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drf-mcp-docs
by Abdulkhalek-1
filesystem
by modelcontextprotocol
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LanguagePythonTypeScript
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drf-mcp-docs · Summary

An MCP server that exposes Django REST Framework API documentation to AI coding agents for frontend development assistance.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

drf-mcp-docs · Use cases

  • AI assistants generating React/Vue/Angular hooks to consume your DRF API
  • Automatic generation of typed API client code in TypeScript or Python
  • Documentation exploration where AI can query endpoint details and examples
  • Creating integration tutorials and guides with automatically generated code snippets

filesystem · Use cases

  • Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
  • Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
  • Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

drf-mcp-docs · Install

Installation

pip install drf-mcp-docs
# With specific schema generator:
pip install drf-mcp-docs[spectacular]   # recommended
pip install drf-mcp-docs[yasg]

Configuration

Add to your Django settings:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    # ...
    'rest_framework',
    'drf_mcp_docs',
]

Running

**stdio transport** (for local AI tools):

python manage.py runmcpserver --transport stdio

**Streamable HTTP transport** (for network access):

python manage.py runmcpserver --transport streamable-http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8100

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to ~/.claude.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "my-api-docs": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["manage.py", "runmcpserver", "--transport", "stdio"],
      "cwd": "/path/to/your/django/project"
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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