diff --git a/src/elements/Common.ts b/src/elements/Common.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/Common.ts
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+import Parser from 'web-tree-sitter';
+import { IPosition } from './interfaces/Common';
+
+/**
+ * Position of a node in the source code.
+ */
+export class Position implements IPosition {
+    /**
+     * Convert a tree-sitter node to a position object.
+     * @param node The tree-sitter node to convert.
+     * @returns A position object representing the node.
+     */
+    static fromNode(node: Parser.SyntaxNode): Position {
+        return new Position(
+            node.startPosition.row,
+            node.endPosition.row,
+            node.startPosition.column,
+            node.endPosition.column,
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Position of a node in the source code.
+     * @param startLine Start line number
+     * @param endLine End line number
+     * @param startColumn Start column number
+     * @param endColumn End column number
+     */
+    constructor(
+        public startLine: number,
+        public endLine: number,
+        public startColumn: number,
+        public endColumn: number,
+    ) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Convert the position to a string representation.
+     * @returns String representation of the position
+     */
+    toString(): string {
+        return `(${this.startLine}:${this.startColumn}-${this.endLine}:${this.endColumn})`;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/HDLElement.ts b/src/elements/HDLElement.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/HDLElement.ts
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+import { IPosition } from './interfaces/Common';
+import { IHDLElement, IHDLElementInfo } from './interfaces/IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Base implementation for all HDL elements.
+ * @template T - Type of the HDL element info.
+ */
+export class HDLElement<T extends IHDLElementInfo> implements IHDLElement<T> {
+    protected _info: T;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new HDL element.
+     * @param info Metadata about the HDL element
+     */
+    constructor(info: T) {
+        this._info = info;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the HDL element.
+     */
+    get name(): string {
+        return this._info.name ?? '';
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the machine-generated description of the HDL element.
+     */
+    get description(): string | undefined {
+        return this._info.description;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the code comment associated with the HDL element.
+     */
+    get comment(): string | undefined {
+        return this._info.comment;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the position of the HDL element in the source code.
+     */
+    get position(): IPosition {
+        return this._info.position;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the full metadata object.
+     */
+    get info(): T {
+        return this._info;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/HDLFunction.ts b/src/elements/HDLFunction.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/HDLFunction.ts
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+import { HDLElement } from './HDLElement';
+import { IHDLFunctionInfo, IHDLFunction } from './interfaces/IHDLFunction';
+
+/**
+ * Function element in VHDL.
+ */
+export class HDLFunction
+    extends HDLElement<IHDLFunctionInfo>
+    implements IHDLFunction
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get parameters(): string {
+        return this._info.parameters;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get returnType(): string {
+        return this._info.returnType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/HDLInstantiation.ts b/src/elements/HDLInstantiation.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/HDLInstantiation.ts
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+import { HDLElement } from './HDLElement';
+import {
+    IHDLInstantiationInfo,
+    IHDLInstantiation,
+} from './interfaces/IHDLInstantiation';
+
+/**
+ * Instantiation element in VHDL.
+ */
+export class Instantiation
+    extends HDLElement<IHDLInstantiationInfo>
+    implements IHDLInstantiation
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get instanceType(): string {
+        return this._info.instanceType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/HDLProcedure.ts b/src/elements/HDLProcedure.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/HDLProcedure.ts
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+import { HDLElement } from './HDLElement';
+import { IHDLProcedureInfo, IHDLProcedure } from './interfaces/IHDLProcedure';
+
+/**
+ * Procedure element in VHDL.
+ */
+export class HDLProcedure
+    extends HDLElement<IHDLProcedureInfo>
+    implements IHDLProcedure
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get parameters(): string {
+        return this._info.parameters;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/HDLProcess.ts b/src/elements/HDLProcess.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/HDLProcess.ts
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+import { HDLElement } from './HDLElement';
+import { IHDLProcessInfo, IHDLProcess } from './interfaces/IHDLProcess';
+
+/**
+ * Process element in VHDL.
+ */
+export class HDLProcess
+    extends HDLElement<IHDLProcessInfo>
+    implements IHDLProcess
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get sensitivityList(): string[] | undefined {
+        return this._info.sensitivityList;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get processType(): string | undefined {
+        return this._info.processType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/HDLSignal.ts b/src/elements/HDLSignal.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/HDLSignal.ts
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+import { HDLElement } from './HDLElement';
+import { IHDLSignalInfo, IHDLSignal } from './interfaces/IHDLSignal';
+
+/**
+ * Signal element in VHDL.
