The Julia Documentation MCP Server provides access to Julia documentation and source code with additional exploration capabilities:

Get Documentation: Retrieve documentation for packages, modules, types, functions, or methods with options for detail level (concise, full, all) and including unexported symbols
Get Source Code: Retrieve source code for functions, types, or methods
List Package Symbols: View available symbols in packages or modules, with option to include unexported symbols
Explore Projects: Examine the structure and dependencies of Julia projects
Built-in Caching: Uses 5-minute TTL caching for efficient data retrieval
Error Handling: Handles Julia-specific errors effectively

Julia Documentation MCP Server

An MCP server that efficiently serves context to Claude Desktop about Julia documentation and source code.

Features

Get documentation for Julia packages, modules, types, functions, and methods
View source code for Julia functions, types, and methods
Built-in caching with 5-minute TTL
Proper error handling for Julia-specific errors

Related MCP server: Code Analysis MCP Server

Tools

`get-doc`

Gets Julia documentation for a package, module, type, function, or method.

Parameter: path (string) - Path to Julia object (e.g., 'Base.sort', 'AbstractArray')

`get-source`

Gets Julia source code for a function, type, or method.

Parameter: path (string) - Path to Julia object (e.g., 'Base.sort', 'AbstractArray')

Requirements

Node.js 16 or higher
Julia 1.9 or higher installed and accessible in PATH
Claude Desktop

Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "juliadoc": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@jonathanfischer97/server-juliadoc" ], "env": { "JULIA_PROJECT": "/path/to/your/julia/project" } } } }

The server will use:

Your specified Julia project if JULIA_PROJECT is set in the config
The default global Julia environment if no project is specified
Your system's default Julia installation (must be accessible in PATH)

Development

# Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/jonathanfischer97/juliadoc-mcp.git cd juliadoc-mcp # Install dependencies npm install # Build npm run build # Start server locally npm start

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

Credit goes to mrjoshuak/godoc-mcp for inspiring this project

License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details

Julia Documentation MCP Server

Julia Documentation MCP Server

Features

Tools

`get-doc`

`get-source`

Requirements

Configuration

Development

Contributing

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