docs.rs MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
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
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| docs_rs_search_cratesB | Search for Rust crates by keywords on crates.io. |
| docs_rs_readmeB | Get README/overview content of the specified crate |
| docs_rs_get_itemB | Get documentation content of a specific item (module, struct, trait, enum, function, etc.) within a crate |
| docs_rs_search_in_crateA | Search for traits, structs, methods, etc. from the crate's all.html page. To get a module, use docs_rs_get_item instead. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 4 tools
Each tool has a clearly distinct purpose: get_item retrieves specific documentation, readme gets crate overviews, search_crates finds crates, and search_in_crate searches within a crate. The descriptions explicitly differentiate them, with no overlap in functionality.
All tools follow a consistent docs_rs_verb_noun naming pattern (e.g., docs_rs_get_item, docs_rs_search_crates). This uniformity makes the tool set predictable and easy to understand at a glance.
With 4 tools, this server is well-scoped for its purpose of accessing Rust documentation. Each tool serves a distinct and necessary function, with no redundancy or missing core operations for the domain.
The tool set covers key operations for Rust documentation access: retrieving specific items, crate overviews, crate searching, and intra-crate searching. A minor gap might be the lack of a tool for listing all items in a crate, but the provided tools enable effective workflows.