MCP server for Dash, the macOS documentation browser
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# mcp-server-dash A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools to interact with the [Dash](https://kapeli.com/dash) documentation browser API. Dash 8 is required. You can download Dash 8 at https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-8. <a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@Kapeli/dash-mcp-server"> <img width="380" height="200" src="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/@Kapeli/dash-mcp-server/badge" alt="Dash Server MCP server" /> </a> ## Overview The Dash MCP server provides tools for accessing and searching documentation directly from Dash, the macOS documentation browser. MCP clients can: - List installed docsets - Search across docsets and code snippets - Enable full-text search for specific docsets ### Notice This is a work in progress. Any suggestions are welcome! ## Tools 1. **list_installed_docsets** - Lists all installed documentation sets in Dash 2. **search_documentation** - Searches across docsets and snippets 3. **enable_docset_fts** - Enables full-text search for a specific docset ## Requirements - macOS (required for Dash app) - [Dash](https://kapeli.com/dash) installed - Python 3.11.4 or higher - uv ## Configuration ### Using uvx ```bash brew install uv ``` #### in `claude_desktop_config.json` ```json { "mcpServers": { "dash-api": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "--from", "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git", "dash-mcp-server" ] } } } ``` #### in `Claude Code` ```bash claude mcp add dash-api -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" "dash-mcp-server" ```
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