+ */
+export class HDLSignal
+    extends HDLElement<IHDLSignalInfo>
+    implements IHDLSignal
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get type(): string {
+        return this._info.type;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    get defaultValue(): string | undefined {
+        return this._info.defaultValue;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/Common.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/Common.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/Common.ts
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+import Parser from 'web-tree-sitter';
+
+/**
+ * Static interface for position objects.
+ */
+export interface IPosition_ {
+    /**
+     * Convert a tree-sitter node to a position object.
+     * @param node The tree-sitter node to convert.
+     * @returns A position object representing the node.
+     */
+    fromNode(node: Parser.SyntaxNode): IPosition;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new position object.
+     * @param startLine Start line number
+     * @param endLine End line number
+     * @param startColumn Start column number
+     * @param endColumn End column number
+     */
+    new (
+        startLine: number,
+        endLine: number,
+        startColumn: number,
+        endColumn: number,
+    ): IPosition;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Position of a node in the source code.
+ */
+export interface IPosition {
+    /**
+     * The line number of the start of the node.
+     */
+    startLine: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The line number of the end of the node.
+     */
+    endLine: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The column number of the start of the node.
+     */
+    startColumn: number;
+
+    /**
+     * The column number of the end of the node.
+     */
+    endColumn: number;
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/HDLElementTagNameMap.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/HDLElementTagNameMap.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/HDLElementTagNameMap.ts
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+export interface HDLElementTagNameMap {
+    process: 'HDLProcess';
+    type: 'HDLType';
+    signal: 'HDLSignal';
+    variable: 'HDLVariable';
+    constant: 'HDLConstant';
+    attribute: 'HDLAttribute';
+    function: 'HDLFunction';
+    procedure: 'HDLProcedure';
+    instance: 'HDLInstance';
+    generic: 'HDLGeneric';
+    port: 'HDLPort';
+    concurrent: 'HDLConcurrent';
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLElement.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLElement.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLElement.ts
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+import { IPosition } from './Common';
+
+/**
+ * Shared metadata for any HDL element.
+ */
+export interface IHDLElementInfo {
+    /**
+     * Name of the HDL element.
+     * e.g. "my_signal", "my_function", "my_process".
+     */
+    name?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Machine generated description of the element.
+     */
+    description?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Code comment associated with the HDL element.
+     */
+    comment?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Position of the HDL element in the source code.
+     */
+    position: IPosition;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Static interface for all HDL elements.
+ * @template T - Type of the HDL element info.
+ */
+export interface IHDLElement_<T extends IHDLElementInfo> {
+    new (info: T): IHDLElement<T>;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for all HDL elements.
+ * @template T - Type of the HDL element info.
+ */
+export interface IHDLElement<T extends IHDLElementInfo> {
+    /**
+     * Get the name of the HDL element.
+     */
+    get name(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the machine generated description of the HDL element.
+     */
+    get description(): string | undefined;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the code comment associated with the HDL element.
+     */
+    get comment(): string | undefined;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the position of the HDL element in the source code.
+     */
+    get position(): IPosition;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the full metadata object.
+     */
+    get info(): T;
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLFunction.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLFunction.ts
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+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLFunction.ts
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+import { IHDLElement, IHDLElementInfo } from './IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Interface for function metadata.
+ */
+export interface IHDLFunctionInfo extends IHDLElementInfo {
+    /**
+     * Parameter list as string.
+     */
+    parameters: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Return type.
+     */
+    returnType: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for function elements.
+ */
+export interface IHDLFunction extends IHDLElement<IHDLFunctionInfo> {
+    /**
+     * Get the parameter list of the function.
+     */
+    get parameters(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the return type of the function.
+     */
+    get returnType(): string;
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLInstantiation.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLInstantiation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c173d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLInstantiation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { IHDLElement, IHDLElementInfo } from './IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Interface for component instantiation metadata.
+ */
+export interface IHDLInstantiationInfo extends IHDLElementInfo {
+    /**
+     * Type of the instantiated.
+     * e.g. "my_component", "my_package.my_component".
+     */
+    instanceType: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for instantiation elements.
+ */
+export interface IHDLInstantiation extends IHDLElement<IHDLInstantiationInfo> {
+    /**
+     * Get the type of the instantiated element.
+     */
+    get instanceType(): string;
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLProcedure.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLProcedure.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..986b038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLProcedure.ts
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+import { IHDLElement, IHDLElementInfo } from './IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Interface for procedure metadata.
+ */
+export interface IHDLProcedureInfo extends IHDLElementInfo {
+    /**
+     * Parameter list as string.
+     */
+    parameters: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for procedure elements.
+ */
+export interface IHDLProcedure extends IHDLElement<IHDLProcedureInfo> {
+    /**
+     * Get the parameter list of the procedure.
