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markdown"><header><h1>DocSearch MCP</h1></header><p>DocSearch MCP lets AI clients search public developer documentation in the DocSearch corpus.</p>
<p>Use it when an assistant needs information from published documentation instead of relying only on its training data. Connect an MCP-compatible client to this endpoint:</p>
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<p>The endpoint doesn&#x27;t require authentication. You don&#x27;t need an Algolia application ID, search API key, or DocSearch application.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="what-docsearch-mcp-provides">What DocSearch MCP provides<a href="#what-docsearch-mcp-provides" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to What DocSearch MCP provides" title="Direct link to What DocSearch MCP provides" translate="no">​</a></h2>
<p>DocSearch MCP exposes documentation search through the <a href="https://modelcontextprotocol.io/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="">Model Context Protocol</a>. Your client calls its tools, receives ranked documentation excerpts and source URLs, and uses those results to answer your question.</p>
<p>Use DocSearch MCP for public documentation about libraries, frameworks, SDKs, APIs, CLI tools, and cloud services. It doesn&#x27;t provide access to:</p>
<ul>
<li class="">Private or unpublished documentation</li>
<li class="">Internal repositories</li>
<li class="">DocSearch crawler or administration operations</li>
<li class="">Algolia indices or credentials</li>
<li class="">General programming advice outside the indexed documentation</li>
</ul>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="how-searches-work">How searches work<a href="#how-searches-work" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to How searches work" title="Direct link to How searches work" translate="no">​</a></h2>
<p>For most searches, provide a product name and a focused question. DocSearch resolves the matching documentation set and searches it in one call.</p>
<p>Use the two-step workflow when a question covers several products or when you need to select the documentation set yourself. First resolve candidate sets, then query the selected set IDs.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="available-tools">Available tools<a href="#available-tools" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Available tools" title="Direct link to Available tools" translate="no">​</a></h2>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="algolia_docsearch_search_docs"><code>algolia_docsearch_search_docs</code><a href="#algolia_docsearch_search_docs" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to algolia_docsearch_search_docs" title="Direct link to algolia_docsearch_search_docs" translate="no">​</a></h3>
<p>Use this one-shot tool for most searches. Set <code>library</code> to the official product, SDK, or platform name. Set <code>query</code> to the documentation question.</p>
<p>The tool resolves the best matching documentation set and returns ranked content. If the product name is ambiguous, it returns candidate documentation sets instead.</p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="algolia_docsearch_resolve_docset"><code>algolia_docsearch_resolve_docset</code><a href="#algolia_docsearch_resolve_docset" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to algolia_docsearch_resolve_docset" title="Direct link to algolia_docsearch_resolve_docset" translate="no">​</a></h3>
<p>Use this tool first in the manual workflow. It returns candidate documentation sets with a <code>docset_id</code>, title, description, and ranking signals.</p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="algolia_docsearch_query_docs"><code>algolia_docsearch_query_docs</code><a href="#algolia_docsearch_query_docs" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to algolia_docsearch_query_docs" title="Direct link to algolia_docsearch_query_docs" translate="no">​</a></h3>
<p>Use this tool with one or more <code>docset_id</code> values returned by <code>algolia_docsearch_resolve_docset</code>. Pass several IDs when the question covers more than one product.</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorTargetHideOnScrollNavbar_oWr6" id="security-and-service-limits">Security and service limits<a href="#security-and-service-limits" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Security and service limits" title="Direct link to Security and service limits" translate="no">​</a></h2>
<p>Connect only to the HTTPS endpoint shown on this page. Don&#x27;t add Algolia credentials to the MCP configuration. Send documentation questions, not secrets or confidential data, to the hosted service.</p>
<p>DocSearch MCP searches public content and returns external documentation to your client. Review generated answers and commands before you use them.</p>
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