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Performs static code analysis using proprietary deterministic algorithms (not LLM-based inference) to extract business rules, decision logic, validations, and control flow from source code without executing it. Analyzes code structure to identify conditional branches, loops, data transformations, and policy enforcement points, then maps these to human-readable business concepts. Works across multiple programming languages including COBOL, Java, Python, and C/C++, handling legacy and modern codebases up to 100M+ lines of code.
Unique: Uses proprietary deterministic analysis (not LLM inference) to extract 100% of business rules and decision logic without summarization or approximation, explicitly designed to handle legacy COBOL and complex financial systems where accuracy is non-negotiable
vs alternatives: More accurate than LLM-based code summarization tools (Copilot, GitHub Copilot) for extracting deterministic business logic because it performs structural analysis rather than statistical inference, making it suitable for compliance-critical systems
Automatically generates documentation in Swimm's `sw.md` Markdown format from analyzed code, embedding code snippet references with 'Smart Tokens' (superscript markers) that maintain bidirectional links to source code. Documentation is stored in the Git repository alongside code, enabling version control and automatic synchronization when code changes. CI/CD integration detects when documentation becomes stale relative to source code and flags it for review, ensuring documentation freshness without manual maintenance.
Unique: Stores documentation in Git alongside code with bidirectional Smart Token links, enabling version control and CI-based freshness checks that prevent stale documentation from being merged — a doc-as-code approach that treats documentation as a first-class artifact
vs alternatives: Superior to manual documentation and static doc generators because it maintains live links to code and enforces freshness via CI checks, preventing the documentation-code drift that plagues traditional approaches
Offers proof-of-concept (POC) programs and flexible project-based pricing for system integrators and enterprises evaluating Swimm. Sales-driven engagement model with custom quotes based on codebase size (lines of code), deployment model (cloud vs. on-premise), and LLM provider (Swimm-hosted vs. customer-managed). No public pricing available — requires contact with sales team for evaluation and pricing.
Unique: Offers flexible project-based pricing and POC programs tailored to enterprise needs, rather than standardized SaaS tiers — enabling custom engagement for large organizations with specific requirements
vs alternatives: More flexible than fixed-tier SaaS pricing for enterprise customers with custom requirements, but less transparent and more friction-heavy than self-serve tools like GitHub Copilot
Generates visual representations of user interface screens and workflows from legacy code analysis without requiring runtime execution. Extracts UI structure, field definitions, navigation flows, and screen transitions from source code (particularly effective for COBOL-based systems with embedded screen definitions), then renders these as diagrams and documentation. Enables non-technical stakeholders to understand system behavior and data flows through UI mockups derived purely from static code analysis.
Unique: Generates UI screens from static code analysis without runtime execution, specifically optimized for legacy COBOL systems where UI structure is explicitly defined in code — enabling modernization teams to understand system behavior without running decades-old systems
vs alternatives: More practical than runtime screen capture tools for air-gapped or offline legacy systems, and more accurate than manual documentation because it derives screens directly from code structure
Maps codebase structure to business functions and tracks data flows, dependencies, and system boundaries across programs, jobs, and subsystems. Creates a dependency graph showing how code modules interact, where data flows between systems, and which business functions depend on which code components. Enables architects and teams to understand system topology, identify integration points, and plan modernization or refactoring efforts with full visibility into cross-system dependencies.
Unique: Combines code analysis with business function mapping to create bidirectional links between technical code structure and business capabilities, enabling architects to reason about system topology at both technical and business levels simultaneously
vs alternatives: More comprehensive than static dependency analyzers (like Understand or Lattix) because it maps dependencies to business functions, not just code modules, making it more actionable for modernization planning
Exposes analyzed code understanding via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) standard, enabling AI agents and LLM-based tools to consume Swimm's code analysis as structured context. Provides deterministic code insights (business rules, dependencies, flows) to AI agents in a standardized format, allowing agents to make informed decisions during code modernization, refactoring, or generation tasks. Supports both Swimm-hosted LLMs and customer-managed LLM instances (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI Enterprise, or self-hosted models).
