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Dash MCP Server

by Kapeli
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MIT License
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  • Apple
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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

  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 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"
Install Server
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security – no known vulnerabilities
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license - permissive license
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quality - confirmed to work

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Tools

Provides tools to interact with the Dash documentation browser API, allowing users to list installed docsets, search across documentation, and enable full-text search.

  1. Overview
    1. Notice
  2. Tools
    1. Requirements
      1. Configuration
        1. Using uvx

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