+     */
+    get parameters(): string;
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLProcess.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLProcess.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fe93f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLProcess.ts
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+import { IHDLElement, IHDLElementInfo } from './IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Interface for process metadata.
+ */
+export interface IHDLProcessInfo extends IHDLElementInfo {
+    /**
+     * Sensitivity list of the process.
+     */
+    sensitivityList?: string[];
+
+    /**
+     * Type of process (optional: FSM, combinatorial, etc.).
+     */
+    processType?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for process elements.
+ */
+export interface IHDLProcess extends IHDLElement<IHDLProcessInfo> {
+    /**
+     * Get the sensitivity list of the process.
+     * e.g. "clk", "reset".
+     */
+    get sensitivityList(): string[] | undefined;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the type of the process.
+     * e.g. "FSM", "combinatorial", etc.
+     */
+    get processType(): string | undefined;
+}
diff --git a/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLSignal.ts b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLSignal.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53b9eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/elements/interfaces/IHDLSignal.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import { IHDLElement, IHDLElementInfo } from './IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Interface for signal metadata.
+ */
+export interface IHDLSignalInfo extends IHDLElementInfo {
+    /**
+     * Type of the signal.
+     * e.g. "std_logic", "std_logic_vector(7 downto 0)".
+     */
+    type: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Default value of the signal.
+     */
+    defaultValue?: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for signal elements.
+ */
+export interface IHDLSignal extends IHDLElement<IHDLSignalInfo> {
+    /**
+     * Get the type of the signal.
+     * e.g. "std_logic", "std_logic_vector(7 downto 0)".
+     */
+    get type(): string;
+
+    /**
+     * Get the default value of the signal.
+     */
+    get defaultValue(): string | undefined;
+}
diff --git a/src/extractors/HDLElementExtractor.ts b/src/extractors/HDLElementExtractor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae264f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extractors/HDLElementExtractor.ts
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+import Parser from 'web-tree-sitter';
+import { ICommentOptions } from './interfaces/ICommentOptions';
+import {
+    IHDLElement,
+    IHDLElementInfo,
+} from '../elements/interfaces/IHDLElement';
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for all HDL element extractors.
+ * Collects and provides access to leading comments and implements recursive AST traversal.
+ */
+export abstract class HDLElementExtractor<
+    T extends IHDLElement<IHDLElementInfo>,
+> {
+    protected readonly _comments: Map<number, string> = new Map();
+
+    constructor(
+        protected readonly root: Parser.SyntaxNode,
+        protected readonly commentOptions: ICommentOptions = {
+            markerPrefix: '@',
+            stripPrefix: true,
+        },
+    ) {}
+
+    /**
+     * Collect all comments in the file and map them by line number.
+     */
+    protected extractComments(): void {
+        const stack: Parser.SyntaxNode[] = [this.root];
+
+        while (stack.length > 0) {
+            const node = stack.pop();
+
+            if (!node) continue;
+
+            if (node.type === 'comment') {
+                let comment = node.text.trim().replace(/^--\s*/, '');
+                const prefix = this.commentOptions.markerPrefix;
+
+                if (prefix && !comment.startsWith(prefix)) return;
+
+                if (prefix && this.commentOptions.stripPrefix) {
+                    comment = comment.substring(prefix.length);
+
+                    if (comment.startsWith(' ')) comment = comment.substring(1);
+                }
+
+                this._comments.set(node.startPosition.row, comment);
+            }
+
+            for (const child of node.namedChildren) {
+                stack.push(child);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Try to find a contiguous block of comment lines directly above the given line.
+     * Stops at the first non-comment or skipped line.
+     * @param line The line number to check for comments.
+     * @returns The comment block as a string, or undefined if no comments are found.
+     */
+    protected getLeadingComment(line: number): string | undefined {
+        const lines: string[] = [];
+        let currentLine = line - 1;
+
+        while (this._comments.has(currentLine)) {
+            lines.unshift(this._comments.get(currentLine)!);
+            currentLine--;
+        }
+
+        return lines.length > 0 ? lines.join('\n') : undefined;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Recursively find all nodes of a given type in the syntax tree.
+     * @param node The starting node.
+     * @param type The node type to search for.
+     * @returns A flat array of matching nodes.
+     */
+    protected findNodesByType(
+        node: Parser.SyntaxNode,
+        type: string,
+    ): Parser.SyntaxNode[] {
+        const result: Parser.SyntaxNode[] = [];
+
+        if (node.type === type) {
+            result.push(node);
+        }
+
+        for (const child of node.namedChildren) {
+            result.push(...this.findNodesByType(child, type));
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The main extraction method to be implemented by subclasses.
