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Provides tools for accessing and searching documentation in the Dash macOS documentation browser, including listing installed docsets, searching across docsets and code snippets, and enabling full-text search for specific docsets.
Interfaces with the Dash documentation browser which is a macOS application, making documentation available through macOS.
mcp-server-dash
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools to interact with the Dash documentation browser API.
Dash 8 is required, which is currently in beta. You can download Dash 8 at https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-8.
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
list_installed_docsets
Lists all installed documentation sets in Dash
search_documentation
Searches across docsets and snippets
enable_docset_fts
Enables full-text search for a specific docset
Requirements
macOS (required for Dash app)
Dash installed
Python 3.11.4 or higher
uv
Configuration
Using uvx
brew install uv
in claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"dash-api": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git",
"dash-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
in Claude Code
claude mcp add dash-api -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" "dash-mcp-server"
local-only server
The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.
Provides tools to interact with the Dash documentation browser API, allowing users to list installed docsets, search across documentation, and enable full-text search.
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