# whytype

> Give coding agents the TypeScript compiler's actual reasoning — an MCP server and CLI that turn type errors into because-chains pointing at the declaration to fix. Also a library: explain-trees, inference bindings, conditional-type traces.

Record `whytype` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/whytype/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/whytype
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/whytype/claim

## Declared
- publisher: zeelib1
- homepage: https://github.com/zeelib1/whytype#readme
- repository: git+https://github.com/zeelib1/whytype.git
- version: 0.2.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: typescript, mcp, mcp-server, claude-code, cursor, ai-agents, typescript-errors, diagnostics, compiler, developer-tools
- endpoints:
  - package_npm: npm:whytype

### Description (declared)

Give coding agents the TypeScript compiler's actual reasoning — an MCP server and CLI that turn type errors into because-chains pointing at the declaration to fix. Also a library: explain-trees, inference bindings, conditional-type traces.

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- none derived yet

## Provenance
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/whytype (first seen 2026-09-05T15:21:12.868Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/whytype/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/whytype · ARD identifier urn:air::server:whytype