DepTime
What changed in a Python library, in which release, and what replaces it. Answered locally.
التثبيت
أضف هذا إلى إعدادات MCP في عميلك (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json، وCursor: .cursor/mcp.json، ويستخدم VS Code وغيره الصيغة نفسها «mcpServers»).
deptimeclaude mcp add deptime -e 'DEPTIME_OFFLINE=<DEPTIME_OFFLINE>' -e 'DEPTIME_HOME=<DEPTIME_HOME>' -- uvx deptime==0.1.2 mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"deptime": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"deptime==0.1.2",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"DEPTIME_OFFLINE": "<DEPTIME_OFFLINE>",
"DEPTIME_HOME": "<DEPTIME_HOME>"
}
}
}
}
متغيرات البيئة
DEPTIME_OFFLINESet to 1 to never touch the network: no index download and no daily update check.DEPTIME_HOMEWhere the index is stored. Defaults to ~/.cache/deptime.
التوثيق
مأخوذ من ملف README للمشروع على GitHub ويُحدَّث أسبوعيًا. تفتح الروابط على GitHub.
An API time machine for Python libraries, built for coding agents.
When an agent hits ImportError, AttributeError or "unexpected keyword argument" in a fast-moving library, one call to DepTime says what changed, in which release, and what to use instead. Answers are computed from static diffs of every indexed release, not from docs or model memory.
Free, open source (MIT), and local: your code and errors never leave your machine.
TypeError: Client.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'proxies'
{
"symbol": "httpx.Client.__init__(proxies)",
"issue": "param_removed",
"installed_version": "0.28.1",
"last_version_with": "0.27.2",
"first_version_without": "0.28.0",
"deprecated_in": "0.26.0",
"replacements": [
{"target": "proxy", "confidence": 0.8, "source": "deprecation_message"},
{"target": "mounts", "confidence": 0.79, "source": "deprecation_message"}
],
"pin_to_restore": "httpx<=0.27.2",
"confidence": "high"
}
That's the real explain_error answer from the published index, trimmed. The full answer also quotes the deprecation message DepTime found in httpx's own source, and adds a one-sentence explanation for your agent to pass on.
Status: alpha. The prebuilt index is rebuilt nightly. Known gaps are tracked in BACKLOG.md.
Install
Requires uv.
# Claude Code. Cursor, Codex, VS Code and Claude Desktop take the same
# command (uvx deptime mcp) in their MCP config.
claude mcp add deptime -- uvx deptime mcp
On first launch DepTime downloads its prebuilt index (one file from this repo's GitHub Releases) in the background, then checks for a newer one at most once a day. Set DEPTIME_OFFLINE=1 to never touch the network.
Claude Code users can also install the plugin in integrations/claude-code with /plugin marketplace add cschmertz/deptime, then /plugin install deptime@deptime. It adds a skill and a local hook that suggests DepTime when a Python version-change error appears in a command's output.
Tools
| Tool | Use it when | |
|---|---|---|
explain_error(traceback, installed_versions?, pip_freeze?) | An import or call into a library just failed | |
symbol_history(package, path) | Before trusting an API you remember | |
check_symbols(package, version, symbols[{path, kwargs}]) | Pre-flight check of the symbols and kwargs you're about to use | |
| `diff_versions(package, from_version \ | date, to_version?, used_symbols?)` | Upgrading, or "what changed since my training cutoff?" |
coverage() | What's indexed (52 fast-moving packages: AI/agent stack + libraries with known breaking changes) |
Every answer carries evidence and a confidence level. If a package isn't covered, DepTime says so instead of guessing. The contracts are in docs/03-product-spec.md.
CLI
uvx deptime explain --installed httpx==0.28.1 < traceback.txt
uvx deptime history httpx Client.__init__
uvx deptime check httpx 0.28.1 'httpx.Client:proxies,proxy'
uvx deptime diff httpx 0.27.2 0.28.1
uvx deptime diff pydantic 2024-06-01 # everything since a date
uvx deptime index status | pull
How it works
Every night, GitHub Actions reads each new release's public API with griffe, which parses the source without running it, diffs it against the previous release, and publishes the result as one file, index.sqlite.gz, on this repo's Releases. On your machine, deptime mcp checks that file's sha256 and schema before swapping it in, then answers every question locally in milliseconds. The full design is in docs/04-architecture.md, and the decisions are in docs/adr/.
Hosting (optional)
Local mode covers coding agents. For web clients that only accept a URL, or for a public demo, run deptime serve (MCP at /mcp, JSON at /v1/*) on Cloud Run (likely free) or Fly.io (about $3–6/month). It has a Dockerfile and fly.toml, plus anonymous rate limits. See docs/05-hosting-and-sustainability.md.
Prior art and credits
- griffe does the static analysis.
- since-cutoff diffs your pinned dependencies against a model's training cutoff, locally and on demand. DepTime differs by shipping a prebuilt cross-version index and starting from a traceback.
- Context7 and Ref serve version-specific docs. DepTime answers symbol-level "when and what replaced it" questions.
Contributing
The most useful contributions are wrong-answer reports, which become benchmark cases. See CONTRIBUTING.md. Development setup:
uv sync && uv run pytest
# build a small local index from real PyPI wheels
uv run deptime ingest httpx --versions 0.27.2 0.28.1
Docs
Product spec · Architecture · Hosting & sustainability · Launch & adoption · Risks & spikes · Privacy & security
License
الأسئلة الشائعة
ما هو DepTime؟
What changed in a Python library, in which release, and what replaces it. Answered locally.
كيف أثبّت DepTime؟
يعمل على جهازك. في Claude Code: claude mcp add deptime -e 'DEPTIME_OFFLINE=<DEPTIME_OFFLINE>' -e 'DEPTIME_HOME=<DEPTIME_HOME>' -- uvx deptime==0.1.2 mcp. وفي العملاء الآخرين، الصق إعداد JSON من هذه الصفحة في إعدادات MCP الخاصة بهم.
هل يحتاج DepTime إلى مفتاح API؟
لا يذكر إدراجه في السجل أي مفتاح أو سر إلزامي. قد تتطلب بعض الميزات حسابًا لدى الخدمة التي يتصل بها.
هل DepTime مفتوح المصدر؟
نعم. شيفرته متاحة على GitHub بترخيص MIT.
من يصون DepTime؟
ينشره cschmertz. يدرجه AI.tn لكنه لا يصونه ولا يوصي به.
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