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Turn any docs into an MCP, right from your terminal.

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Everything doc2mcp does on the web, you can now do without leaving your terminal. Turn a docs site into a hosted MCP server, install it into your editor, and even chat with the docs right in your shell.

doc2mcp CLI

Install 

npm i -g doc2mcp
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If doc2mcp is not found after a global install, npm's global bin probably is not on your PATH. The post-install step prints the exact line to add, or you can just use npx doc2mcp <command>.

Log in (browser-based) 

doc2mcp login
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This prints a short code and a link. Open it, approve, and the CLI is authorized — no API keys to paste.

Open this link to authorize:
https://doc2mcp.site/cli/authorize?code=YAYTNQAK

✔ Authorized
Logged in as you@example.com
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Turn docs into an MCP

Point it at any documentation URL:

doc2mcp https://docs.example.com
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The CLI crawls and indexes the site, gives you a hosted MCP URL + token, and then asks where to install it:

? Install this MCP into your editor?
  ◯ Cursor
  ◯ VS Code
  ◯ Claude
  ◯ Windsurf
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Pick your editors and it writes the config for you. No copy-pasting JSON.

Chat with your docs in the terminal

This is my favorite part. doc2mcp chat is a Claude Code-style REPL for your docs:

doc2mcp chat https://manus.im/docs/introduction/welcome
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Paste a URL and it converts on the fly, offers to install into your editors, then drops you into a chat. Answers render as formatted terminal output — headings, bold, lists, fenced code blocks, and clean source links — instead of raw markdown:

╭ doc2mcp chat · manus ╮
│ Ask anything about these docs. Type /exit to quit.

› what is manus?

● doc2mcp
Manus is an agent-based AI platform...
• Agent-Based: has a browser and a file system
• Action-oriented: builds files and sites end to end

Sources
  • Integrate Manus with Your Tools
    https://manus.im/docs/integrations
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You can also ask a one-shot question:

doc2mcp chat <project-id> -m "how do I authenticate?"
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Command cheatsheet

Command What it does
doc2mcp login Browser-based auth
doc2mcp whoami Show the logged-in account
doc2mcp <url> Convert docs into a hosted MCP
doc2mcp list List your MCP projects
doc2mcp install <id> Install an existing MCP into editors
`doc2mcp chat [url\ id]`

Why it matters

The MCPs you create are hosted and token-based, so your editor reuses them instead of re-scraping — that means faster answers and lower infra cost. Build once, use everywhere.

Get started:

npm i -g doc2mcp && doc2mcp login
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Learn more at doc2mcp.site/cli.

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