Docs MCP Server

by tandem

answering

Docs MCP is answering right now. Last checked moments ago. It exposes 13 tools. Last commit 4 Aug 2026.

Remote MCP server for Tandem docs, install guides, SDKs, workflows, and agent setup help.

Uptime history 56 hours of history

56 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

Tools

read from the server

272 ms

Response time

average over 24h

114

Stars

last commit 4 Aug 2026

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 0 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add docs-mcp --transport http https://tandem.ac/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://tandem.ac/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.docs-mcp]
url = "https://tandem.ac/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://tandem.ac/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "docs-mcp": {
      "url": "https://tandem.ac/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 13

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

compare

compare_doc_page_refresh

Force-refresh a docs page and return before/after hashes so page content changes can be proven.

compare_docs_index_refresh

Force-refresh the docs indexes and return before/after hashes so content changes can be proven.

docs

get_docs_cache_status

Inspect the current docs cache state for index sources and warmed pages.

search_docs

Search the published Tandem docs index for relevant pages.

refresh

refresh_doc_page

Force-refresh a docs page and report whether content came from the network, cache, or stale fallback.

refresh_docs_index

Force-refresh docs indexes and report whether data came from the network, cache, or stale fallback.

answer

answer_how_to

Answer how to install or use Tandem, build workflows, or use the SDKs by synthesizing relevant published docs.

doc

get_doc

Fetch and normalize a published Tandem docs page by path or URL.

invalidate

invalidate_docs_cache

Invalidate docs cache entries for index data, all pages, or a specific page path.

recommend

recommend_next_docs

Recommend the next Tandem docs to read after a current page, optionally biased toward a goal.

start

get_start_path

Recommend the best Tandem docs starting path for a desktop user, server admin, or developer.

tandem

get_tandem_guide

Return a structured Tandem learning guide for install-engine, python-sdk, typescript-sdk, build-workflows, or headless-deploy.

warmup

warmup_docs_cache

Refresh the docs index and preload the most important Tandem docs pages into cache.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://tandem.ac/mcp	streamable-http	answering	272 ms	0 min ago

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Docs MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can Docs MCP do?

It exposes 13 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: answer_how_to, compare_doc_page_refresh, compare_docs_index_refresh, get_doc, get_docs_cache_status, get_start_path and 7 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

What is Docs MCP mostly used for?

Its tools cluster around refresh, docs and compare. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.

Is Docs MCP working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 272 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Docs MCP?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.

Does Docs MCP need an API key?

No. Docs MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 13 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is Docs MCP?

It answers our handshake in 272 ms on average, which is faster than 52% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Docs MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the NOASSERTION licence, written in Rust and 114 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.