# Claude Platform Docs MCP server > Search and read the Claude API, SDK and Managed Agents documentation and API reference. - Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/claude-platform-docs - Connect: use the server's own URL `https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp` (no sign-in); clients connect to it directly. The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint. - Type: remote (Streamable HTTP) - Auth: none - Category: [Docs & Knowledge](https://mcp.tc/c/docs-knowledge) - Vendor: Anthropic - Homepage: ## About Gives an assistant direct access to the official Claude Platform documentation. It can search guides and the API reference, browse the documentation structure, read full pages as markdown, and look up details of individual API endpoints. It covers the Claude API, Claude SDKs and Claude Managed Agents, not Claude Code or the Agent SDK. The server is hosted at https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp and uses streamable HTTP. No sign-in or API key is needed. ## What it can do - Search Claude guides and API reference by keyword - Read full documentation pages as markdown - Browse the documentation navigation by tab - Look up parameters, request bodies and responses of API endpoints - Filter results by SDK language ## Tools (4) - `search_docs`: Search guides and API reference by keyword, with ranked results and snippets. (read-only) - `get_navigation`: Get the documentation structure of tabs, groups and pages. (read-only) - `get_doc`: Get the full content of a documentation page as cleaned markdown. (read-only) - `get_api_endpoint`: Get parameters, request body and responses for a specific API endpoint. (read-only) ## Example prompts - "Search the Claude docs for how prompt caching works." - "Show me the request parameters for the Messages API endpoint." - "What does the Claude documentation say about rate limits?" - "Get the Managed Agents quickstart page and summarize it." ## Install ### Claude Code 1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder: ```bash claude mcp add --transport http claude-platform-docs https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp ``` 2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **claude-platform-docs** should show as connected. Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project, not just this one. ### Claude Desktop 1. Open **Customize → Connectors**, click **+ Add**, then **Add custom connector**. 2. Name it **Claude Platform Docs** and paste this URL: ```url https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp ``` 3. Click **Add**. Its tools appear in the chat’s tools menu. Claude Desktop’s JSON config file only starts local servers. Remote servers go through Connectors, and connectors you add on claude.ai show up here too. ### claude.ai 1. Open the connector form on claude.ai. This button fills in the name and URL for you: [Add to claude.ai]() (opens connector settings) 2. Check that the URL reads `https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp` and click **Add**. 3. Turn it on in a chat from the tools menu. Free plans allow one custom connector. On Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under **Organization settings → Connectors**. ### ChatGPT 1. On chatgpt.com, go to **Plugins**, select **+**, then **Add custom MCP server**. 2. Enter a name for the server. 3. Under **Connection**, paste `https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp` as the server URL, then for authentication choose **No authentication**. 4. Check **I understand and want to continue**, then select **Create as a plugin**. Whether you can add a custom MCP server depends on your ChatGPT plan and your workspace permissions (in Business workspaces, admins and owners can). ### Cursor [Add to Cursor]() (opens Cursor) Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project): `mcp.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "claude-platform-docs": { "url": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp" } } } ``` ### VS Code [Install in VS Code]() (opens VS Code) Or from a terminal: ```bash code --add-mcp '{"name":"claude-platform-docs","type":"http","url":"https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp"}' ``` Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`: `.vscode/mcp.json`: ```json { "servers": { "claude-platform-docs": { "type": "http", "url": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp" } } } ``` ### Devin Desktop 1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows): `mcp_config.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "claude-platform-docs": { "serverUrl": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp" } } } ``` 2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade. Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf. It reads `serverUrl` (or `url`) for remote servers. ### Codex ```bash codex mcp add claude-platform-docs --url https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp ``` Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly: `config.toml`: ```toml [mcp_servers.claude-platform-docs] url = "https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp" ``` ### Gemini CLI ```bash gemini mcp add --transport http claude-platform-docs https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp ``` This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere. ### Any client Most clients accept this shape. Some name the URL field differently: `serverUrl` in Devin Desktop, `httpUrl` in Gemini CLI’s settings file. ```json { "mcpServers": { "claude-platform-docs": { "type": "http", "url": "https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp" } } } ``` Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings. Cline needs `"type": "streamableHttp"`, or it assumes SSE. Client only starts local servers? Bridge it with `npx -y mcp-remote https://platform.claude.com/docs/mcp`. ## Recent changes - 2026-11-13 17:50 UTC: 1 tool changed. Source: automatic check. Changed: search\_docs. - 2026-11-11 17:52 UTC: Server instructions changed. Source: automatic check. Worth a look: new server instructions. - 2026-11-10 05:48 UTC: 1 tool changed. Source: automatic check. Changed: get\_navigation. - 2026-10-26 23:46 UTC: 4 tools changed. Source: automatic check. Changed: get\_api\_endpoint, get\_doc, get\_navigation, search\_docs. - 2026-10-20 19:40 UTC: New version 1.0.1 (was 1.0.0), reported by the server. Source: automatic check. More on the History tab, with descriptions before and after for the newest entries: https://mcp.tc/i/claude-platform-docs#history (Atom feed: https://mcp.tc/i/claude-platform-docs/history.xml). It records what mcp.tc's anonymous checks saw, every 3 hours where the tool list can be read without sign-in; it is not a security review. ## Details - Server version: 1.0.1 - MCP protocol version: 2025-11-25 - Last checked: 2026-11-15 (reachable) - Listed: 2026-10-20 - Updated: 2026-11-13 --- Source: https://mcp.tc/i/claude-platform-docs (mcp.tc is an independent directory, not affiliated with this server's publisher). Corrections: https://mcp.tc/report