v0.16.0 — MCP server

confdiff v0.16.0 — Model Context Protocol server

confdiff now ships an MCP server (confdiff-mcp) so AI coding agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, …) can diff configs by meaning instead of pasting whole files.

Two tools:

• diff_configs — diff two config strings already in the model's context.
• diff_config_files — read two files from disk and diff them.

Both take the same options as the CLI (ignore, only, arrayKey, arraySet, loose, formatA/formatB, redact, redactEntropy) and return a compact change list + structured JSON. redact: true masks secret values as stable fingerprints so plaintext passwords/tokens never enter the model's context while drift stays visible.

{ "mcpServers": { "confdiff": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "confdiff-mcp"] } } }

The server is bundled into a single self-contained binary, so the MCP SDK stays dev-only — installing confdiff for the CLI does not pull it in.

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