devdocs-mcp

KnowledgeBase MCP server for Developer Documentation

Installation

Quick Start with uvx (Recommended)

Run directly from GitHub with ML dependencies (required for semantic search):

uvx --from "devdocs-mcp[ml] @ git+https://github.com/HellButcher/devdocs-mcp.git" devdocs-mcp

MCP Server Configuration

Add to your MCP client configuration (e.g., Claude Desktop, Cline):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "devdocs": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "devdocs-mcp[ml] @ git+https://github.com/HellButcher/devdocs-mcp.git",
        "devdocs-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Development Setup

Clone and install with ML dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/HellButcher/devdocs-mcp.git
cd devdocs-mcp
uv sync --extra ml
uv run devdocs-mcp

Alternative Installation Methods

Install with uv:

uv pip install "devdocs-mcp[ml] @ git+https://github.com/HellButcher/devdocs-mcp.git"
devdocs-mcp

Install without ML dependencies (semantic search disabled):

uvx --from "git+https://github.com/HellButcher/devdocs-mcp.git" devdocs-mcp

Features

• Access to 819+ documentation sources from devdocs.io
• Semantic search with vector embeddings (requires ML dependencies)
• Custom local documentation sources
• Efficient caching and incremental updates
• 10 MCP tools for documentation queries

Configuration

Configuration is stored at XDG paths:

• Config: ~/.config/devdocs-mcp/config.json
• Cache: ~/.cache/devdocs-mcp/ (docs + embeddings)

Environment variables:

• DEVD_EMBEDDING_MODEL - Override the default embedding model