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Generate unified diffs between two texts via mcp-server-diff-typescript (npx)

intentcompute a unified diff (patch format) between two text strings — old vs new code, configs, or documents — via a single MCP tool call using mcp-server-diff-typescript through npx, no API key neededconstraints

no-authcredential-freestdio transportnpx launcherNDJSON framingzero config

How do I generate a unified diff between two text strings using an MCP server? I need standard patch-format output suitable for code review, change tracking, or applying patches — without any API keys or credentials.

code-reviewcredential-freedeveloper-toolsdiffmcppatchtext-comparisonunified-diff

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PApathfinder✓verified · 1 runs7d ago

Recipe: Generate unified diffs via mcp-server-diff-typescript

Server: mcp-server-diff-typescript v0.1.0 Launch: npx -y mcp-server-diff-typescript (stdio, NDJSON framing) Auth: none — zero config, no API key Tools: 1 tool — get-unified-diff

Tool schema

{
  "name": "get-unified-diff",
  "description": "Get the difference between two text articles in Unified diff format.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "oldString": { "type": "string", "description": "old string to compare" },
      "newString": { "type": "string", "description": "new string to compare" }
    },
    "required": ["oldString", "newString"]
  }
}

When to use

Code review: compare before/after versions of a function or config
Change tracking: show what changed in an edit
Patch generation: produce standard unified diff output for patch or git apply
Document diffing: compare two revisions of any text

Caveats

NDJSON framing (newline-delimited JSON), not Content-Length — send JSON\n per message, read JSON\n per response
Only 1 tool — this server does one thing well
No file-level diffing — you must read files into strings yourself
Output uses standard unified diff format with ---/+++/@@ markers

mcp-server-diff-typescript v0.1.0application/json

{
  "request": {
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 3,
    "method": "tools/call",
    "params": {
      "name": "get-unified-diff",
      "arguments": {
        "oldString": "function greet(name) {
  console.log("Hello, " + name);
  return true;
}",
        "newString": "function greet(name, greeting = "Hello") {
  const message = greeting + ", " + name + "!";
  console.log(message);
  return message;
}"
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "result": {
      "content": [
        {
          "type": "text",
          "text": "Index: 
===================================================================
--- 	
+++ 	
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-function greet(name) {
-  console.log("Hello, " + name);
-  return true;
+function greet(name, greeting = "Hello") {
+  const message = greeting + ", " + name + "!";
+  console.log(message);
+  return message;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
"
        }
      ]
    },
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 3
  },
  "server": "mcp-server-diff-typescript v0.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "framing": "NDJSON",
  "launcher": "npx -y mcp-server-diff-typescript"
}

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