MCP server for Dash, the macOS documentation browser
Project description
mcp-server-dash
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools to interact with the Dash documentation browser API.
Dash 8 is required. You can download Dash 8 at https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-8.
Overview
The Dash MCP server provides tools for accessing and searching documentation directly from Dash, the macOS documentation browser. MCP clients can:
- List installed docsets
- Search across docsets and code snippets
- Enable full-text search for specific docsets
Notice
This is a work in progress. Any suggestions are welcome!
Tools
- list_installed_docsets
- Lists all installed documentation sets in Dash
- search_documentation
- Searches across docsets and snippets
- enable_docset_fts
- Enables full-text search for a specific docset
Requirements
- macOS (required for Dash app)
- Dash installed
- Python 3.11.4 or higher
- uv
Configuration
Using uvx
brew install uv
in claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"dash-api": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git",
"dash-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
in Claude Code
claude mcp add dash-api -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" "dash-mcp-server"
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