Gaia Docs
The official documentation of Gaia. Learn how to run nodes, deploy nodes to domains, find framework integrations and learn how to build and run agents with decentralized inferencing.
What is Gaia Docs?
Gaia Docs is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, and VS Code to official documentation of gaia. learn how to run nodes, deploy nodes to domains, find framework integrations and learn how to build and run agents with decentralized inferencing.
The official documentation of Gaia. Learn how to run nodes, deploy nodes to domains, find framework integrations and learn how to build and run agents with decentralized inferencing.
This server falls under the Developer Tools category on MCPgee, the world's largest MCP server directory with 33,000+ servers.
Features
- The official documentation of Gaia. Learn how to run nodes,
Use Cases
Maintainer
Works with
Installation
NPM
npx -y @arabold/docs-mcp-serverManual Installation
npx -y @arabold/docs-mcp-serverConfiguration
Configuration Details
claude_desktop_config.json
Performance
Response Metrics
Resource Usage
How to Set Up and Use Gaia Docs
The docs-mcp-server (published by arabold on npm as @arabold/docs-mcp-server) is a documentation scraping and semantic search MCP server that crawls external documentation sites, indexes them locally, and exposes search and retrieval tools to your AI assistant. It eliminates LLM hallucinations about library APIs by grounding the model in real, up-to-date documentation fetched from the source. Developers use it to index the docs for any framework or SDK they are working with—React, Postgres, Stripe, or any other—so the AI can answer questions and generate code based on accurate reference material rather than stale training data.
Prerequisites
- Node.js 22 or higher
- An MCP client such as Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or VS Code with MCP support
- Optional: an OpenAI API key (OPENAI_API_KEY) to use OpenAI embeddings for semantic search instead of the default local embeddings
- Optional: Docker for the containerized deployment path
Run the server with npx
The server can be started directly with npx without a prior install step. It will listen as an MCP server and serve scraped documentation to connected clients.
npx @arabold/docs-mcp-server@latestScrape your first documentation site
Use the CLI to crawl and index a documentation site. The server stores the indexed content locally so it persists across restarts. Replace the library name and URL with the docs you want to index.
npx @arabold/docs-mcp-server@latest scrape react https://react.dev/reference/reactTest a search from the command line
Verify indexing worked by running a search directly from the CLI before connecting through an MCP client.
npx @arabold/docs-mcp-server@latest search react "useEffect cleanup"Add the server to your MCP client configuration
Register the server with your MCP client. The SSE transport at port 6280 is the recommended approach when running the server as a persistent background process.
Run via Docker (optional persistent deployment)
For a persistent setup that survives terminal sessions, run the server as a Docker container with named volumes for data and config.
docker run --rm \
-v docs-mcp-data:/data \
-v docs-mcp-config:/config \
-p 6280:6280 \
ghcr.io/arabold/docs-mcp-server:latestGaia Docs Examples
Client configuration (npx, stdio)
Claude Desktop configuration that starts the docs-mcp-server via npx in stdio mode.
{
"mcpServers": {
"docs-mcp-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["@arabold/docs-mcp-server@latest"],
"env": {
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "sk-your-openai-key-optional"
}
}
}
}Client configuration (SSE, Docker)
MCP client configuration using the SSE transport for a Docker-deployed instance.
{
"mcpServers": {
"docs-mcp-server": {
"type": "sse",
"url": "http://localhost:6280/sse"
}
}
}Prompts to try
Example prompts after indexing React and Stripe documentation.
- "Search the React docs for how useEffect cleanup functions work."
- "Find the React docs page on useCallback and summarize when I should use it."
- "Search the Stripe docs for how to handle webhook signature verification in Node.js."
- "What does the React docs say about concurrent rendering and Suspense?"
- "Fetch the page at https://react.dev/reference/react/useState and explain the API."Troubleshooting Gaia Docs
Node.js version error when running npx @arabold/docs-mcp-server
The server requires Node.js 22 or higher. Check your version with 'node --version'. Use nvm to install the correct version: 'nvm install 22 && nvm use 22'.
Scraping completes but search returns no results
Confirm the scrape command exited without errors and used the same library name you are now searching. The first positional argument to both 'scrape' and 'search' is the library name key — they must match exactly (e.g., 'react' vs 'React' are different keys).
SSE connection from MCP client times out
Verify the Docker container is running with 'docker ps' and that port 6280 is exposed. The server takes a few seconds to start; wait for the container health check to pass before connecting. Check logs with 'docker logs <container-id>'.
Frequently Asked Questions about Gaia Docs
What is Gaia Docs?
Gaia Docs is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that official documentation of gaia. learn how to run nodes, deploy nodes to domains, find framework integrations and learn how to build and run agents with decentralized inferencing. It connects AI assistants to external tools and data sources through a standardized interface.
How do I install Gaia Docs?
Install via npm with the command: npx -y @arabold/docs-mcp-server. Then add the server configuration to your AI client's JSON config file (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json).
Which AI clients work with Gaia Docs?
Gaia Docs works with all major MCP-compatible AI clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code (GitHub Copilot), Windsurf, and Cline.
Is Gaia Docs free to use?
Yes, Gaia Docs is open source and available under the MIT License license. You can use it freely in both personal and commercial projects.
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