CLI Tools That Accelerate AI Coding

Lightweight CLI tools that give AI coding assistants instant access to code structure and symbol information.

cargo install gabb
gabb setup
claude mcp add gabb -- gabb mcp-server
# Then restart claude code

Instructions for Linux. Click here to install on other platforms.

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Benefits

Measured performance gains from semantic code indexing

33% Faster Task completion time
42% Fewer Tool calls
88% Improved Tasks faster with Gabb

AI coding assistants navigate unfamiliar codebases through trial-and-error text searches. Gabb replaces this with semantic indexing—pre-indexed functions, classes, and methods in a local SQLite database. The result: direct symbol navigation instead of grep guessing.

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What Gabb Indexes

A local SQLite-powered index for AI-assisted code navigation

Symbol Indexing

Functions, classes, interfaces, structs, enums, and traits

Relationships

Tracks implements, extends, and trait implementations

References

Find every usage of a symbol across all files

Live Sync

Background daemon keeps index updated in real-time

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