get_cascade_impact

✈ Glider MCP v6.6.0

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[callgraph]

Expands analyze_change_impact transitively to show callers, implementations, and overrides up to a requested depth. Use it for bounded refactor planning before changing a symbol.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
symbolKey	string	Yes	Opaque symbolKey from search_symbols, resolve_symbol, get_symbol_at_position, or any tool that returns symbolKey. Not a name.
depth	number	No	Depth of transitive expansion. Depth 1 returns only direct impact items. Default is 2.
scope	json	No	Optional scope for transitive impact analysis.
includeCallers	boolean	No	Include callers while building the cascade. Default is true.
includeImplementations	boolean	No	Include implementations while building the cascade. Default is true.
includeOverrides	boolean	No	Include overrides while building the cascade. Default is true.
pathStyle	string	No	Path style: 'absolute' (default) or 'relative' (to solution root).
skip	number	No	Pagination offset. Default is 0.
take	number	No	Pagination size. Default is 200.
maxExpansionSymbols	number	No	Maximum impacted symbols to expand before returning partial results. Default is 250.

Examples

Expand direct and transitive impact

Request 
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_cascade_impact",
    "arguments": {
      "symbolKey": "...",
      "depth": 2
    }
  }
}

Response 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "symbolKey": "...",
    "depth": 2,
    "summaryByDepth": [
      {
        "depth": 1,
        "impactedSymbols": 5
      },
      {
        "depth": 2,
        "impactedSymbols": 11
      }
    ],
    "paging": {
      "skip": 0,
      "take": 200,
      "returned": 2,
      "total": 2
    },
    "impactedSymbols": [
      {
        "name": "Login",
        "kind": "Method",
        "fullName": "MyApp.Controllers.AuthController.Login()",
        "symbolKey": "...",
        "depth": 1,
        "projectName": "MyApp"
      }
    ],
    "partial": false
  },
  "error": null
}

Focus on callers only

Request 
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_cascade_impact",
    "arguments": {
      "symbolKey": "...",
      "depth": 3,
      "includeImplementations": false,
      "includeOverrides": false
    }
  }
}

Response 
{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "symbolKey": "...",
    "depth": 2,
    "summaryByDepth": [
      {
        "depth": 1,
        "impactedSymbols": 5
      },
      {
        "depth": 2,
        "impactedSymbols": 11
      }
    ],
    "paging": {
      "skip": 0,
      "take": 200,
      "returned": 2,
      "total": 2
    },
    "impactedSymbols": [
      {
        "name": "Login",
        "kind": "Method",
        "fullName": "MyApp.Controllers.AuthController.Login()",
        "symbolKey": "...",
        "depth": 1,
        "projectName": "MyApp"
      }
    ],
    "partial": false
  },
  "error": null
}

Response Notes

Returns depth-based impact summaries plus a paged impacted-symbol list

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