Unique: Bridges deterministic code analysis with agentic AI workflows via MCP, enabling AI agents to access accurate, non-hallucinated code understanding rather than relying on LLM inference — critical for code modernization where accuracy is non-negotiable
vs alternatives: More reliable than passing raw code to LLMs because it provides pre-analyzed business logic and dependencies via MCP, reducing hallucination and enabling agents to make better decisions during modernization
Integrates Swimm documentation directly into IDE environments (VSCode confirmed, others unknown) enabling developers to browse auto-generated documentation, view code-to-doc links, and edit documentation without leaving their editor. Renders `sw.md` files with Smart Token links that jump between documentation and source code, providing seamless navigation between understanding (docs) and implementation (code). Supports inline documentation viewing and editing within the development workflow.
Unique: Embeds bidirectional code-to-documentation navigation directly in VSCode via Smart Tokens, allowing developers to understand code without context switching — treating documentation as a first-class IDE artifact alongside code
vs alternatives: More convenient than external documentation tools (Confluence, Notion) because it keeps developers in their IDE and provides direct code links, reducing friction in the understand-code-read-docs workflow
Integrates with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.) to automatically detect when code changes make documentation stale and blocks merges or flags PRs until documentation is updated. Compares code changes against corresponding documentation to identify mismatches, then reports freshness status as a CI check that can be configured to block or warn. Prevents outdated documentation from being merged into the repository, enforcing documentation-as-code discipline.
Unique: Treats documentation freshness as a CI/CD quality gate, automatically detecting code-documentation mismatches and blocking merges until resolved — enforcing documentation discipline at the infrastructure level rather than relying on manual review
vs alternatives: More effective than manual code review for catching stale documentation because it's automated and consistent, preventing the common pattern where documentation lags code changes by weeks or months
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Exposes Google Drive's native search API through the Model Context Protocol's tool interface, allowing LLM clients to query files by name, metadata, and MIME type without direct API credentials. Implements MCP's tool registration pattern to translate natural language search intents into Google Drive query syntax, handling pagination and result filtering server-side before returning structured file metadata to the client.
Unique: Implements MCP's tool registration pattern to abstract Google Drive's query syntax, allowing LLM clients to search without understanding Drive's native query language or managing credentials directly. Uses server-side pagination to prevent overwhelming clients with large result sets.
vs alternatives: Simpler than direct Google Drive API integration for LLM agents because MCP handles authentication, pagination, and query translation transparently; more discoverable than raw API calls because tools are self-documenting via MCP's schema interface.
Retrieves the full text content of Google Docs documents through the Google Drive API, converting Google's proprietary document format into plain text or structured markdown while preserving document hierarchy (headings, lists, tables). Implements streaming content retrieval to handle large documents efficiently, with server-side caching to reduce redundant API calls for frequently accessed documents.
Unique: Converts Google Docs' proprietary document format into consumable text via the Google Drive API's export functionality, with optional markdown formatting for better LLM consumption. Implements server-side caching to reduce API quota usage for repeated document access.
vs alternatives: More efficient than downloading .docx files and parsing locally because conversion happens server-side; more reliable than screen-scraping because it uses official Google APIs; better for RAG than full-text search because it preserves document structure.
Google Drive MCP Server scores higher at 58/100 vs Swimm at 55/100.
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Retrieves data from Google Sheets as structured JSON or CSV, automatically inferring column types and handling sparse data. Uses the Google Sheets API to fetch cell ranges with formatting metadata, then transforms the raw grid into columnar format with optional type coercion (dates, numbers, booleans). Supports filtering and sorting server-side to reduce payload size for large sheets.
Unique: Implements automatic schema inference by analyzing cell values and types across columns, converting Google Sheets' flat grid format into structured JSON with type coercion. Uses the Sheets API's range queries to fetch only requested data, reducing bandwidth vs full-sheet export.
vs alternatives: More flexible than CSV export because it preserves type information and supports range queries; more efficient than downloading .xlsx files because conversion happens server-side; better for LLM consumption than raw grid format because it's already columnar.
