howto-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWTO_API_TOKEN | Yes | A token issued by that portal | |
| HOWTO_PORTAL_URL | Yes | Base URL of your portal, e.g. https://howto.example.com |
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
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_articlesA | Search the how-to documentation across every repository this token may read. Ranked by relevance: titles outrank summaries, which outrank headings, which outrank prose. Every word in the query must appear, so adding a word narrows the results. Returns only articles the token's user is entitled to read. |
| get_articleA | Read one article in full, by the repository and slug that |
| list_reposA | The repositories this token may read, with how many articles each holds. Says nothing about repositories it may not read. |
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 3 tools
Each tool performs a clearly distinct function: searching articles, retrieving a specific article, and listing accessible repositories. No overlap or ambiguity.
All tool names follow the verb_noun pattern: search_articles, get_article, list_repos. Consistent and predictable.
Three tools is a well-scoped, focused set for a read-only documentation server. Each tool is necessary and earns its place.
The core workflows of discovering and reading articles are covered. A potential minor gap is the inability to browse all articles in a repo without a search query, but search can handle most use cases.