About gophermcp
gophermcp is an MCP server for coding agents that need current Go package documentation while editing code. It lets an LLM look up package docs instead of relying only on information from its training data.
Key features
- 01Lookup of Go package documentation
Use cases
- 01Checking Go package APIs during code edits
- 02Consulting package docs while generating Go code
MCP support
It exposes access to Go package documentation to MCP clients.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEgophermcp
Overview
gopherMCP is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides a client access to Go documentation for any package. If you are using an LLM to edit code, this can help the LLM look up documentation and not need to rely on outdated docs it may have in its own training data.
Installation
go install github.com/njern/gophermcp
Using the server with Cursor
- Create an
mcp.jsonfile in the.cursordirectory in your project root folder unless one already exists. - Add
gophermcplike this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gophermcp": {
"command": "/path/to/go/binaries/gophermcp",
"args": []
}
}
}
License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Future plans
Expand into other tools which may be useful for an LLM creating Go code.
Acknowledgements
This project was inspired by godoc-mcp, which forms the basis for the godoc package.
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