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

  1. Analyzes your codebase using AST-grep pattern matching against its full anti-pattern library
  2. Classifies each finding into three fix tiers based on safety and reversibility
  3. Fixes Tier 1 issues automatically with deterministic AST transforms
  4. 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