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@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ icon: 'audio-waveform'
The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open protocol that connects your functions to LLMs and AI applications. With Mintlify's integration, you can automatically generate an MCP server from your existing documentation or OpenAPI specifications, enabling seamless AI-powered interactions with your product.
-## Quick Usage Guide
+
+ MCP servers can only be generated for public documentation. Documentation behind end-user authentication cannot be accessed for server generation.
+
-Any public documentation hosted on Mintlify can be extracted as an MCP server using a simple command:
+## Generating your MCP server
+
+Public documentation hosted on Mintlify can be extracted as an MCP server using the following command:
```bash
npx mint-mcp add
@@ -30,35 +34,35 @@ npx mint-mcp add mintlify.com
When you run the command, you'll need to provide two API keys, `External Admin Key` and `Assistant API Key`.
-These can be found in your [Mintlify Dashboard](https://dashboard.mintlify.com/settings/organization/api-keys) under **Settings > API Keys**.
+These can be found in your [dashboard](https://dashboard.mintlify.com/settings/organization/api-keys) under **Settings > API Keys**.
-
+
-### Select MCP Clients
+### Select MCP clients
After authentication, you'll choose which MCP clients to enable for your server:
-
+
Once configured, your MCP server is ready to use with the command provided in the terminal.
-## Configuring Your MCP Server
+## Configuring your MCP server
Now let's take a look at how to configure your MCP server.
-### Default Functionality
+### Default functionality
All MCP servers include the `search` tool by default, allowing users to query information across your entire documentation.
-### Adding API Functions
+### Adding API functions
If you have an OpenAPI specification, you can expose specific endpoints as MCP tools by using the `x-mcp` extension at either the file or endpoint level.
-#### File-Level Configuration
+#### File-level configuration
Enable MCP for all endpoints in a specification file:
@@ -72,7 +76,7 @@ Enable MCP for all endpoints in a specification file:
}
```
-#### Endpoint-Level Configuration
+#### Endpoint-level configuration
Enable MCP for specific endpoints only:
@@ -89,22 +93,22 @@ Enable MCP for specific endpoints only:
}
```
-### Authentication Handling
+### Authentication handling
-If your OpenAPI spec defines authentication using securitySchemes, these authentication methods will be automatically applied to your MCP server.
+If your OpenAPI spec defines authentication using `securitySchemes`, these authentication methods will be automatically applied to your MCP server.
-### Monitoring Your MCP Server
+### Monitoring your MCP server
After publishing your changes, you can view all available MCP tools in the **Available Tools** section on the MCP server page in your dashboard.
-
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+
+
## Distribution
-### User Installation
+### User installation
Your users can install and use your MCP server with:
@@ -112,4 +116,4 @@ Your users can install and use your MCP server with:
npx mint-mcp add
```
-This provides them with a ready-to-use MCP server that connects your documented functions to AI applications.
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+This provides them with a ready-to-use MCP server that connects your documented functions to AI applications.