Dash Documentation MCP Server (Official)
Official Dash MCP server from Kapeli enabling AI agents to search and access Dash documentation — querying offline API documentation across 200+ languages and frameworks, retrieving docsets for libraries and SDKs, and integrating Dash's comprehensive offline documentation search into agent-driven code assistance and documentation lookup workflows.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
Local tool. No external auth or network. No secrets required. Reads locally downloaded documentation only. Official Kapeli MCP server.
⚡ Reliability
Best When
An agent needs to search local API documentation across multiple technologies simultaneously — for code generation, SDK lookup, or multi-technology documentation reference.
Avoid When
You're on Linux/Windows — Dash is macOS-only. Also avoid if you prefer web-based doc lookup or need docs for technologies not in Dash's docset library.
Use Cases
- • Searching API documentation for any supported language from code generation agents
- • Looking up SDK method signatures and parameters from code review agents
- • Retrieving library documentation for accuracy checking from code assistance agents
- • Querying framework-specific documentation from debugging agents
- • Accessing offline docs without internet dependency from air-gapped environment agents
- • Finding code examples from documentation from development assistance agents
Not For
- • Teams not using Dash (macOS-only app; this MCP requires local Dash installation)
- • Linux or Windows environments (Dash is macOS-only)
- • Web-based documentation lookup (Dash works with locally downloaded docsets)
Interface
Authentication
No authentication — communicates with local Dash app via URL scheme. Requires Dash to be running and properly licensed. Access controlled by local process permissions.
Pricing
Dash app has a free trial. Full license is one-time purchase ($29.99) or via Setapp. MCP server itself is open source and free. macOS only.
Agent Metadata
Known Gotchas
- ⚠ Requires Dash app to be running on macOS — will fail if Dash is not open
- ⚠ Only searches docsets that have been downloaded in Dash — not all docs are available offline
- ⚠ macOS-only — cannot be used on Linux or Windows development environments
- ⚠ Dash must be properly licensed for full functionality (free trial shows nag screens)
- ⚠ Search quality depends on Dash docset version — may not have latest API changes
- ⚠ Official Kapeli MCP — well-maintained and directly integrated with Dash app
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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-07.