Docs.rs MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for fetching Rust crate documentation from docs.rs

Features • Getting Started • Tools • Contributing • Acknowledgments • License

Features

• Find New Crates - Search crates by exact name, partial match, or fuzzy query to discover relevant libraries

• Inspect Crate Symbols - Inspect structs, traits, functions, and any other symbol inside a crate

• Review Crate Summaries - Get a crate overview with its structure and public API surface

• Read Full Documentation - Read crate-level documentation

Related MCP server: Rust Docs MCP Server

Getting Started

Using Pre-built Executables

Download the latest release for your platform from the Releases page:

Linux

• x64/AMD64 (GLIBC): mcp-docsrs-linux-x64 - For Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, etc.

• ARM64 (GLIBC): mcp-docsrs-linux-arm64 - For ARM64 systems, AWS Graviton

• x64/AMD64 (MUSL): mcp-docsrs-linux-x64-musl - For Alpine Linux, Docker containers (requires libstdc++)

• ARM64 (MUSL): mcp-docsrs-linux-arm64-musl - For Alpine on ARM64, minimal containers (requires libstdc++)

macOS

• Intel: mcp-docsrs-darwin-x64 - For Intel-based Macs

• Apple Silicon: mcp-docsrs-darwin-arm64 - For M-series Macs

Windows

• x64: mcp-docsrs-windows-x64.exe - For 64-bit Windows

Using Docker

Pull and run the latest multi-arch image (supports both x64 and ARM64):

# Pull the latest image
docker pull ghcr.io/vexxvakan/mcp-docsrs:latest

# Run the server
docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/vexxvakan/mcp-docsrs:latest

# Run with custom configuration
docker run --rm -i ghcr.io/vexxvakan/mcp-docsrs:latest \
  --cache-ttl 7200000 --max-cache-size 200

Available tags:

• latest - Latest stable release (multi-arch)

• v1.0.0 - Specific version (multi-arch)

MCP Setup

After adding the server, restart the client if it does not discover the tools immediately.

Configuration

Configure the server using environment variables or command-line arguments:

Tools

The server exposes four MCP tools:

Crate

crate_lookup

Retrieves a crate overview with its structure and public API surface from docs.rs.

{
  "tool": "crate_lookup",
  "arguments": {
    "crateName": "tokio",
    "version": "1.48.0"
  }
}

crate_docs

Retrieves the crate-level documentation page from docs.rs.

{
  "tool": "crate_docs",
  "arguments": {
    "crateName": "serde"
  }
}

crate_find

Searches crates.io for matching crates and returns ranked results using fuzzy and partial name matching.

{
  "tool": "crate_find",
  "arguments": {
    "query": "rustdoc json",
    "limit": 5
  }
}

Symbol

lookup_symbol

Retrieves documentation for one symbol inside a crate. By default the response includes a preview of the docs. Set expandDocs to true to return the full documentation text.

{
  "tool": "lookup_symbol",
  "arguments": {
    "crateName": "tokio",
    "symbolType": "struct",
    "symbolname": "runtime::Runtime"
  }
}

Contributing

• See CONTRIBUTING.md.

• See TESTING.md.

Acknowledgments

• docs.rs for providing the Rust documentation API

• Model Context Protocol for the MCP specification

• The Rust community for excellent documentation standards

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE for the license text and NOTICE for attribution details.

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