diff --git a/harbor/cli.py b/harbor/cli.py
index 5bfaa05..0eacfe6 100644
--- a/harbor/cli.py
+++ b/harbor/cli.py
@@ -255,9 +255,10 @@ def build_parser():
     p = sub.add_parser("who", help="who has worked on a scope (notes, reviews, claims, messages)")
     p.add_argument("scope")
     p = sub.add_parser("re", help="reverse-engineering lookups from the project's image and annotations")
-    p.add_argument("action", choices=["disasm", "xrefs", "bytes", "lookup", "ghidra", "ghidra-tools", "debugger-tools"])
+    p.add_argument("action", choices=["disasm", "xrefs", "bytes", "lookup", "ghidra", "ghidra-tools", "debugger-tools", "match"])
     p.add_argument("target", nargs="?", default="", help="an address (0x4AD850) or a name; for ghidra, the tool")
     p.add_argument("arguments", nargs="?", default="{}", help="ghidra: the tool's arguments as JSON")
+    p.add_argument("--decomp", help="match: the checkout or worktree to compile from")
     p.add_argument("--max-bytes", type=int, dest="max_bytes")
     p.add_argument("--count", type=int, default=16)
     p.add_argument("--as", dest="as_type", default="hex", choices=["hex", "int32", "uint32", "float", "double", "string"])
@@ -675,8 +676,14 @@ def main(argv=None):
         out(r, f"summary #{r['id']} pinned to {r['thread']}")
     elif cmd == "re":
         from .reverse import Ghidra, Reverse
-        r = None if args.action.startswith(("ghidra", "debugger")) else Reverse(harbor.project.reverse)
-        if args.action == "debugger-tools":
+        r = None if args.action.startswith(("ghidra", "debugger", "match")) else Reverse(harbor.project.reverse)
+        if args.action == "match":
+            from .reverse import match_functions
+            res = match_functions(harbor.project.reverse, args.target, args.decomp)
+            out(res, res["summary"] + "\n" + "\n".join(
+                f"{x['address']} {x['status']:<9} {x.get('similarity', '')!s:<6} {x['file']} {x.get('note', '')}"
+                for x in res["results"]))
+        elif args.action == "debugger-tools":
             from .reverse import Debugger
             res = Debugger(harbor.project.reverse).tools()
             out(res, "\n".join(f"{t['name']:<22} {(t['description'] or '').splitlines()[0][:90] if t['description'] else ''}"
diff --git a/harbor/mcp_server.py b/harbor/mcp_server.py
index 3744667..0f23b38 100644
--- a/harbor/mcp_server.py
+++ b/harbor/mcp_server.py
@@ -503,6 +503,21 @@ def _gh(fn):
         raise ToolError(str(error)) from None
 
 
+@mcp.tool()
+def re_match(targets: str, decomp: str | None = None) -> dict:
+    """Compile functions with the game's own compiler (Visual C++ 2003, cl 13.10) and compare them with the
+    original bytes. targets: up to 50 addresses, e.g. '0x412F70, 0x4ADC70'; decomp: your worktree (default main).
+    status 'match' means byte-identical apart from linker-filled addresses; 'arguments in registers' means the
+    game passed them in registers (link-time code generation) and the rest is identical. similarity (0-1)
+    compares instructions, so you can see whether a rewrite moved closer. Matching is a bonus, not a gate:
+    readable, correct C comes first."""
+    try:
+        from .reverse import match_functions
+        return match_functions(harbor().project.reverse, targets, decomp)
+    except (HarborError, projects.ProjectError) as error:
+        raise ToolError(str(error)) from None
+
+
 @mcp.tool()
 def ghidra_tools() -> list:
     """The tools of the team's shared Ghidra session (GhidrAssistMCP, read-only, the curated project with every
diff --git a/harbor/reverse.py b/harbor/reverse.py
index f10e000..4809682 100644
--- a/harbor/reverse.py
+++ b/harbor/reverse.py
@@ -452,3 +452,32 @@ class Debugger:
                 pass
             self.proc.terminate()
         self.proc = None
+
+
+def match_functions(config, targets, decomp=None, flags=None):
+    """Compile functions with the game's compiler (Visual C++ 2003) and compare them with the original bytes.
+    targets: addresses ("0x4ADC70, 0x412F70"); decomp: the checkout or worktree whose src/ holds them."""
+    import subprocess
+    import sys
+    import tempfile
+    config = config or {}
+    matcher = config.get("matcher")
+    if not matcher:
+        raise HarborError("this project has no matcher in its [reverse] table")
+    wanted = [t.strip() for t in re.split(r"[,\s]+", str(targets)) if t.strip()]
+    if not wanted or len(wanted) > 50:
+        raise HarborError("give 1 to 50 addresses")
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(dir=config.get("debugger_temp")) as tmp:
+        out = Path(tmp) / "match.json"
+        command = [sys.executable, "-B", str(matcher), "--all", "--only", ",".join(wanted), "--json", str(out),
+                   "--flags", flags or config.get("match_flags", "-TC -O2")]
+        if decomp:
+            command += ["--decomp", str(decomp)]
+        result = subprocess.run(command, capture_output=True, text=True, encoding="utf-8", errors="replace",
+                                timeout=600, creationflags=getattr(subprocess, "CREATE_NO_WINDOW", 0))
+        if not out.exists():
+            raise HarborError("the matcher failed: " + (result.stdout + result.stderr).strip()[-800:])
+        rows = json.loads(out.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    errors = [line for line in result.stdout.splitlines() if "compile errors" in line]
+    return {"results": rows, "summary": result.stdout.strip().splitlines()[0] if result.stdout.strip() else "",
+            **({"compile": errors[0]} if errors else {})}
diff --git a/tests/fake_matcher.py b/tests/fake_matcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df15d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fake_matcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+"""Stands in for match71.py: writes one result per --only address."""
+import json
+import sys
+
+args = sys.argv[1:]
+only = args[args.index("--only") + 1].split(",")
+out = args[args.index("--json") + 1]
+rows = [{"address": a, "file": a + "_F.c", "status": "match", "similarity": 1.0} for a in only]
+open(out, "w", encoding="utf-8").write(json.dumps(rows))
+print(f"cl 13.10 {args[args.index('--flags') + 1]}: {len(rows)} functions: {len(rows)} match")
diff --git a/tests/test_reverse.py b/tests/test_reverse.py
index ea5a5ae..caa32b8 100644
--- a/tests/test_reverse.py
+++ b/tests/test_reverse.py
@@ -136,3 +136,17 @@ class DebuggerForwarder(unittest.TestCase):
             d.close()
         with self.assertRaises(HarborError):
             Debugger({})
+
+
+class MatchFunctions(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_runs_the_matcher_and_reads_its_results(self):
+        from pathlib import Path
+        from harbor.reverse import match_functions
+        config = {"matcher": str(Path(__file__).with_name("fake_matcher.py")), "match_flags": "-TC -O2"}
+        res = match_functions(config, "0x412F70, 0x404810")
+        self.assertEqual([r["address"] for r in res["results"]], ["0x412F70", "0x404810"])
+        self.assertIn("-TC -O2", res["summary"])
+        with self.assertRaises(HarborError):
+            match_functions(config, "")
+        with self.assertRaises(HarborError):
+            match_functions({}, "0x412F70")