I built a CLI harness that strips JS/TS function bodies with Babel AST to save 80% context tokens

While working on large Next.js and TypeScript repositories, I noticed AI coding agents (Cursor, Claude Code) constantly burning through context limits. They were reading 500-line implementation files when all they really needed were the types, interfaces, and exported signatures.

To solve this mechanically, I engineered and open-sourced Apex Agents.

How It Works:

1. Babel AST Compactor (npx apex-agents compact):
   Parses TypeScript, JSX, and JavaScript using @babel/parser and replaces function bodies with {} while preserving all types, generics, parameters, and exports. In our tests, an ~13k token codebase compacted down to ~1.4k tokens (88.5% reduction) into an APEX_CONTEXT.md file.

2. Pre-Commit Anti-Cheat & Secret Guard (.git/hooks/pre-commit):
   Diff auditor physically prevents AI agents from modifying or skipping tests to fake a "pass", and halts any accidental commit containing high-entropy API keys.

3. 38 Specialist Personas (.cursor/rules):
   Injects domain-specific engineering rules directly into .cursor/rules for database performance, React 19 architecture, and Lighthouse optimization.

4. Native MCP Server:
   Built-in JSON-RPC stdio server ready to plug into Claude Desktop or Cursor MCP settings.

Try it in any repo:

bash:
npx apex-agents init

GitHub: github.com/AmanullaShaikh/apex-agents
NPM: npmjs.com/package/apex-agents

Feedback and pull requests are welcome!