Docsift MCP Server

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Docsift runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 323 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 12 Aug 2026.

Convert a document once, then get back only the passages that answer a question.

Installs per day peak 167 · avg 27 · +143% w/w

a month agotoday

323

Installs / week

pypi · docsift

Stars

0 open issues

12 Aug 2026

Last commit

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MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Docsift every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add docsift -- uvx docsift

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docsift": {
      "args": [
        "docsift"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.docsift]
command = "uvx"
args = ["docsift"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docsift": {
      "args": [
        "docsift"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docsift": {
      "args": [
        "docsift"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Docsift — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Docsift?

Docsift runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package docsift was installed 323 times last week.

How do I connect Docsift?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls docsift straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Docsift?

The pypi package docsift was installed 323 times in the last week. Week over week that is +143%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Docsift open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 7 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.