Text Processing

Indented List to ASCII Tree

Convert a 2-space / 4-space / Tab indented hierarchical list (Markdown bullets, -, *, 1. prefixes optional) into a copyable ASCII directory tree. Two styles: Unicode box-drawing (├──└──│) for GitHub/Discord and classic ASCII (|--\--|) for plain text. Toggles for full guide lines, trailing spaces, and bracketed leaf nodes like docs/[api.md].

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/ascii-tree-from-indented-list' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"list":"src\n  index.ts\n  tools\n    json-formatter.ts\n    qr-code-generator.ts\n  package.json","style":"unicode","indentUnit":"auto","fullGuide":true,"leafBracket":false,"trimTrailing":true}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/ascii-tree-from-indented-list

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
list	textarea	Yes	—
style	select	No	—
indentUnit	select	No	—
fullGuide	checkbox	No	—
leafBracket	checkbox	No	—
trimTrailing

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-ascii-tree-from-indented-list": {
      "name": "ascii-tree-from-indented-list",
      "description": "Convert a 2-space / 4-space / Tab indented hierarchical list (Markdown bullets, -, *, 1. prefixes optional) into a copyable ASCII directory tree. Two styles: Unicode box-drawing (├──└──│) for GitHub/Discord and classic ASCII (|--\\--|) for plain text. Toggles for full guide lines, trailing spaces, and bracketed leaf nodes like docs/[api.md].",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=ascii-tree-from-indented-list",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "ascii-tree-from-indented-list",
    "arguments": {
  "list": "src\n  index.ts\n  tools\n    json-formatter.ts\n    qr-code-generator.ts\n  package.json",
  "style": "unicode",
  "indentUnit": "auto",
  "fullGuide": true,
  "leafBracket": false,
  "trimTrailing": true
}
  }
}

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