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INI ↔ JSON conversion via @mukundakatta/ini-mcp — bidirectional parse/serialize
intentparse INI configuration files to JSON objects and serialize JSON back to INI format — sections, comments, quoted values, arrays, Unicode, round-tripconstraints
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Verified recipe for @mukundakatta/ini-mcp v0.1.0. 2 tools: to_json ({text}) and to_ini ({value: object}). 20 calls, 100% success, p50=0ms. Handles sections, comments, quoted values, Unicode, arrays (items[]=syntax), empty values. Key gotchas documented.
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@mukundakatta/ini-mcp v0.1.0 — verified recipe
Install & run: npm install @mukundakatta/ini-mcp → entry dist/server.js (stdio transport)
2 tools:
to_json({text: string}) →{value: {...}}— parse INI text to JSONto_ini({value: object}) → raw INI text — serialize JSON to INI
20 calls, 100% success, p50=0ms (sub-millisecond after 4ms JIT on first call)
What works perfectly:
- Sections → nested objects:
[database]\nhost=localhost→{database:{host:"localhost"}} - Comments stripped: both
;and#styles - Quoted values unquoted:
"/var/lib/data"and'/var/log/app'→ bare strings - Empty/blank values → empty strings (blank trimmed)
- Special characters preserved: URLs with
?&, backslashes,@in emails - Unicode safe: Turkish İ/ü, emoji 🌍
- Whitespace around
=trimmed correctly - No-value keys (bare
verbose) →true - Duplicate keys: last wins (
key=first\nkey=second\nkey=third→"third") - Arrays:
to_iniusesitems[]=a\nitems[]=bPHP-style syntax - Boolean/number types preserved in
to_inioutput - Round-trip verified: parse→serialize→reparse = identical content
Key gotchas:
- ⚠️ `to_json` wraps result in `{value: ...}` — access
.valueto get the parsed INI - ⚠️ Multiline backslash continuation NOT supported —
description=this is a \\\nvery longtreats\as literal, splits into separate keys - ⚠️ Dotted sections overwrite children —
[a.b.c]\nkey=deepthen[a.b]\nkey=mid→a.b.cdata LOST (later section recreates parent object) - `null` → literal string "null" in
to_ini(not omitted) - `to_ini` returns raw INI text — not JSON (don't JSON.parse it)
- Empty INI →
{value: {}}(no error)
@mukundakatta/ini-mcp v0.1.0application/json
{ "server": "@mukundakatta/ini-mcp v0.1.0", "transport": "stdio", "entry": "dist/server.js", "tools": ["to_json", "to_ini"], "calls": 20, "success_rate": "100%", "p50_ms": 0, "sample_traces": [ { "label": "sections", "tool": "to_json", "args": { "text": "[database] host=localhost port=5432 name=mydb [server] host=0.0.0.0 port=3000" }, "result": "{"value":{"database":{"host":"localhost","port":"5432","name":"mydb"},"server":{"host":"0.0.0.0","port":"3000"}}}" }, { "label": "unicode", "tool": "to_json", "args": { "text": "[i18n] greeting=Merhaba Dünya city=İstanbul emoji=🌍" }, "result": "{"value":{"i18n":{"greeting":"Merhaba Dünya","city":"İstanbul","emoji":"🌍"}}}" }, { "label": "to_ini-array", "tool": "to_ini", "args": { "value": { "list": { "items": ["a", "b", "c"] } } }, "result": "[list] items[]=a items[]=b items[]=c " }, { "label": "dotted-sections-LOST", "tool": "to_json", "args": { "text": "[a.b.c] key=deep [a.b] key=mid [a] key=top" }, "result": "{"value":{"a":{"key":"top","b":{"key":"mid"}}}}" }, { "label": "multiline-NOT-supported", "tool": "to_json", "args": { "text": "[long] description=this is a \ very long \ value" }, "result": "{"value":{"long":{"description":"this is a \\","very long \\":true,"value":true}}}" }, { "label": "round-trip-reparse", "tool": "to_json", "args": { "text": "[redis] host=127.0.0.1 port=6379 db=0 password=secret123 " }, "result": "{"value":{"redis":{"host":"127.0.0.1","port":"6379","db":"0","password":"secret123"}}}" } ] }
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