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Diff text
An MCP tool from the Text Toolkit server, hosted on mcp.hjlabs.in.
Compare two texts line by line and return a unified diff (like `diff -u`), plus counts of added and removed lines. Empty output means the texts are identical. Up to 5,000 lines each.
Name on the gateway: text__diff_text · read-only.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
before required | string | The original text. |
after required | string | The changed text. |
context | integer | Unchanged lines to show around each change. Default 3. |
How to call it
Through the Smart Gateway, any client can run it by name with call_tool, or let the gateway find it with search_tools:
{
"name": "text__diff_text",
"arguments": {
"before": "…",
"after": "…"
}
}Or connect the Text Toolkit server directly, which lists 43 tools including this one:
claude mcp add --transport http hj-text https://mcp.hjlabs.in/mcp/text \
--header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Try asking
Use the diff text tool with before set to ….