mcp-server-dash (Node.js)

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://kapeli.com/dash.

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
• Load documentation pages from search results
• Enable full-text search for specific docsets

Tools

1. list_installed_docsets
   • Lists all installed documentation sets in Dash
2. search_documentation
   • Searches across docsets and snippets
3. load_documentation_page
   • Loads a documentation page from a load_url returned by search_documentation
4. enable_docset_fts
   • Enables full-text search for a specific docset

Requirements

• macOS (required for Dash app)
• Dash installed
• Node.js 18 or higher

Configuration

Using npx

in claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
      "dash-api": {
          "command": "npx",
          "args": [
              "-y",
              "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server-node.git",
              "dash-mcp-server"
          ]
      }
  }
}

in Claude Code

claude mcp add dash-api -- npx -y "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server-node.git" dash-mcp-server

From source

git clone https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server-node.git
cd dash-mcp-server-node
npm install
npm run build

in claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
      "dash-api": {
          "command": "node",
          "args": ["/absolute/path/to/dash-mcp-server-node/dist/index.js"]
      }
  }
}

in Claude Code

claude mcp add dash-api -- node /absolute/path/to/dash-mcp-server-node/dist/index.js

Development

npm install
npm run dev      # watch mode
npm test         # run tests
npm run lint     # type check