Doctree MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 24 installs a week from npm. Last commit 12 Jun 2026.
BM25 search + tree navigation over markdown docs for AI agents. No embeddings, no LLM calls.
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Today is the operative word: we check Doctree MCP 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 mcp add doctree-mcp -- npx -y doctree-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"doctree-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"doctree-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.doctree-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "doctree-mcp"]{
"mcpServers": {
"doctree-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"doctree-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"doctree-mcp": {
"args": [
"-y",
"doctree-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
DOCS_ROOT (Path to your markdown repository root), DOCS_GLOB (Glob pattern for finding markdown files (default: **/*.md)), DOCS_ROOTS (Multiple weighted collections: ./docs:1.0,./api:0.8 (alternative to DOCS_ROOT)), GLOSSARY_PATH (Path to glossary.json for query expansion (default: $DOCS_ROOT/glossary.json)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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