doctree mcp for VS Code
io.github.joesaby/doctree-mcp
BM25 search + tree navigation over markdown docs for AI agents. No embeddings, no LLM calls.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install doctree mcp in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docs-root",
"description": "DOCS_ROOT",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docs-glob",
"description": "DOCS_GLOB",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "docs-roots",
"description": "DOCS_ROOTS",
"password": true
},
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "glossary-path",
"description": "GLOSSARY_PATH",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"doctree-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"doctree-mcp"
],
"env": {
"DOCS_ROOT": "${input:docs-root}",
"DOCS_GLOB": "${input:docs-glob}",
"DOCS_ROOTS": "${input:docs-roots}",
"GLOSSARY_PATH": "${input:glossary-path}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs