# Dash Mcp Server

> MCP server for Dash, the macOS API documentation browser. Search 200+ docsets.

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-kapeli-dash-mcp-server`
- **Verified:** Pending review
- **Seller:** [Kapeli](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/kapeli)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Latest version:** 1.1.1
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [Kapeli](https://github.com/Kapeli)
- **Source:** https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-kapeli-dash-mcp-server
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# mcp-server-dash

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools to interact with the [Dash](https://kapeli.com/dash) documentation browser API.

Dash 8 is required. You can download Dash 8 at https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-8.

mcp-name: io.github.Kapeli/dash-mcp-server

  

## 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

### Notice

This is a work in progress. Any suggestions are welcome!

## 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](https://kapeli.com/dash) installed
- Python 3.11.4 or higher
- uv

## Configuration

### Using uvx

```bash
brew install uv
```

#### in `claude_desktop_config.json`

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
      "dash-api": {
          "command": "uvx",
          "args": [
              "--from",
              "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git",
              "dash-mcp-server"
          ]
      }
  }
}
```

#### in `Claude Code`

```bash
claude mcp add dash-api -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" "dash-mcp-server"
```

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [Kapeli](https://github.com/Kapeli)
- **Source:** [Kapeli/dash-mcp-server](https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Versions

- **1.1.1** — security scan: pending review — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-kapeli-dash-mcp-server
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/kapeli
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