Kanzi Documentation MCP server¶

The Kanzi Documentation MCP server connects your AI assistant to the Kanzi documentation sources. This allows your AI assistant to search and retrieve information from the Kanzi documentation to answer your questions about Kanzi concepts, features, workflows, and best practices.

The Kanzi Documentation MCP server is available at https://docs.mcp.kanzi.com/mcp.

Tip

You can set up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server in Claude Desktop and VS Code from two places on the Documentation website: from the AI assistant button next to any topic title, or from the Get Kanzi guidance in your IDE pill inside Ask Kanzi.

Setting up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server¶

To set up both Kanzi MCP servers at once by letting your AI coding agent configure them, see Quick setup. The steps below configure this server by hand.

Setting up in Claude Desktop¶

To set up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server in Claude Desktop:

Download the zipped mcpb file from https://docs.kanzi.com/mcp/kanzi-docs-mcp.zip.
Extract the zip file to get kanzi-docs-mcp.mcpb.
Double-click the mcpb file to open it in Claude Desktop.
In Claude Desktop, click Install.

Setting up in VS Code¶

To set up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server in VS Code:

In VS Code, open the Command Palette (Ctrl Shift P) and select MCP: Open User Configuration.

In the mcp.json file, add the server configuration:

{
   "servers": {
      "kanzi-docs": {
         "type": "http",
         "url": "https://docs.mcp.kanzi.com/mcp"
      }
   },
   "inputs": []
}

Open the Command Palette and select Developer: Reload Window.
Open the Chat window with Ctrl Alt I.

Setting up in Claude Code¶

To set up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server in Claude Code:

claude mcp add --scope user --transport http kanzi-docs https://docs.mcp.kanzi.com/mcp

Setting up in Codex¶

To set up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server in Codex, add it to the ~/.codex/config.toml file:

[mcp_servers.kanzi-docs]
url = "https://docs.mcp.kanzi.com/mcp"

Setting up in other tools¶

To set up the Kanzi Documentation MCP server in other AI tools that support MCP, refer to the documentation of that tool. In the tool configuration, use the server URL with mcp-remote:

{
   "mcpServers": {
      "kanzi-docs": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": [
            "-y",
            "mcp-remote",
            "https://docs.mcp.kanzi.com/mcp"
         ]
      }
   }
}

Available tools¶

The Kanzi Documentation MCP server provides these tools:

list_versions: List all available Kanzi documentation versions
set_version: Confirm that a Kanzi version is available and report how many documentation chunks it contains
search_docs: Search Kanzi documentation for relevant information
ask_question: Get answers to questions about Kanzi
get_page: Retrieve a full documentation page
search_across_versions: Search across all available Kanzi versions
compare_versions: Compare documentation between two Kanzi versions

Working with a specific Kanzi version¶

Because answers differ between Kanzi versions, tell the assistant which version you work with. The server does not remember the version between calls: the search_docs, ask_question, and get_page tools each take an optional version parameter, such as 4.1.0 or 3.9.15. When you omit version, the server uses the newest version that it has available. The search_across_versions and compare_versions tools deliberately span several versions at once and take their own parameters instead of a single version.

To see which versions are available, use list_versions. To check a single version before you query it, use set_version.

When you mention the Kanzi version in your question, the assistant passes it to the tools for you. For example, “Using the Kanzi documentation tools, how do data sources work in Kanzi 3.9.15?”