search_docs

MCP tool from Python Docs MCP Server by ayhammouda

Search Python stdlib docs by query. Supports symbol lookup (asyncio.TaskGroup), module search (json), and free-text search. Returns ranked hits with BM25 scoring and snippet excerpts.

How to use it

search_docs is exposed by the Python Docs MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the search_docs tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Python Docs MCP Server

$uvx python-docs-mcp-server

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Other tools in Python Docs MCP Server (5)

compare_versions

Diff a Python stdlib symbol between two indexed versions. Returns change=added

detect_python_version

Detect the user's local Python version and report whether that version has been indexed.

get_docs

Retrieve a specific documentation page or section by slug and optional anchor. Returns markdown content with budget-enforced truncation and pagination. Retrieved results are cached on disk by Python docs version and request identity.

list_versions

List all indexed Python versions with metadata.

lookup_package_docs

Look up official PyPI package metadata and return package-declared documentation/homepage/source URLs. This is a controlled PyPI metadata lookup, not generic web search.