PrestaShop MCP Server

🚀 Fast, local, offline-first MCP server for PrestaShop documentation with 1,095+ indexed documents including hooks, guides, components, and APIs.

A specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides instant access to comprehensive PrestaShop development documentation for AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible tools.

🎯 Why This MCP Server?

PrestaShop is a comprehensive e-commerce platform with 647+ hooks, complex component architecture, and extensive APIs. This MCP server provides instant, offline access to 1,095+ indexed documents:

• 647+ PrestaShop Hooks - All display and action hooks with complete metadata

• Module Development - Complete guides for creating and testing modules

• Component Architecture - Forms, Grids, Services, CQRS patterns (119 components)

• Theme Development - Template system, Smarty/Twig documentation

• API Documentation - Admin API, webservice, and domain references (96 APIs)

• Guides & Tutorials - Installation, deployment, contribution guides

vs. Official PrestaShop Documentation

Related MCP server: DevDocs MCP Server

✨ Features

• 🚀 Lightning Fast - Local SQLite FTS5 search (<50ms response time)

• 📚 Comprehensive Coverage - 1,095+ documents: hooks, guides, components, APIs

• 🔌 Offline First - No network requests, works anywhere

• 🐳 Docker Ready - Easy deployment with intelligent wrapper script

• 🎨 IDE Integration - Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, VS Code, Cursor

• 🔧 Customizable - Add your own project-specific PrestaShop docs

• 📖 Rich Documentation - Full syntax, parameters, examples, and metadata

• 🔍 Smart Search - Full-text search with type, category, and origin filtering

• 🌐 Multiple Transports - STDIO (local), HTTP, or SSE (remote deployment)

📦 Installation

Option 1: Using Docker (Easiest - Recommended)

git clone https://github.com/florinel-chis/prestashop-mcp.git
cd prestashop-mcp

# Using the wrapper script (best for Claude Desktop/Code)
chmod +x run-docker-mcp.sh
./run-docker-mcp.sh

# Or using Docker Compose (for HTTP/remote deployment)
docker compose up -d

The wrapper script automatically:

• Builds the Docker image if missing

• Handles documentation mounting or auto-fetching

• Configures STDIO transport for MCP clients

• No TTY issues!

See DOCKER_USAGE.md for complete Docker setup guide.

Option 2: Using pip (Recommended for Python)

pip install git+https://github.com/florinel-chis/prestashop-mcp.git

Option 3: From Source

git clone https://github.com/florinel-chis/prestashop-mcp.git
cd prestashop-mcp
pip install -e .

📚 Documentation Setup

The MCP server requires access to the PrestaShop official documentation repository for indexing.

Docker Setup (Automatic)

Docker automatically handles documentation:

• On first run, it clones the PrestaShop docs repository

• Documentation is baked into the Docker image during build

• No manual setup needed!

Local Python Setup (Manual)

For local installations, clone the documentation repository:

# Clone PrestaShop docs as a sibling directory to prestashop-mcp
cd /path/to/your/projects/
git clone https://github.com/PrestaShop/docs.git prestashop-docs

# Directory structure should look like:
# /path/to/your/projects/
#   ├── prestashop-mcp/     (this repository)
#   └── prestashop-docs/    (PrestaShop official docs)

# The MCP server will automatically find it

Or set a custom location:

# Set environment variable
export PRESTASHOP_DOCS_PATH=/path/to/prestashop-docs

# Then run the server
prestashop-mcp

Documentation Path Priority

The server looks for documentation in this order:

1. Environment variable: PRESTASHOP_DOCS_PATH (if set)

2. Sibling directory: ../prestashop-docs (relative to MCP server)

3. Inside project: ./prestashop-docs (for Docker builds)

First Run Indexing

On first run, the server will:

1. Locate the PrestaShop documentation repository

2. Parse and index 1,095+ markdown files

3. Extract metadata (hooks, components, APIs, guides)

4. Build SQLite FTS5 search index with Porter stemming

5. Store in ~/.mcp/prestashop-docs/database.db

Indexing takes ~30-60 seconds on first run, then uses the cached database for instant startup.

Force reindexing:

# Local installation
python -m prestashop_mcp.ingest_v2 --force

# Or delete the database
rm ~/.mcp/prestashop-docs/database.db

🎮 Usage

With Claude Desktop

Standard Installation: Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prestashop": {
      "command": "prestashop-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Docker Installation (using wrapper script):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prestashop": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/prestashop-mcp/run-docker-mcp.sh"
    }
  }
}

Docker Installation (HTTP transport):

{
  "prestashop": {
    "type": "http",
    "url": "http://localhost:8765/mcp"
  }
}

(Requires running docker compose up -d first)

With VS Code

Create .mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prestashop": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "prestashop-mcp"
    }
  }
}

With Claude Code

Create .mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prestashop": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/run-docker-mcp.sh"
    }
  }
}

Or for local Python installation:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prestashop": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "prestashop_mcp.server"]
    }
  }
}

With Cursor

Add to Cursor's MCP configuration (Settings > Features > MCP Servers):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "prestashop": {
      "command": "prestashop-mcp"
    }
  }
}

🛠️ Available MCP Tools

Once configured, your AI assistant has access to 7 specialized tools:

Documentation Tools

1. search_prestashop_docs(query, doc_type, category)

Search ALL PrestaShop documentation using full-text search.

