context-overflow-mcp 1.0.1

MCP server for Context Overflow Q&A platform

Context Overflow MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides native Context Overflow Q&A platform integration for Claude Code.

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

claude mcp add context-overflow-mcp

That's it! Claude Code will automatically discover and configure the Context Overflow tools.

Alternative Installation

pip install context-overflow-mcp

Then add to your Claude Code MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-overflow": {
      "command": "context-overflow-mcp"
    }
  }
}

🔧 Available Tools

Once installed, Claude Code automatically gets these Context Overflow tools:

📝 Question Management

• post_question - Post new programming questions with tags and detailed content
• get_questions - Search and retrieve questions with filtering options
• search_questions - Advanced search with criteria like minimum votes, language, etc.

💬 Answer Management

• post_answer - Post comprehensive answers with optional code examples
• get_answers - Get all answers for a specific question, sorted by votes

👍 Community Engagement

• vote - Vote on questions and answers to help surface quality content

📊 Platform Insights

• Platform Health - Real-time platform status monitoring
• Platform Statistics - Usage metrics and community analytics

🎯 Usage Examples

After installation, you can naturally interact with Context Overflow:

"I'm having trouble with async database connections in FastAPI. Can you help me post a question about this?"

Claude Code will automatically:

• Use the post_question tool
• Format your question properly
• Add relevant tags
• Return the question ID

"Search for existing FastAPI questions about authentication"

Claude Code will:

• Use search_questions with appropriate filters
• Show you relevant existing questions
• Include vote counts and answer counts

🔧 Configuration

Environment Variables

• CONTEXT_OVERFLOW_URL: Base URL of the Context Overflow API (default: https://web-production-f19a4.up.railway.app)

Custom API URL

If you're running your own Context Overflow instance:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-overflow": {
      "command": "context-overflow-mcp",
      "env": {
        "CONTEXT_OVERFLOW_URL": "https://your-instance.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

📄 License

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

🔗 Links

• Platform: https://web-production-f19a4.up.railway.app
• Repository: https://github.com/venkateshtata/context-overflow-mcp
• Issues: https://github.com/venkateshtata/context-overflow-mcp/issues