diff --git a/src/components/AstExplorer.tsx b/src/components/AstExplorer.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57d0b19e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/AstExplorer.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+import { getNodeFromPath, getNodePathFromSourceRange } from 'lang/queryAst'
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react'
+import { useStore } from 'useStore'
+
+export function AstExplorer() {
+  const { ast, setHighlightRange, selectionRanges } = useStore((s) => ({
+    ast: s.ast,
+    setHighlightRange: s.setHighlightRange,
+    selectionRanges: s.selectionRanges,
+  }))
+  const pathToNode = getNodePathFromSourceRange(
+    ast,
+    selectionRanges.codeBasedSelections?.[0]?.range
+  )
+  const node = getNodeFromPath(ast, pathToNode).node
+  const [filterKeys, setFilterKeys] = useState<string[]>(['start', 'end'])
+
+  return (
+    <div className="relative" style={{ width: '300px' }}>
+      <div className="">
+        filter out keys:<div className="w-2 inline-block"></div>
+        {['start', 'end', 'type'].map((key) => {
+          return (
+            <label key={key} className="inline-flex items-center">
+              <input
+                type="checkbox"
+                className="form-checkbox"
+                checked={filterKeys.includes(key)}
+                onChange={(e) => {
+                  if (filterKeys.includes(key)) {
+                    setFilterKeys(filterKeys.filter((k) => k !== key))
+                  } else {
+                    setFilterKeys([...filterKeys, key])
+                  }
+                }}
+              />
+              <span className="mr-2">{key}</span>
+            </label>
+          )
+        })}
+      </div>
+      <div
+        className="h-full relative"
+        onMouseLeave={(e) => {
+          setHighlightRange([0, 0])
+        }}
+      >
+        <pre className=" text-xs overflow-y-auto" style={{ width: '300px' }}>
+          <DisplayObj obj={ast} filterKeys={filterKeys} node={node} />
+        </pre>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+function DisplayBody({
+  body,
+  filterKeys,
+  node,
+}: {
+  body: { start: number; end: number; [key: string]: any }[]
+  filterKeys: string[]
+  node: any
+}) {
+  return (
+    <>
+      {body.map((b, index) => {
+        return (
+          <div className="my-2" key={index}>
+            <DisplayObj obj={b} filterKeys={filterKeys} node={node} />
+          </div>
+        )
+      })}
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+function DisplayObj({
+  obj,
+  filterKeys,
+  node,
+}: {
+  obj: { start: number; end: number; [key: string]: any }
+  filterKeys: string[]
+  node: any
+}) {
+  const { setHighlightRange, setCursor2 } = useStore((s) => ({
+    setHighlightRange: s.setHighlightRange,
+    setCursor2: s.setCursor2,
+  }))
+  const ref = useRef<HTMLPreElement>(null)
+  const [hasCursor, setHasCursor] = useState(false)
+  const [isCollapsed, setIsCollapsed] = useState(false)
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (
+      node?.start === obj?.start &&
+      node?.end === obj?.end &&
+      node.type === obj?.type
+    ) {
+      ref?.current?.scrollIntoView?.({ behavior: 'smooth', block: 'center' })
+      setHasCursor(true)
+    } else {
+      setHasCursor(false)
+    }
+  }, [node.start, node.end, node.type])
+  return (
+    <pre
+      ref={ref}
+      className={`ml-2 border-l border-violet-600 pl-1 ${
+        hasCursor ? 'bg-violet-100/25' : ''
+      }`}
+      onMouseEnter={(e) => {
+        setHighlightRange([obj?.start || 0, obj.end])
+        e.stopPropagation()
+      }}
+      onMouseMove={(e) => {
+        e.stopPropagation()
+        setHighlightRange([obj?.start || 0, obj.end])
+      }}
+      onClick={(e) => {
+        setCursor2({ type: 'default', range: [obj?.start || 0, obj.end || 0] })
+        e.stopPropagation()
+      }}
+    >
+      {isCollapsed ? (
+        <button
+          className="m-0 p-0 border-0"
+          onClick={() => setIsCollapsed(false)}
+        >
+          {'>'}type: {obj.type}
+        </button>
+      ) : (
+        <span className="flex">
+          {/* <button className="m-0 p-0 border-0 mb-auto" onClick={() => setIsCollapsed(true)}>{'⬇️'}</button> */}
+          <ul className="inline-block">
+            {Object.entries(obj).map(([key, value]) => {
+              if (filterKeys.includes(key)) {
+                return null
+              } else if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+                return (
+                  <li key={key}>
+                    {`${key}: [`}
+                    <DisplayBody
+                      body={value}
+                      filterKeys={filterKeys}
+                      node={node}
+                    />
+                    {']'}
+                  </li>
+                )
+              } else if (
+                typeof value === 'object' &&
+                value !== null &&
+                value?.end
+              ) {
+                return (
+                  <li key={key}>
+                    {key}:
+                    <DisplayObj
+                      obj={value}
+                      filterKeys={filterKeys}
+                      node={node}
+                    />
+                  </li>
+                )
+              } else if (
+                typeof value === 'string' ||
+                typeof value === 'number'
+              ) {
+                return (
+                  <li key={key}>
+                    {key}: {value}
+                  </li>
+                )
+              }
+            })}
+          </ul>
+        </span>
+      )}
+    </pre>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/DebugPanel.tsx b/src/components/DebugPanel.tsx
index a71a9832f..d58f61be9 100644
--- a/src/components/DebugPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DebugPanel.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useState } from 'react'
 import { ActionButton } from '../components/ActionButton'
 import { faCheck } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons'
 import { isReducedMotion } from 'lang/util'
+import { AstExplorer } from './AstExplorer'
 
 type SketchModeCmd = Extract<
   Extract<EngineCommand, { type: 'modeling_cmd_req' }>['cmd'],
@@ -94,6 +95,9 @@ export const DebugPanel = ({ className, ...props }: CollapsiblePanelProps) => {
         >
           Send sketch mode command
         </ActionButton>
+        <div style={{ height: '400px' }} className="overflow-y-auto">
+          <AstExplorer />
+        </div>
       </section>
     </CollapsiblePanel>
   )