VBA Lint FAQs

Question 1

What is VBA Lint?

Accepted Answer

VBA Lint is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed to perform static analysis on VBA code. It offers comprehensive code inspections, linting, and parse tree analysis to help identify issues and improve the quality of VBA source files.

Question 2

How does VBA Lint integrate with other tools?

Accepted Answer

It integrates seamlessly via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), enabling AI assistants like Claude Code and other MCP-compatible development tools to leverage its powerful code quality checks and analysis capabilities directly within their workflows.

Question 3

What kind of code issues can VBA Lint identify?

Accepted Answer

VBA Lint includes 65 distinct inspections, ported from the Rubberduck VBA project. These cover a wide range of issues including code quality, obsolete syntax, error handling, performance hints, and specific concerns for Excel and Access VBA projects.

Question 4

Who is VBA Lint for?

Accepted Answer

It's ideal for VBA developers utilizing MCP clients for code assistance, teams managing Excel/Access VBA projects who require automated code quality gates, and anyone building MCP-based development toolchains that include robust VBA support.

Question 5

Can VBA Lint analyze an entire project or just single files?

Accepted Answer

VBA Lint supports both inline code inspection (`vba/inspect`) and workspace scanning (`vba/inspect-workspace`). This allows it to analyze single VBA code strings or scan entire directory trees for project-wide code quality assessments and aggregated results.

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