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StackOverflow MCP Server

by NoTalkTech

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
STACKOVERFLOW_API_KEYNoStackOverflow API key for higher rate limits (optional, default is 300 requests/day without key)

Instructions

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
search_questionsA
Search StackOverflow questions by keywords.

Supports combined keyword + tag search. When searching by tags only,
pass an empty string for query.

Args:
    query: Search query keywords (empty string for tag-only search)
    limit: Maximum number of results (1-50)
    page: Page number for pagination (minimum 1)
    sort: Sort order (relevance, activity, votes, creation)
    site: Site name to search in (e.g., stackoverflow, serverfault, askubuntu)
    tags: Filter by tags (list of tag names)
    accepted_only: Only return questions with an accepted answer
    min_score: Minimum score threshold
    from_date: Earliest creation date (Unix timestamp)
    to_date: Latest creation date (Unix timestamp)
search_by_tagsA
Search StackOverflow questions by programming tags.

Args:
    tags: List of tags to search for (e.g., ['python', 'async'])
    limit: Maximum number of results (1-50)
    page: Page number for pagination (minimum 1)
    sort: Sort order (activity, votes, creation, relevance)
    site: Site name to search in (e.g., stackoverflow, serverfault, askubuntu)
get_questionA
Get detailed information about a specific question.

Args:
    question_id: StackOverflow question ID
    include_answers: Whether to include answers
    max_answers: Maximum number of answers to include (1-20)
    convert_to_markdown: Convert HTML content to markdown
get_answersA
Get answers for a specific StackOverflow question.

Fetches only answers without re-fetching the question body.
Use this when you already have the question context and just need the responses.

Args:
    question_id: StackOverflow question ID
    max_answers: Maximum number of answers to return (1-50)
    sort: Sort order (votes, creation, activity)
    convert_to_markdown: Convert HTML content to markdown
get_relatedA
Find related and linked StackOverflow questions for discovery.

Returns lightweight summaries (titles, scores, tags) — no HTML bodies.
StackExchange does not support pagination on these endpoints.

Args:
    question_id: StackOverflow question ID to find related content for
    include_linked: Whether to also include explicitly linked questions

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription
server_statusCurrent server status and configuration.

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