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Pub.dev MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for pub.dev, the official package repository for Dart and Flutter.
It allows AI assistants to search, analyze, and retrieve detailed information about Dart/Flutter packages.


✨ Features

  • 🔍 Package Search – Advanced filtering & sorting

  • 📦 Package Information – Metadata, dependencies, statistics

  • 🔄 Version Management – Check updates, compare versions, track history

  • 📚 Documentation Access – README, changelog, examples, API docs

  • Caching – Built-in 5-minute intelligent cache

  • 🛠 Dependency Analysis – Compare dependencies between versions


📦 Installation

NPM (Recommended)

npm install -g @devqxi/pubdev-mcp-server

From Source

git clone https://github.com/devqxi/pubdev-mcp-server.git cd pubdev-mcp-server npm install npm run build npm run start

⚙️ Configuration

Claude Desktop

  1. Locate your configuration file:

    • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

    • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

    • Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

  2. Add:

{ "mcpServers": { "pubdev": { "command": "npx", "args": ["@devqxi/pubdev-mcp-server"] } } }
  1. Restart Claude Desktop.

Local Build Example:

{ "mcpServers": { "pubdev": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/pubdev-mcp-server/dist/pubdev-mcp.js"] } } }

Other MCP Clients:

npx @devqxi/pubdev-mcp-server

🛠 Available Tools

Tool

Description

Key Parameters

get_package_info

Retrieve package metadata, stats, dependencies, publishers

packageName

search_packages

Search with filters and sorting

query

,

sort

,

page

check_package_updates

Check if updates are available

packageName

,

currentVersion

get_package_versions

Get version history

packageName

,

limit

get_documentation_changes

Get README, changelog, examples, API docs

packageName

,

version

,

docType

compare_package_versions

Compare dependencies & changes between versions

packageName

,

fromVersion

,

toVersion


📖 Example Commands

  • Search Packages
    "Search for state management packages sorted by popularity"

  • Package Details
    "Get information about the flutter_bloc package"

  • Check Updates
    "Check if provider has updates from version 6.0.0"

  • Get Docs
    "Get the changelog for dio version 4.0.0"

  • Compare Versions
    "Compare dependencies between http 2.0.0 and 3.0.0"


💻 Development

git clone https://github.com/devqxi/pubdev-mcp-server.git cd pubdev-mcp-server npm install npm run build npm run start

Test with MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector npx @devqxi/pubdev-mcp-server

🌐 API Reference

  • https://pub.dev/api/packages/{package}

  • https://pub.dev/api/search

  • https://pub.dev/api/packages/{package}/versions

  • https://pub.dev/packages/{package}/{version}/{doc-type}


🛡 Error Handling

  • Graceful handling of network & API failures

  • Clear errors for invalid/non-existent packages

  • Built-in delays for respectful rate limiting

  • Detailed validation messages for malformed requests


🤝 Contributing

  1. Fork & branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

  2. Install deps (npm install)

  3. Build & test (npm run build && npm test)

  4. Commit & push (git commit -m 'Add feature' && git push)

  5. Open a Pull Request


📜 License

MIT – See LICENSE


📢 Support


🆕 Changelog

v1.0.0

  • Initial release

  • All major pub.dev API endpoints supported

  • Caching & error handling implemented

  • Full MCP protocol compliance

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