Infrawise
Understand your infrastructure, not just your code.
Infrawise gives AI coding assistants deterministic infrastructure awareness.
It statically analyzes your codebase, cloud infrastructure, and database schemas, then exposes that context through MCP so tools like Claude Code can understand your actual tables, indexes, query patterns, and service relationships instead of guessing from source files alone.
Why this exists
New software developers don't write wrong code. Claude Code writes wrong code and they ship it. Infrawise is the only thing standing between Claude Code's generated output and a production incident.
AI coding assistants can read your source files but have no deterministic knowledge of your infrastructure. They do not know which GSIs exist, how tables are partitioned, which functions already trigger scans, or where indexes are missing. So they guess.
Infrawise replaces guessing with infrastructure-aware context.
Without Infrawise, an AI assistant might:
- Suggest a
.scan()on your Orders table that has 50M rows - Recommend adding a GSI on
statusthat you already have - Write a
SELECT *when you need to keep query cost low - Not notice that 5 functions are already hammering the same partition key
With Infrawise, it knows:
- Your exact table schemas, partition keys, sort keys, and GSIs
- Which functions query which tables and how
- Which patterns are already flagged as high severity
- The exact
CREATE INDEXSQL or GSI config for your tables — not generic advice
What Infrawise is not
Infrawise is not an AI agent framework, an infrastructure provisioning tool, an observability platform, or a cloud management dashboard.
It is a deterministic infrastructure intelligence layer for AI-assisted development.
Installation
npm install -g infrawise
or use without installing:
npx infrawise init
Quick start
1. Initialize in your repo
cd your-project
infrawise init
Detects your AWS profile and region, asks a few questions, writes infrawise.yaml. That's the only file it creates in your project.
2. Validate everything is connected
infrawise doctor
3. Run analysis
infrawise analyze
Or skip this step — infrawise dev auto-runs analysis if no cache exists.
Findings (3 total)
1. [HIGH] Full table scan detected on DynamoDB table "Orders"
listAllOrders() scans without any filter — reads every item in the table.
Recommendation: Replace Scan with Query using a partition key or add a GSI.
2. [MEDIUM] PostgreSQL table "users" has no index on column "email"
Filtering on "email" causes sequential scans.
Recommendation: CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY idx_users_email ON users(email);
3. [MEDIUM] DynamoDB table "Sessions" accessed by 6 distinct code paths
High access concentration may create hot partition issues at scale.
Using with AI coding assistants
Step 1: Start the MCP server
infrawise dev
✔ Config loaded infrawise.yaml
✔ Cached analysis loaded 42 nodes · 18 edges · 7 finding(s)
✔ Server running
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ MCP Server │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ POST http://localhost:3000/mcp │
│ GET http://localhost:3000/health │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Tools (13 active) │
│ get_infra_overview · get_graph_summary │
│ ... │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Watching for file changes... Press Ctrl+C to stop
Step 2: Add to your editor settings
Claude Code — edit .claude/settings.json in your repo (project-level) or ~/.claude/settings.json (global):
{
"mcpServers": {
"infrawise": {
"url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
}
}
}
To let Claude Code manage the server lifecycle automatically:
{
"mcpServers": {
"infrawise": {
"command": "infrawise",
"args": ["dev"]
}
}
}
Cursor and Windsurf — add http://localhost:3000/mcp as an MCP server in editor settings.
