dash

The Dash MCP server exposes a set of tools that integrate with the Dash documentation browser to help you discover and load documentation directly from Dash. It includes: list_installed_docsets to enumerate all docsets currently installed in Dash; search_documentation to perform cross-docset and snippet searches; load_documentation_page to fetch and present a specific documentation page from a search result; and enable_docset_fts to enable or configure full-text search for a given docset. Clients can query these tools through the MCP protocol to build custom documentation workflows or automate lookups from within their own applications.

Prerequisites:

• macOS (required for Dash integration)
• Dash 8 installed (download from the Dash site)
• Python 3.11.4 or higher
• uv (via uvx) for MCP server installation

Installation steps:

1. Install uv tooling:
   • macOS: brew install uv
   • Verify installation: uv --version
2. Install the MCP server from its Git repository using uvx:
   • Run: uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" dash-mcp-server
3. Configure the MCP server in your Claude environment (example shown in Claude's config):
   • claude mcp add dash-api -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" "dash-mcp-server"
4. Start or register the MCP server as configured in your MCP client environment and verify connectivity.

Notes:

• This server relies on Dash being installed and accessible on macOS.
• Dash 8 is required for proper functionality.
• If you upgrade uv or Dash, revalidate that the MCP server connection remains healthy.

Tips and considerations:

• Ensure Dash is running and has the required docsets installed for search and load operations to work.
• The MCP server configuration uses uvx from the uv tooling to install from Git; you can adjust the --from URL to track a specific fork or tag if needed.
• If you encounter permissions or PATH issues, ensure that your shell environment can execute the uvx command and that the installed package name (dash-mcp-server) is resolvable by your toolchain.
• This server currently targets macOS with Dash; there are no Windows/Linux adaptations mentioned in the docs.
• Keep the Dash app open when performing operations that load pages to ensure the load_documentation_page tool returns content properly.