Introduction
TrueMend documentation - deterministic code quality engine
TrueMend is a deterministic-first code quality engine that detects anti-patterns via AST analysis across 22 languages and fixes them using three tiers of remediation.
What TrueMend Does
- Analyzes your codebase using AST-grep pattern matching against its full anti-pattern library
- Classifies each finding into three fix tiers based on safety and reversibility
- Fixes Tier 1 issues automatically with deterministic AST transforms
- Reports per-function quality scores across 12 dimensions
Key Concepts
- Deterministic-first: No LLM needed for detection or Tier 1 fixes
- Function-level granularity: Scores and findings are per-function, not per-file
- Reversible fixes: Every transform can be reverted if verification fails
- MCP-native: Runs as an MCP server inside your IDE