Grounded Docs MCP Server

Name: Grounded Docs MCP Server
Author: arabold

arabold

Indexes docs from websites, GitHub, npm, PyPI and local folders so coding assistants can search version-specific documentation.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add grounded-docs --env OPENAI_API_KEY='<OPENAI_API_KEY>' -- docker run -i --rm -e OPENAI_API_KEY -v docs-mcp-data:/data ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.grounded-docs]
command = "docker"
args = ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "OPENAI_API_KEY", "-v", "docs-mcp-data:/data", "ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest"]
env = { OPENAI_API_KEY = "<OPENAI_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add grounded-docs --env OPENAI_API_KEY='<OPENAI_API_KEY>' -- docker run -i --rm -e OPENAI_API_KEY -v docs-mcp-data:/data ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grounded-docs": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-v",
        "docs-mcp-data:/data",
        "ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "grounded-docs": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-v",
        "docs-mcp-data:/data",
        "ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grounded-docs": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-v",
        "docs-mcp-data:/data",
        "ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grounded-docs": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-v",
        "docs-mcp-data:/data",
        "ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "grounded-docs": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-v",
        "docs-mcp-data:/data",
        "ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

OPENAI_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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