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# Running the Enhanced Dash MCP Server The server communicates over standard input and output. It uses the `stdio_server` context manager from the MCP library to expose its streams for MCP clients. An asynchronous `main` coroutine obtains these streams and wires them to `server.run` using `asyncio.run`. Example: ```bash python3 enhanced_dash_server.py ``` This invocation wires the server to STDIO internally and requires no additional parameters. Since version 1.1.4 the main script uses `stdio_server` to obtain read and write streams for `server.run()`. This prevents errors like: ``` TypeError: Server.run() missing 3 required positional arguments ``` Just run the script directly and the server will wire itself to STDIO. Press `Ctrl+C` to stop the server gracefully; the program handles `KeyboardInterrupt` without printing a stack trace. Version 1.2.11 adds startup and shutdown log messages and fixes an issue where the server could hang during startup when interrupted. Both `KeyboardInterrupt` and internal cancellations use the same `_cancel_task` helper to ensure consistent cleanup. The server now calls `server.create_initialization_options()` before invoking `server.run()` to avoid AttributeError warnings from MCP clients expecting structured initialization data. Logs are stored in `~/.cache/dash-mcp/server.log` with rotation. Set `DASH_MCP_LOG_LEVEL` to control verbosity or `DASH_MCP_LOG_FILE` to change the path. Set `DASH_DOCSETS_PATH` only if your Dash documentation lives outside the default path. Symlinks under `~/Library/Application Support/Dash` are followed automatically. If the variable points at the `Dash` directory rather than `DocSets`, the server will automatically correct the search path. Docsets stored in subfolders are detected as well, enabling support for Dash 4's layout where docsets can be nested within categories. The log will record startup, shutdown, and unexpected error messages so you can confirm the server launched correctly and diagnose failures.

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