Extracts text content, speaker notes, and slide structure from Google Slides presentations via the Google Slides API, converting slide hierarchy into a traversable outline format. Handles both text-based content and metadata (slide titles, notes, layout information) while optionally exporting slide images as base64-encoded data for multimodal LLM processing. Implements lazy loading to avoid fetching all slides upfront.
Unique: Extracts both text content and speaker notes from Slides, organizing them into a hierarchical structure that preserves slide order and relationships. Optionally includes slide images as base64 for multimodal LLM processing, enabling visual analysis alongside text.
vs alternatives: More comprehensive than PDF export because it preserves speaker notes and slide structure; more efficient than downloading .pptx files because conversion happens server-side; enables multimodal analysis that PDF-based approaches cannot support.
Lists contents of a Google Drive folder with optional recursive traversal to build a complete folder tree structure. Uses the Google Drive API's file list endpoint with parent folder filtering, implementing depth-first or breadth-first traversal patterns to map folder hierarchies. Returns structured metadata for each file/folder (id, name, mimeType, size, permissions) enabling clients to understand Drive organization without manual navigation.
Unique: Implements recursive folder traversal through the MCP tool interface, abstracting the complexity of multiple API calls and pagination. Returns both hierarchical and flat representations to support different client use cases (tree visualization vs flat indexing).
vs alternatives: More efficient than manual folder navigation because traversal happens server-side; more discoverable than raw API calls because folder structure is pre-computed; supports both tree and flat representations unlike single-format APIs.
Exposes Google Drive files as MCP resources, allowing LLM clients to reference files by URI (e.g., 'gdrive://file-id') and retrieve their metadata or content on-demand. Implements MCP's resource protocol to provide file handles that clients can pass between tools, enabling workflows where one tool's output (a file ID) becomes another tool's input without explicit serialization. Supports resource templates for common patterns (e.g., 'gdrive://folder/{folder-id}/files').
Unique: Implements MCP's resource protocol to treat Google Drive files as first-class entities that can be referenced and passed between tools, rather than requiring explicit content embedding. Uses resource templates to support common Drive patterns without hardcoding specific file IDs.
vs alternatives: More efficient than embedding file content in prompts because resources are lazy-loaded; more composable than direct API calls because resources can be chained across tools; more discoverable than raw URIs because resource templates are self-documenting.
Manages Google OAuth 2.0 authentication for the MCP server, handling credential storage, token refresh, and expiration. Implements automatic token refresh before expiration to prevent mid-request failures, with fallback to credential re-authentication if refresh fails. Supports both service account credentials (for server-to-server access) and user credentials (for user-delegated access), with secure credential storage using environment variables or encrypted local storage.
Unique: Implements automatic OAuth token refresh with fallback re-authentication, ensuring the MCP server remains authenticated across long-running sessions without manual intervention. Supports both service account and user credential flows transparently.
vs alternatives: More reliable than manual token management because refresh is automatic; more flexible than single-credential-type systems because it supports both service accounts and user credentials; more secure than hardcoded tokens because it uses OAuth's refresh mechanism.
Implements resilient error handling for Google Drive API calls with exponential backoff retry logic for transient failures (rate limits, timeouts, temporary service errors). Distinguishes between retryable errors (429, 500, 503) and permanent failures (401, 403, 404) to avoid wasting retries on unrecoverable errors. Tracks API quota usage and implements client-side rate limiting to prevent hitting Google's quotas, with configurable backoff strategies.
Unique: Implements intelligent retry logic that distinguishes between retryable and permanent errors, avoiding wasted retries on unrecoverable failures. Combines exponential backoff with client-side rate limiting to balance resilience and quota management.
vs alternatives: More sophisticated than naive retry-all approaches because it classifies errors intelligently; more quota-aware than simple retry logic because it implements client-side rate limiting; more transparent than silent failures because it provides detailed error information.
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