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To use our new docs MCP server in Claude Code, run

claude mcp add ampersand-docs-server --transport http "https://docs.withampersand.com/mcp"

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Connecting to the mcp server from an MCP Client

Add the following in your mcp.json in cursor IDE or claude_desktop_config.json when using Claude desktop.

Note: This server runs in HTTP SSE mode

When using the official hosted mcp server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "@amp-labs/mcp-docs-server": {
      "url": "https://mcp-docs.withampersand.com/sse" 
    }
  }
}

When running the docs server locally

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "@amp-labs/mcp-docs-server": {
      "url": "http://localhost:3001/sse"
    }
  }
}

Ampersand MCP docs server

Use npx to automatically run the server locally

This will start the server at http://localhost:3001

npx @amp-labs/mcp-docs-server@latest

Building locally

Install dependencies

pnpm i

Build the MCP SSE server

pnpm build

Start the server

pnpm start

Debugging & troubleshooting

Use the MCP inspector tool to know more about the mcp server and debug tools, prompts, resources

pnpm inspect