MCP tools
| Tool | What it provides |
|---|---|
get_infra_overview |
Complete snapshot — all services, counts, and high-severity findings |
get_graph_summary |
Full infrastructure graph — all nodes, edges, and findings |
analyze_function |
Issues in a specific function — scans, missing indexes, N+1, trigger event shapes |
suggest_gsi |
Exact GSI config for a DynamoDB table + attribute |
postgres_index_suggestions |
Exact CREATE INDEX SQL for your actual table |
suggest_mongo_index |
Exact createIndex command for a MongoDB collection + field |
mysql_index_suggestions |
Exact ALTER TABLE ADD INDEX SQL for your MySQL table |
get_queue_details |
SQS queues — DLQ status, encryption, message counts |
get_topic_details |
SNS topics — subscription counts and protocols |
get_secrets_overview |
Secrets Manager — names and rotation status (values never included) |
get_parameter_overview |
SSM Parameter Store — names, types, tiers (values never included) |
get_lambda_overview |
Lambda functions — runtime, memory, timeout, triggers (SQS/DynamoDB/Kinesis/EventBridge), env var key names |
get_eventbridge_details |
EventBridge rules — name, state, schedule/event pattern, target functions |
get_log_errors |
CloudWatch error patterns and counts (no raw log messages) |
CLI reference
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
infrawise init |
Detect AWS + repo, generate infrawise.yaml |
infrawise auth |
Select or switch AWS profile |
infrawise analyze |
Scan repo + AWS, build graph, print findings |
infrawise dev |
Start MCP server — auto-analyzes if no cache, watches files for live refresh |
infrawise doctor |
Validate AWS access, DB connectivity, and config |
infrawise analyze options
| Flag | Description |
|---|---|
-c, --config <path> |
Path to infrawise.yaml (default: infrawise.yaml) |
-r, --repo <path> |
Repository to scan (default: current directory) |
--no-cache |
Skip reading/writing the cache |
-o, --output <path> |
Save findings as a markdown report, e.g. report.md |
--severity <level> |
Only show findings at or above this level: high | medium | low |
# Export a shareable findings report
infrawise analyze --output report.md
# Only show high-severity issues
infrawise analyze --severity high
# High-severity issues only, saved to a file
infrawise analyze --severity high --output report.md
Configuration
infrawise.yaml is generated by infrawise init and lives in your repo root. Every service must be explicitly enabled: true — infrawise never connects to anything not listed in config.
Connection strings support ${ENV_VAR} substitution so passwords never need to be committed:
postgres:
enabled: true
connectionString: postgresql://infrawise_ro:${DB_PASSWORD}@host:5432/mydb
Full example:
project: payments-service
aws:
profile: default # AWS profile from ~/.aws/credentials
region: ap-south-1
dynamodb:
enabled: true
includeTables: # omit to include all tables
- Orders
- Users
postgres:
enabled: true
connectionString: postgresql://infrawise_ro:${DB_PASSWORD}@host:5432/mydb
mysql:
enabled: false
connectionString: ''
mongodb:
enabled: false
connectionString: ''
sqs:
enabled: true
sns:
enabled: true
ssm:
enabled: true
paths: [] # filter by prefix e.g. ["/myapp/prod"]
secretsManager:
enabled: true
lambda:
enabled: true
includeFunctions: # omit to include all functions
- myFunction
- anotherFunction
eventbridge:
enabled: true
rds:
enabled: false
kafka:
enabled: false
cloudwatchLogs:
enabled: false
logGroupPrefixes: []
windowHours: 24
analysis:
sampleSize: 100
AWS setup
Infrawise is read-only. Minimum IAM policy required:
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": ["dynamodb:ListTables", "dynamodb:DescribeTable"],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
For SSO profiles, log in before running infrawise:
aws sso login --profile myprofile
PostgreSQL setup (optional)
Create a read-only user for infrawise:
CREATE USER infrawise_ro WITH PASSWORD 'yourpassword';
GRANT CONNECT ON DATABASE yourdb TO infrawise_ro;
GRANT USAGE ON SCHEMA public TO infrawise_ro;
GRANT SELECT ON ALL TABLES IN SCHEMA public TO infrawise_ro;
For Amazon RDS: allow inbound on port 5432 from your machine's IP in the security group.
Analysis capabilities
Infrawise has two analysis layers:
Infrastructure analysis (all languages)
Works from AWS APIs, database schema introspection, and IaC files — no dependency on application code:
| Service | What it checks |
|---|---|
| DynamoDB schema | Tables, GSIs, partition keys |
| PostgreSQL / MySQL schema | Tables, indexes, column types |
| MongoDB schema | Collections, indexes |
| SQS | Missing DLQs, unencrypted queues, large backlogs |
| Kafka (kafkajs) | Producer/consumer topic mapping from code |
| Secrets Manager | Missing secret rotation |
| Lambda | Default memory (128 MB), high timeouts, triggers (SQS/DynamoDB/Kinesis/EventBridge), missing DLQ on trigger source |
| EventBridge | Rules, schedules, event patterns, target Lambda functions |
| RDS | Publicly accessible, no backups, unencrypted, no deletion protection, single-AZ |
| CloudWatch Logs | Log groups with no retention policy |
| Terraform / CloudFormation / CDK | IaC drift vs deployed state |
Code correlation analysis (TypeScript / JavaScript)
Uses ts-morph AST analysis to detect which functions call which tables and how:
| Analyzer | Severity | What it detects |
|---|---|---|
| Full Table Scan (DynamoDB) | High | .scan() calls without filters |
| Missing GSI | Medium | Queries on attributes without a matching GSI |
| Hot Partition | Medium | 5+ distinct code paths hitting the same table |
| Missing Index (PostgreSQL) | Medium | Tables queried without indexes |
| N+1 Query | Medium | Repeated query patterns from ORM loops |
| Large SELECT | Low | SELECT * usage |
| Missing MySQL Index | Medium | MySQL tables queried without indexes |
| MySQL Full Table Scan | High | Full table scan patterns in MySQL queries |
| Missing Mongo Index | Medium | Collections queried without secondary indexes |
| Collection Scan | High | find() calls without filter predicates |
Non-TypeScript/JavaScript projects still get full value from infrastructure-level analyzers — code correlation (function-to-table mapping, N+1 patterns) is skipped.
