# isc-playbook-mcp-server

> MCP server for searching and browsing the IBM ISC Playbook with hybrid search capabilities

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/isc-playbook-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/yourusername/isc-playbook-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/yourusername/isc-playbook-mcp-server
- version: 0.1.2
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: hybrid-search, mcp, milvus, playbook, search
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:isc-playbook-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# ISC Playbook MCP Server

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for searching and browsing the IBM ISC Playbook with hybrid search capabilities.

## Features

- **Hybrid Search**: Combines semantic (dense vectors) and keyword (sparse vectors) search using Milvus Lite
- **1,358 Indexed Pages**: Complete IBM ISC Playbook content (1,091 documents + 266 folders)
- **Natural Language Queries**: Search using conversational questions
- **GitHub Copilot Integration**: Access playbook directly from VS Code

## Architecture

- **Vector Database**: Milvus Lite (embedded, no external service needed)
- **Embeddings**: sentence-transformers (all-MiniLM-L6-v2, 384-dim)
- **Search Algorithm**: RRF (Reciprocal Rank Fusion) for result merging
- **MCP Framework**: FastMCP (Python SDK)

## Installation

### Option 1: Using uvx (Recommended)

The easiest way to use this MCP server is with `uvx`:

```bash
# Install and run directly with uvx
uvx isc-playbook-mcp-server
```

### Option 2: From PyPI

```bash
# Install from PyPI
pip install isc-playbook-mcp-server

# Run the server
isc-playbook-mcp-server
```

### Option 3: From Source (Development)

1. **Clone the repository**:

   ```bash
   git clone git@github.ibm.com:kirtijha/isc-playbook-mcp-server.git
   cd isc-playbook-mcp-server
   ```

2. **Install with uv**:

   ```bash
   uv pip install -e .
   ```

   Or with pip:

   ```bash
   python -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate  # On macOS/Linux
   pip install -e .
   ```

## Usage

### MCP Server Configuration

Add to your MCP settings file (e.g., `~/.config/mcp/mcp.json` or VS Code's MCP settings):

#### Using uvx (Recommended):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isc-playbook": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["isc-playbook-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}
```

#### Using installed package:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "isc-playbook": {
      "command": "isc-playbook-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
}
```

### Available Tools

1. **search_playbook**: Natural language search across a…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.version-control (1, derived)
- data.vector-search (0.825, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/isc-playbook-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-09T22:22:04.046Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/isc-playbook-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/isc-playbook-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:isc-playbook-mcp-server