About canton-ccpedia
canton-ccpedia is a knowledge platform for Canton Network developers and AI agents, continuously syncing official ecosystem sources and making them searchable through a read-only API. A single MCP endpoint brings together CIPs, forums, documentation, validator calendars, and more.
Key features
- 01Search across Canton ecosystem sources
- 02Look up CIPs and on-chain vote outcomes
- 03Browse Canton design patterns
- 04REST API with OpenAPI 3.1 specification
- 05Read-only access without authentication
Use cases
- 01Find Canton development docs and forum discussions
- 02Review CIP proposals and vote outcomes
- 03Check validator upgrade calendars
- 04Consult Canton design and debugging references
MCP support
A single MCP endpoint provides MCP clients with search tools for official Canton Network ecosystem content, including CIPs, forums, documentation, and validator information.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://ccpedia.xyz/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http unitynodes-canton-ccpedia https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp{"mcpServers":{"unitynodes-canton-ccpedia":{"type":"http","url":"https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"unitynodes-canton-ccpedia":{"type":"http","url":"https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"unitynodes-canton-ccpedia":{"type":"http","url":"https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"unitynodes-canton-ccpedia":{"serverUrl":"https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
Tools
102| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | enum | No | Restrict results to one source type; "governance" is the stated reasoning behind an on-chain DSO vote; "all" searches everythingall | cip | doc | discussion | mail | whitepaper | proposal | blog | youtube | github | governance |
| limit | integer | No | Max results to return (1-50) |
| query | string | Yes | Search query |
| offset | integer | No | Skip this many before returning, for paging past the limit. The response states the full count and echoes the offset used. |
Details
From the project READMECCPEDIA
The Canton Network knowledge platform. Open source, no auth, one MCP endpoint.
Live at ccpedia.xyz · Docs at docs.ccpedia.xyz · MCP at ccpedia.xyz/mcp
CCPEDIA continuously syncs every official Canton surface (forum, GitHub, docs, CIPs, mailing lists, videos, dev fund, ecosystem registry, validator calendar, app metrics) and serves it to AI agents through one MCP endpoint and a REST API. No key, no signup, read only.
One-click install
Connect your AI tool in 60 seconds
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http ccpedia https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp
Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, or any MCP client. Drop this into your client's MCP config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"ccpedia": {
"url": "https://ccpedia.xyz/mcp"
}
}
}
Full per-client guides: Claude Desktop · Claude Code · Cursor · Windsurf · Zed · Any MCP client.
Interactive setup wizard: ccpedia.xyz/for-ai.
What you get
Counts are on the badges above, read live from the API. They are deliberately not repeated in this text: every place that hardcoded them drifted apart, and a README on GitHub cannot render live values.
- MCP tools across 10 categories: search, CIPs, forum, mailing lists, docs, YouTube, ecosystem, validators, dev fund, releases. Full catalog: docs.ccpedia.xyz/tools/overview.
- Live data sources synced every 5 minutes to 24 hours depending on cadence. Live list: ccpedia.xyz/api/v1/sources.
- Canton design patterns for the questions we see most (SV operations, DAML fundamentals, token standards, governance, debugging). Index: docs.ccpedia.xyz/patterns/overview.
- REST API with an OpenAPI 3.1 spec: ccpedia.xyz/api/v1/reference.
Ask it "how do I build a token on Canton?" and it returns the actual CIP template code with citations, not a paraphrase.
What's in this repository
The public documentation site published at docs.ccpedia.xyz.
content/docs/ MDX source for the docs site
integrations/ Per-client setup guides
tools/ MCP tool reference, grouped by category
patterns/ Canton design recipes
api-reference/ REST endpoint documentation
operations/ Data sources, sync cadences, live status
app/, components/ Fumadocs 16 site (Next.js 16, React 19, Tailwind 4)
.mcp.json Copy-paste MCP config that clients auto-detect
llms.txt AI-agent map of this repository
SHOWCASE.md Real examples of CCPEDIA answering faster than humans
Contribute
- Fix a typo, sharpen a page, add an example. Edit any
.mdxundercontent/docs/and open a PR. CI type checks and builds it; a maintainer deploys after merge. - Wrong or outdated answer. Open an issue with the tool name, your prompt, and what CCPEDIA returned.
- Propose a new data source. Open an issue with the source URL and why the ecosystem needs it indexed.
Details: CONTRIBUTING.md.
Auto-generated pages under content/docs/tools/ and content/docs/patterns/ are synced from the main service and get overwritten on the next sync. Edit the source in the CCPEDIA service repo instead.
Security
Read only, no auth, no PII, no writes. See SECURITY.md for the threat model and how to report an issue.
License
Apache 2.0. See LICENSE.
Comments
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