation

Full XML docs for a symbol with <inheritdoc> expanded

get_exception_flow

Which exceptions can escape a method, and where they're caught

get_extension_methods

Extensions applying to a type — classic and C# 14 blocks

get_external_type_info

Inspect NuGet/BCL/external assembly types — members + XML docs

get_method_overloads

All overloads of a method

get_method_signature

Detailed signature by name

get_outgoing_calls

What does this method call?

get_super_method

Navigate to the base member / interface members a member implements

get_symbol_info

Semantic info at position

get_type_members

All members by type name

get_type_members_batch

Multiple types in one call

go_to_definition

Jump to symbol definition

remove_unused_code

Compute dead-code removals + newly unused usings (generation-only)

resolve_stack_trace

Map a pasted stack trace to file/line/symbol, mangling undone

Glob pattern search (Handler, Get)

Multi-filter search (async, public, etc.)

Compile check without writing