Elisp Dev FAQs

Question 1

What kind of Emacs Lisp information can be retrieved?

Accepted Answer

Elisp Dev allows AI agents to get detailed documentation for functions and variables, including their types, source file paths, and custom properties. It can also fetch complete Info documentation nodes for Elisp symbols, containing examples and cross-references.

Question 2

Is Elisp Dev an open-source project?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Elisp Dev is an open-source project released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3), encouraging community contributions and transparent development.

Question 3

Does Elisp Dev support secure file access for AI agents?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Elisp Dev includes a secure mechanism to read Emacs Lisp source files. It's restricted to Emacs system lisp directories and ELPA packages, prevents path traversal with '..' and resolves symlinks, ensuring safe access to codebases.

Question 4

What is Elisp Dev?

Accepted Answer

Elisp Dev is an Emacs package that provides a structured API, acting as an MCP (Machine Code Protocol) server. It enables AI agents to assist developers with Emacs Lisp coding tasks by allowing them to interact deeply with Emacs and manipulate Elisp code.

Question 5

How does Elisp Dev benefit AI agents in coding?

Accepted Answer

It provides AI agents with powerful capabilities such as accessing full Elisp function and variable documentation, retrieving source code definitions, looking up symbols within Emacs Info documentation, and securely reading Elisp source files from Emacs directories.

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