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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, which is currently in beta. You can download Dash 8 at https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-8.
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<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"
```