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mcp-server-python

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github.com/inkeepMemory & Knowledge25Updated 81w ago
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About mcp-server-python

mcp-server-python is an Inkeep MCP server that serves documentation and product content from a RAG backend managed in Inkeep. It suits users who want to connect their own docs to MCP clients such as Claude Desktop.

Key features

  1. 01Serves docs content through an Inkeep-managed RAG backend
  2. 02Python project managed with uv
  3. 03API key generated in the Inkeep dashboard
  4. 04Registered in the mcpServers section of Claude Desktop config

Use cases

  1. 01Adding product documentation search to Claude Desktop
  2. 02Answering product questions from published documentation

MCP support

The project runs as an MCP server and is registered with clients such as Claude Desktop through an mcpServers entry in claude_desktop_config.json.

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Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

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Tools

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Details

From the project README

mcp-server-python

Inkeep MCP Server powered by your docs and product content.

Dependencies
  • An account on Inkeep to manage and provide the RAG
  • uv Python project manager
Local Setup
git clone https://github.com/inkeep/mcp-server-python.git
cd mcp-server-python
uv venv
uv pip install -r pyproject.toml

Note the full path of the project, referred to as <YOUR_INKEEP_MCP_SERVER_ABSOLUTE_PATH> in a later step.

Get an API key

  1. Log in to the Inkeep Dashboard
  2. Navigate to the Projects section and select your project
  3. Open the Integrations tab
  4. Click Create Integration and choose API from the options
  5. Enter a Name for your new API integration.
  6. Click on Create
  7. A generated API key will appear that you can use to authenticate API requests.

We'll refer to this API key as the <YOUR_INKEEP_API_KEY> in later steps.

Add to your MCP client

Follow the steps in this guide to setup Claude Dekstop.

In your claude_desktop_config.json file, add the following entry to mcpServers.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "inkeep-mcp-server": {
            "command": "uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "<YOUR_INKEEP_MCP_SERVER_ABSOLUTE_PATH>",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "inkeep_mcp_server"
            ],
            "env": {
                "INKEEP_API_BASE_URL": "https://api.inkeep.com/v1",
                "INKEEP_API_KEY": "<YOUR_INKEEP_API_KEY>",
                "INKEEP_API_MODEL": "inkeep-rag",
                "INKEEP_MCP_TOOL_NAME": "search-product-content",
                "INKEEP_MCP_TOOL_DESCRIPTION": "Retrieves product documentation about Inkeep. The query should be framed as a conversational question about Inkeep."
            }
        },
    }
}

You may need to put the full path to the uv executable in the command field. You can get this by running which uv on MacOS/Linux or where uv on Windows.

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