The scanner supports: AWS SDK v3/v2 for DynamoDB, pg/Prisma/Knex for PostgreSQL, mysql2/Knex for MySQL, driver/Mongoose for MongoDB, AWS SDK v3 for SQS/SNS/SSM/Secrets/Lambda, and kafkajs for Kafka topics (producer/consumer).
How it works
- Infrawise scans your repository and infrastructure metadata
- A graph engine maps services, schemas, indexes, and query patterns
- Rule-based analyzers detect infrastructure and query anti-patterns
- The resulting context is exposed through MCP
- AI coding assistants query this context while generating code
Deterministic analysis
Infrawise does not use an LLM to analyze your infrastructure. All extraction and analysis are deterministic: AST parsing, schema introspection, rule-based analyzers, and graph correlation. LLMs are only consumers of the generated context through MCP.
Security
- Read-only — never writes to AWS or your database, never executes DDL
- Local-first — everything runs on your machine, nothing sent to external servers
- No telemetry — zero data collection
- Credentials — uses your existing AWS credential chain, never stored by infrawise
Architecture overview
flowchart LR
subgraph IN["Your Infrastructure & Code"]
direction TB
D["DynamoDB"]
L["Lambda · SQS · SNS\nEventBridge · RDS"]
S["Secrets Manager · SSM\nCloudWatch"]
P["PostgreSQL · MySQL"]
M["MongoDB"]
T["Terraform · CDK\nCloudFormation"]
C["TypeScript / JS"]
end
A["Adapters"]
G["Graph Engine"]
AN["23 Analyzers"]
CA["Cache"]
subgraph SV["infrawise dev"]
MCP["MCP Server\nlocalhost:3000/mcp"]
end
subgraph AI["AI Coding Assistants"]
direction TB
CC["Claude Code"]
CU["Cursor"]
WS["Windsurf"]
end
D & L & S & P & M & T & C --> A
A --> G --> AN --> CA --> MCP
MCP --> CC & CU & WS
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Source layout
src/
types.ts Shared type definitions
core/ Config (Zod + YAML), logger (Pino), local cache
graph/ Graph engine — nodes, edges, builder
adapters/
aws/ DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS/SNS/SSM/Secrets/EventBridge/RDS, CloudWatch
db/ PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
iac/ Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation (local file parsing)
analyzers/ 23 rule-based analyzers
context/ Repository scanner (ts-morph AST)
server/ Fastify MCP server (@modelcontextprotocol/sdk, Streamable HTTP)
cli/ CLI commands (Commander.js)
Current limitations
- Code-level correlation supports TypeScript and JavaScript only
- Dynamically constructed queries may not always be resolved statically
- Runtime tracing is not yet implemented
- Large monorepos may require future incremental analysis optimization
Roadmap
Feature roadmap is tracked in the GitHub Project. Feature requests and upvotes welcome.
Demo
The demo/localstack/ directory runs infrawise against real AWS APIs emulated locally via LocalStack — an open-source tool that spins up a full AWS environment in Docker so you can test AWS integrations at zero cost, with no real AWS account needed. See demo/localstack/README.md for setup instructions.
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for a full walkthrough — including how to add a new service adapter, a new analyzer, and the PR checklist.
Releasing
pnpm release patch # 0.1.2 → 0.1.3 (bug fixes)
pnpm release minor # 0.1.2 → 0.2.0 (new features, backwards compatible)
pnpm release major # 0.1.2 → 1.0.0 (breaking changes)
pnpm release 1.5.0 # explicit version
Bumps package.json, commits, tags, pushes, and creates a draft GitHub release with notes from commit messages. Then publish the draft on GitHub to trigger npm publish.
License
MIT