DashSAFE
MCP server for Dash, the macOS API documentation browser
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides tools to interact with the Dash documentation browser API.
Dash 8 is required. You can download Dash 8 at https://blog.kapeli.com/dash-8.
mcp-name: io.github.Kapeli/dash-mcp-server
Overview
The Dash MCP server provides tools for accessing and searching documentation directly from Dash, the macOS documentation browser. MCP clients can:
- List installed docsets
- Search across docsets and code snippets
- Load documentation pages from search results
- Enable full-text search for specific docsets
Notice
This is a work in progress. Any suggestions are welcome!
Tools
- list_installed_docsets
- Lists all installed documentation sets in Dash
- search_documentation
- Searches across docsets and snippets
- load_documentation_page
- Loads a documentation page from a
load_urlreturned bysearch_documentation - enable_docset_fts
- Enables full-text search for a specific docset
Requirements
- macOS (required for Dash app)
- Dash installed
- Python 3.12 or higher
- uv
Configuration
Using uvx
brew install uv
in claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"dash-api": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--from",
"git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git",
"dash-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}in Claude Code
claude mcp add dash-api -- uvx --from "git+https://github.com/Kapeli/dash-mcp-server.git" "dash-mcp-server"
7998798ab43cOBSERVED · 2026-10-06Connect
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.
claude mcp add dash-mcp-server -- None dash-mcp-server==1.1.1
Exposed tools (4)
3 read · 1 write · 0 destructive.
| Tool | Risk | Description |
|---|---|---|
enable_docset_fts | write | |
list_installed_docsets | read | List all installed documentation sets in Dash. An empty list is returned if the user has no docsets installed. |
load_documentation_page | read | |
search_documentation | read |
Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | WARN |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- declared (6 observation(s))
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (5)
base_url = f"http://127.0.0.1:{port}"url = "http://127.0.0.1:1234/Dash/abc/Enumerable.html#//dash_ref_method%2Di%2Dsort%5Fby/Method/sort_by/0"
url = "http://127.0.0.1:1234/page.html#some-anchor"
url = "http://127.0.0.1:1234/page.html"
url = "http://127.0.0.1:1234/page.html#"
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
7998798ab43cfull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/kapeli__dash-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | 7998798ab43c | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the Dash MCP server?
MCP server for Dash, the macOS API documentation browser
What tools does Dash expose?
4 in total: 3 read-only, 1 that write, and 0 that can delete or overwrite. Every one is listed on this page with its risk.
Is Dash safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does Dash need?
No credential environment variables were found in its source, so it appears to need none.
How does Dash run?
It speaks stdio, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on PyPI as dash-mcp-server.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (7998798ab43c), read on 2026-10-06. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.