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Context MCP

Context MCP is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Self-hosted MCP server for your documentation. It has 84 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y contextmcp.

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Install Context MCP

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "contextmcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio context-mcp -- npx -y contextmcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "contextmcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "context-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "contextmcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Context MCP

Self-hosted MCP server for your documentation. Index your documentation from across the sources and serve it via the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and REST API.

  • context
  • context-api
  • context7
  • documentation
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • openai
  • pinecone
  • self-hosted

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FAQ

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How do I install the Context MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y contextmcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Context MCP free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Context MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 22, 2026. The latest release is v0.6.0, published Sep 1, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.