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search_properties

Metadata

Search for properties in an assembly by name pattern. This tool reads the Property metadata table directly using dnfile — no ilspycmd required. Results include the property name and its declaring type, grouped by fully qualified type name.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`assembly_path`	`string`	Yes	—	Full path to the .NET assembly (.dll or .exe)
`pattern`	`string`	Yes	—	Search pattern to match against property names
`type_filter`	`string \| null`	No	`null`	Only search properties in types containing this string
`namespace_filter`	`string \| null`	No	`null`	Only search in namespaces containing this string
`case_sensitive`	`bool`	No	`false`	Whether pattern matching is case-sensitive
`use_regex`	`bool`	No	`false`	Treat pattern as a regular expression

Example

MCP JSON
Python

{
  "tool": "search_properties",
  "arguments": {
    "assembly_path": "/path/to/MyApp.dll",
    "pattern": "ConnectionString",
    "namespace_filter": "MyApp.Data"
  }
}

result = await client.call_tool("search_properties", {
    "assembly_path": "/path/to/MyApp.dll",
    "pattern": "ConnectionString",
    "namespace_filter": "MyApp.Data",
})

Response

Properties grouped by declaring type, listing each property name. Results support pagination via max_results and offset parameters.

search_fields — find fields and constants
search_methods — find methods by name pattern
decompile_assembly — decompile a type to see property implementations