JDT CLI Bridge for AI coding assistants

Give AI coding assistants the same Java understanding that Eclipse has — via a simple jdt CLI.

AI coding agents see your project as flat text files. They grep for method names, guess at type hierarchies, and can't read library source code inside JARs. JDT Bridge changes that — it gives agents like Claude Code, aider, and Cursor access to Eclipse's deep semantic index.

With the jdt CLI, an agent can:

• Find references — not string matches, but actual call sites across projects
• Read any source code — project classes and library internals (Spring, Hibernate, JDK)
• Navigate type hierarchies — supertypes, interfaces, all implementations
• Run tests — single method or full project, via Eclipse's built-in runner
• Check compilation — instant errors without a Maven build cycle
• Refactor safely — rename types, methods, fields with all references updated
• Disambiguate overloads — Class#method(String, int) targets the exact method

Everything flows through the shell, so agents can pipe and filter output — keeping their context window focused on what matters.

Works with any AI agent or script that can run shell commands. No MCP configuration, no protocol lock-in. Fully open source (Apache 2.0) — inspect, extend, and contribute on GitHub.