DevDocsCAUTION
Completely free, private, UI based Tech Documentation MCP server. Designed for coders and software developers in mind. Easily integrate into Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Roo Code, Claude Desktop App
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
[!WARNING] 📌 DevDocs Status: Not publicly maintained. Enhanced internal version at CyberAGI — public release coming soon. If you have any questions please reach out to [email protected]
Turn Weeks of Documentation Research into Hours of Productive Development
Perfect For • Features • Why DevDocs • Getting Started • Scripts • Compare to FireCrawl • Discord • DevDocs Roadmap
🚀 Technology Partners
🎯 Perfect For
🏢 Enterprise Software Developers
Skip weeks of reading documentation and dealing with technical debt. Implement ANY technology faster by letting DevDocs handle the heavy lifting of documentation understanding.
🕸️ Web Scrapers
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82fbb95e7fd9OBSERVED · 2026-09-23Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control. Replace the environment placeholders with a token scoped to the least it needs.
claude mcp add devdocs-explorer --env CRAWL4AI_API_TOKEN=${CRAWL4AI_API_TOKEN} -- npx -y [email protected]{
"mcpServers": {
"devdocs-explorer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"CRAWL4AI_API_TOKEN": "${CRAWL4AI_API_TOKEN}"
}
}
}
}Exposed tools (10)
9 read · 0 write · 1 destructive. Blast radius: 1 tool can delete or overwrite — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling this one.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
get_section | read | Get a specific section from a markdown file |
get_stats | read | Get statistics about all markdown files |
get_status | read | Get server status |
get_table_of_contents | read | Get table of contents for a markdown file |
list_files | read | List all available markdown files |
read_file | read | Read the content of a markdown file |
search_by_tag | read | Search files by metadata tags |
search_files | read | Search content across all markdown files |
smart_section_search | read | Advanced search for sections with ranking and confidence scores |
sync_file | destructive | Force sync a specific file |
Trust audit
CAUTIONgrade B · trust 81/100 Install with care. The audit found things worth knowing before you trust its output.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | WARN |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | WARN |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | WARN |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- declared (2 observation(s))
- Network
- declared (12 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (15)
Dockerfile.backend
Dockerfile.frontend
Dockerfile.mcp
check_mcp_health.sh
components.json
"http://127.0.0.1:3000",
"http://127.0.0.1:3001",
sync_file
.env.template
.roomodes
For more details, see the [Empty Folders Cleanup Plan](../../docs/general/empty_folders_cleanup_plan.md).
fastapi, uvicorn, python-multipart, nest-asyncio, pydantic, python-dotenv, httpx, requests
@emotion/react, @emotion/styled, @mui/icons-material, @mui/material, @radix-ui/react-checkbox, @radix-ui/react-dialog, @radix-ui/react-popover, @radix-ui/react-scroll-area
> If you encounter permission issues, you may need to run the script as administrator or manually set permissions on the logs, storage, and crawl_results directories. The script uses the `icacls` comm
* Read the environment variable `DISCOVERY_POLLING_TIMEOUT_SECONDS`, parse as integer, default to `300`.
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
82fbb95e7fd9full audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/cyberagiinc__devdocs-1.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 82fbb95e7fd9 | CAUTION | B | 81 | source changed, verdict held |
Questions
What is the DevDocs MCP server?
Completely free, private, UI based Tech Documentation MCP server. Designed for coders and software developers in mind. Easily integrate into Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Roo Code, Claude Desktop App
What tools does DevDocs expose?
10 in total: 9 read-only, 0 that write, and 1 that can delete or overwrite (sync_file). Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is DevDocs safe to connect to an agent?
With care. The audit graded it B (81/100) and found 15 things worth knowing before you trust this server, listed below with the exact line each was found on. Separately from the audit: 1 of its tools can destroy data, so scope the token you give it to what you actually need.
What credentials does DevDocs need?
It reads CRAWL4AI_API_TOKEN from the environment. Give it a token scoped to the least it needs — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling it with your credentials.
How does DevDocs run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as devdocs-explorer at 0.1.0.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (82fbb95e7fd9), read on 2026-09-23. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.