+     */
+    abstract extract(): T[];
+}
diff --git a/src/extractors/SignalExtractor.ts b/src/extractors/SignalExtractor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e6a24b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extractors/SignalExtractor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import { HDLElementExtractor } from './HDLElementExtractor';
+import { Position } from '../elements/Common';
+import { HDLSignal } from '../elements/HDLSignal';
+import { IHDLSignalInfo } from '../elements/interfaces/IHDLSignal';
+
+/**
+ * Extractor for VHDL signal declarations.
+ */
+export class SignalExtractor extends HDLElementExtractor<HDLSignal> {
+    /**
+     * Extract all signal declarations from the syntax tree.
+     */
+    extract(): HDLSignal[] {
+        this.extractComments();
+
+        const result: HDLSignal[] = [];
+
+        const signalNodes = this.findNodesByType(
+            this.root,
+            'signal_declaration',
+        );
+
+        for (const node of signalNodes) {
+            const nameNode = node.descendantsOfType('identifier_list')[0];
+            const typeNode = node.descendantsOfType('subtype_indication')[0];
+            const defaultNode = node.descendantsOfType('default_expression')[0];
+
+            const names = nameNode.text.split(',').map((s) => s.trim());
+            const type = typeNode?.text ?? '';
+            const defaultValue = defaultNode?.text ?? undefined;
+            const pos = Position.fromNode(nameNode);
+
+            for (const name of names) {
+                const comment = this.getLeadingComment(pos.startLine);
+
+                const info: IHDLSignalInfo = {
+                    name,
+                    type,
+                    defaultValue,
+                    comment,
+                    description: undefined,
+                    position: pos,
+                };
+
+                result.push(new HDLSignal(info));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/extractors/interfaces/ICommentOptions.ts b/src/extractors/interfaces/ICommentOptions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6c143e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/extractors/interfaces/ICommentOptions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Options for how to treat HDL comments.
+ */
+export interface ICommentOptions {
+    /**
+     * Line must start with this prefix (after '--').
+     * Example: '@' to accept '--@ comment'.
+     */
+    markerPrefix?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * If true, strip the marker prefix and one space (if present).
+     * Example: '--@ Hello' becomes 'Hello'
+     */
+    stripPrefix?: boolean;
+}
diff --git a/src/parser/VHDLParser.ts b/src/parser/VHDLParser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1dc661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/VHDLParser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import Parser from 'web-tree-sitter';
+import { IParser } from './interfaces/IParser';
+
+/**
+ * VHDLParser is a class that provides methods to parse VHDL code
+ * using the tree-sitter library.
+ */
+export class VHDLParser implements IParser {
+    private _parser!: Parser;
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    async init(): Promise<void> {
+        await Parser.init();
+        this._parser = new Parser();
+
+        const lang = await Parser.Language.load(
+            join(__dirname, '../vendor/tree-sitter-vhdl.wasm'),
+        );
+        this._parser.setLanguage(lang);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    parse(code: string): Parser.Tree {
+        return this._parser.parse(code);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    async parseFile(path: string): Promise<Parser.Tree> {
+        const code = readFileSync(path, 'utf-8');
+
+        return this.parse(code);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    async toJson(node: Parser.SyntaxNode): Promise<unknown> {
+        return {
+            type: node.type,
+            text: node.text,
+            startPosition: node.startPosition,
+            endPosition: node.endPosition,
+            children: await Promise.all(
+                node.namedChildren.map((child) => this.toJson(child)),
+            ),
+        };
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/parser/interfaces/IParser.ts b/src/parser/interfaces/IParser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b1bfeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/interfaces/IParser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import Parser from 'web-tree-sitter';
+
+/**
+ * Static parser interface
+ */
+export interface IParser_ {
+    new (): IParser;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parser interface
+ */
+export interface IParser {
+    /**
+     * Initialize the parser and load the language.
+     * @returns A promise that resolves when the parser is initialized.
+     */
+    init(): Promise<void>;
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a string of code and return the parse tree.
+     * @param code The code to parse
+     * @returns The parsed tree.
+     */
+    parse(code: string): Parser.Tree;
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a file and return the parse tree.
+     * @param path The path to the file to parse
+     * @returns The parsed tree.
+     */
+    parseFile(path: string): Promise<Parser.Tree>;
+
+    /**
+     * Convert a tree-sitter node to a JSON object.
+     * This is useful for debugging and visualization purposes.
+     * @param node The tree-sitter node to convert.
+     * @returns A JSON object representing the node.
+     */
+    toJson(node: Parser.SyntaxNode): Promise<unknown>;
+}