Parameters:

• query - Search terms

• doc_type - Filter by: hook, guide, tutorial, api, component, etc.

• category - Filter by: basics, development, modules, themes, etc.

Example:

"Search PrestaShop docs for module development"
"Find installation guides for Mac"

2. get_prestashop_doc(path)

Get the full content of a specific documentation file.

Example:

"Get the Mac installation guide"

3. list_prestashop_docs(doc_type, category)

List available documentation files with optional filters.

Example:

"List all PrestaShop guides"
"Show me all tutorial documents"

4. get_prestashop_stats()

Get statistics about the indexed documentation.

Example:

"Show me PrestaShop documentation statistics"

Hook Tools

5. search_prestashop_hooks(queries, hook_type, origin)

Search PrestaShop hooks specifically.

Example:

"Find all hooks related to products"

6. get_prestashop_hook(hook_name)

Get complete documentation for a specific hook.

Example:

"Show me the displayHeader hook"

7. list_prestashop_hooks(hook_type, origin)

List all hooks organized by type and origin.

Example:

"List all display hooks"

💬 Example Queries

Try asking your AI assistant:

Installation & Setup:

• "How do I install PrestaShop locally on Mac?"

• "What are the system requirements for PrestaShop?"

• "Show me the Docker installation guide"

Module Development:

• "How do I create a PrestaShop module?"

• "Search for module development tutorials"

• "What's the module structure in PrestaShop?"

Theme Development:

• "How do I develop a PrestaShop theme?"

• "Show me Twig template documentation"

• "Find theme development guides"

Hooks:

• "Show me documentation for the displayHeader hook"

• "Find all hooks related to products"

• "List all display hooks"

• "How does the actionProductAdd hook work?"

Components & Architecture:

• "What UI components are available in PrestaShop?"

• "Show me form types documentation"

• "Explain the CQRS pattern in PrestaShop"

APIs:

• "How do I use the PrestaShop Admin API?"

• "Show me webservice documentation"

• "Find API endpoint references"

General:

• "Show me PrestaShop documentation statistics"

• "List all available guides"

• "Search for deployment documentation"

📊 Documentation Coverage

Total: 1,095+ Indexed Documents

By Document Type

• 647 Hooks - All PrestaShop hooks with metadata

  • Display hooks (render content)

  • Action hooks (trigger functionality)

  • Core, Module, and Theme hooks

  • Back office and Front office locations

• 138 General Docs - Guides, tutorials, contribution docs

• 119 Components - Forms, Grids, Services, UI components

• 96 API References - Admin API, webservice, domain references

• 64 References - Technical references and specifications

• 12 Guides - Installation, deployment, development guides

• 10 FAQs - Frequently asked questions

• 9 Tutorials - Step-by-step tutorials

By Category

• 697 Module docs - Module development and hooks

• 208 Development docs - Components, architecture, patterns

• 88 Webservice docs - API and webservice references

• 29 Theme docs - Theme development and templates

• 22 Contribution docs - Contributing to PrestaShop

• 17 Basics - Installation, system requirements, deployment

• And more...

Specialized Data

• 386 Domain References - CQRS commands and queries

• 119 UI Components - Form types, grid columns, etc.

🔧 Development

Running Tests

# Run all tests
pytest

# Run specific test
pytest tests/test_ingest.py

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=prestashop_mcp

Manual Testing

# Index documentation (uses new comprehensive indexer)
python -m prestashop_mcp.ingest_v2

# Force reindex
python -m prestashop_mcp.ingest_v2 --force

# Check database
sqlite3 ~/.mcp/prestashop-docs/database.db "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM prestashop_docs;"

# Get statistics by type
sqlite3 ~/.mcp/prestashop-docs/database.db "SELECT doc_type, COUNT(*) FROM prestashop_docs GROUP BY doc_type;"

📖 How It Works

1. Indexing: On first run, indexes 1,095+ documentation files into SQLite with FTS5

   • Hooks, guides, tutorials, API docs, components, and more

   • Automatic categorization and metadata extraction

   • CQRS domain references and UI component detection

2. Storage: Documentation stored in ~/.mcp/prestashop-docs/database.db

3. Search: Uses SQLite FTS5 for efficient full-text search with ranking

   • Porter stemming for better search results

   • Filter by document type, category, and other metadata

4. Retrieval: Direct lookups by path or name for instant access

5. Multi-Transport: Supports STDIO (local), HTTP, and SSE (remote) protocols

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide.

Quick Start

# Fork and clone
git clone https://github.com/florinel-chis/prestashop-mcp.git
cd prestashop-mcp

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # or `venv\Scripts\activate` on Windows

# Install for development
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Format code
black prestashop_mcp/

# Make changes and submit PR

📜 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Inspired by Shopify Liquid MCP

• Docker integration based on best practices from Magento GraphQL Docs MCP, thank you @cmuench

• Built with FastMCP

• Documentation from PrestaShop Docs

• MCP Protocol by Anthropic

🔗 Related Projects

• Shopify Liquid MCP - For Shopify theme development

• Magento GraphQL Docs MCP - For Magento development

• FastMCP - MCP server framework

• Model Context Protocol - MCP specification

📞 Support

• 🐛 Issues

• 💬 Discussions

Made with ❤️ for the PrestaShop development community