diff --git a/server/src/tools/parser.py b/server/src/tools/parser.py
index c1f15e8..7363a4e 100644
--- a/server/src/tools/parser.py
+++ b/server/src/tools/parser.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import io
+import re
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 from tclint.parser import Parser
 from tclint.commands import CommandArgError
+from tclint.commands.checks import eval as eval_script_args
 from tclint.syntax_tree import (
     BracedWord,
     BareWord,
@@ -13,9 +15,32 @@ from tclint.syntax_tree import (
 from tclint.lexer import TclSyntaxError, Lexer, TOK_EOF
 
 
+_UPLEVEL_LEVEL_RE = re.compile(r"^#?\d+$")
+
+
+def _uplevel(args, parser):
+    """uplevel ?level? arg ?arg ...?"""
+    # ref: https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl/TclCmd/uplevel.html
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        raise CommandArgError("not enough args to 'uplevel': got 0, expected at least 1")
+
+    # The level can only be omitted when the first arg doesn't look like one.
+    # A non-literal first arg (e.g. $level) is treated as a level as well.
+    level = []
+    if len(args) > 1:
+        first = args[0].contents
+        if first is None or _UPLEVEL_LEVEL_RE.match(first):
+            level = args[0:1]
+
+    return level + eval_script_args(args[len(level) :], parser, "uplevel")
+
+
 class CustomParser(Parser):
     def __init__(self, debug=False, command_plugins=None):
         super().__init__(debug, command_plugins)
+        # tclint only checks the arg count of uplevel; parse its body as a script
+        # so it gets formatted and linted like eval/namespace eval bodies.
+        self._commands = {**self._commands, "uplevel": _uplevel}
         # Used to normalize newlines consistently with open()'s universal newlines mode.
         self._decoder = io.IncrementalNewlineDecoder(None, True)