sourcekitten

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# SourceKitten\n\nAn adorable little framework and command line tool for interacting with [SourceKit][uncovering-sourcekit].\n\nSourceKitten links and communicates with `sourcekitd.framework` to parse the Swift AST, extract comment docs for Swift or Objective-C projects, get syntax data for a Swift file and lots more!\n\n![SwiftPM](https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten/workflows/SwiftPM/badge.svg)\n\n## Installation\n\nBuilding SourceKitten requires Xcode 13.3 or later or a Swift 5.6\ntoolchain or later with the Swift Package Manager.\n\nSourceKitten typically supports previous versions of SourceKit.\n\n### Homebrew\n\nRun `brew install sourcekitten`.\n\n### Swift Package Manager\n\nRun `swift build` in the root directory of this project.\n\n### Bazel\n\nAdd the following to your `WORKSPACE` file:\n\n```python\nSOURCEKITTEN_VERSION = \"SOME_VERSION\"\nSOURCEKITTEN_SHA = \"SOME_SHA\"\nhttp_archive(\n    name = \"com_github_jpsim_sourcekitten\",\n    url = \"https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten/archive/refs/tags/%s.tar.gz\" % (SOURCEKITTEN_VERSION),\n    sha256 = SOURCEKITTEN_SHA,\n    strip_prefix = \"SourceKitten-%s\" % SOURCEKITTEN_VERSION\n)\n```\n\nThen run: `bazel run @com_github_jpsim_sourcekitten//:sourcekitten -- -h`\n\n### Xcode (via Make)\n\nRun `make install` in the root directory of this project.\n\n### Package\n\nDownload and open SourceKitten.pkg from the [releases tab](https://github.com/jpsim/SourceKitten/releases).\n\n## Command Line Usage\n\nOnce SourceKitten is installed, you may use it from the command line.\n\n```\n$ sourcekitten help\nOVERVIEW: An adorable little command line tool for interacting with SourceKit\n\nUSAGE: sourcekitten \u003csubcommand\u003e\n\nOPTIONS:\n  --version               Show the version.\n  -h, --help              Show help information.\n\nSUBCOMMANDS:\n  complete                Generate code completion options\n  doc                     Print Swift or Objective-C docs as JSON\n  format                  Format Swift file\n  index                   Index Swift file and print as JSON\n  module-info         ",
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  "why_use_this": "SourceKitten bridges Swift code analysis by interfacing with Apple\u0027s SourceKit daemon to extract syntax information, documentation, and AST data from Swift and Objective-C projects. It\u0027s essential infrastructure for linters, code generators, and documentation tools built on Swift\u2014particularly SwiftLint and Jazzy, which depend on it for accurate language-aware analysis."
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