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lsp

Since: 0.6.0-alpha

Starts the LSP (Language Server Protocol) stdio server.

Read this when you want hover, completion, go-to-definition and diagnostics in an editor other than RAD Studio. It starts the language server over stdio; the IDE plugin launches it by itself, and it is not the same as the MCP server (serve) used by AI clients.

How to run it

Full flag list: lsp in the CLI reference.

Flags

Needs: index

Details

Starts the LSP (Language Server Protocol) stdio server. This is what the IDE plugin itself launches to get hover, completion, go-to-definition and diagnostics inside the editor.

lsp is DIFFERENT from serve: serve is the MCP stdio server for AI clients such as Claude or Cursor, and nothing in the IDE uses serve. The IDE plugin uses lsp.

Running it from the CLI

drag-lint lsp --db <file.sqlite>

Reaching it in the IDE

CLI+internal: the plugin starts this process itself, from DragLint.Plugin.LspClient.pas:297. There is no menu item -- the IDE launches the lsp server automatically as a background stdio process, not via a user-facing command.

What it needs

An index IS required. The project's DB lives at <project folder>\_D-RAG\<project file>.sqlite; run drag-lint resolve-dbs --project <X.dproj> if unsure.

Example

Illustrative only:

drag-lint lsp --db C:\Projects\MyApp\_D-RAG\MyApp.sqlite

This is the same command the plugin runs in the background to serve the editor's language features for MyApp.

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