dotvvm-docs-mcp

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that exposes DotVVM UI control documentation to AI assistants. Documentation is sourced directly from the riganti/dotvvm-docs GitHub repository (branch 4.0) and cached locally for 30 days.

Status: Early prototype — not yet stable. Expect breaking changes. Not yet published to npm. The npx @madev/dotvvm-docs-mcp install instructions below will work once the package is released.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ (native fetch required)
• npm

Development setup

npm install
npm run dev        # runs via tsx (no build step needed)

npm run dev starts the server on stdio. It does not print a prompt — this is expected, since MCP servers communicate over JSON-RPC on stdin/stdout.

Building

npm run build      # compiles TypeScript to dist/
npm start          # runs compiled output

MCP tools

Tool	Description
list_dotvvm_controls	Lists all discovered controls. Accepts optional category or prefix filter.
get_dotvvm_control_docs	Returns composed Markdown docs for a control (description, HTML output, code samples, ViewModels).

Control naming

DotVVM controls are identified by a tag prefix that maps to a namespace:

Prefix	Namespace / Category
dot:	Built-in controls (builtin)
auto:	Auto UI controls (builtin-autoui)
bs:	Bootstrap 3 (bootstrap)
bs4:	Bootstrap 4 (bootstrap4)
bs5:	Bootstrap 5 (bootstrap5)
bp:	Business Pack + Messaging (businesspack, businesspack-messaging)

Use prefix:Name syntax to disambiguate controls that exist in multiple namespaces — e.g. dot:Button, bp:GridView, bs5:Alert.

Integrating with Claude Code

Add to your Claude Code MCP config (.claude/settings.json or global settings):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dotvvm-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@madev/dotvvm-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Integrating with Claude Desktop

Add to %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows) or ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dotvvm-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@madev/dotvvm-docs-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop after editing the config.

Local development

To use a local checkout instead of the published package:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dotvvm-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["tsx", "/path/to/dotvvm-docs-mcp/src/index.ts"]
    }
  }
}

Caching

Control discovery and documentation are cached to disk at:

~/.dotvvm-docs-mcp/cache/
├── _registry.json          # control list (from GitHub API)
├── builtin__Button.json    # per-control docs
└── ...

Cache TTL is 30 days. To force a refresh, delete the relevant .json file or the entire cache directory.

Project structure

src/
├── index.ts      # MCP server entry point, tool definitions
├── controls.ts   # Control discovery via GitHub API + prefix resolution
├── fetcher.ts    # Raw content fetcher + Markdown composition
└── cache.ts      # File-based disk cache (30-day TTL)

Data source

All documentation is fetched from:

• Directory listings: https://api.github.com/repos/riganti/dotvvm-docs/contents/Controls/{category}?ref=4.0
• Raw content: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/riganti/dotvvm-docs/4.0/Controls/{category}/{ControlName}/

Each control directory may contain control.md, output.md, and sample{N}/ subdirectories with page.dothtml, ViewModel.cs, and sample.md.