create-mcp-docs

What it does

create-mcp-docs scaffolds a fully functional MCP documentation server from any public docs website. Point it at one or more URLs, pick a search provider, and it crawls, indexes, and wraps everything in a search_docs MCP tool — ready for Claude, Copilot, or any MCP-compatible client to query directly.

Tools

• search_docs — searches the indexed documentation and returns contextual results, automatically choosing between full-document, expanded-chunk, or ranked-chunk strategies based on query relevance and token budget.

Installation

Scaffold a new server with the interactive CLI:

npx create-mcp-docs my-docs-server

Then build the index and start:

cd packages/my-docs-server
pnpm install
pnpm build:index
pnpm start

Add to Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-docs": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/my-docs-server/dist/server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Search providers

• FlexSearch — fast keyword search, no API key needed, ideal for precise technical terms.
• Vectra — semantic vector search using OpenAI embeddings; understands natural language and conceptually related content. Requires OPENAI_API_KEY.

Key features

• Interactive React-based CLI guides setup from URL collection to project generation
• Playwright-powered crawler with Mozilla Readability for clean content extraction
• Document-centric result optimisation: returns full docs, expanded chunks, or ranked snippets based on relevance density
• TypeScript output, fully typed and production-ready
• Late Chunking strategy (Vectra) preserves cross-boundary context

Supported hosts

Works with any MCP client that supports stdio transport.