MCP SERVER

Context7

Retrieve current library documentation for coding assistants.

Developer toolsmcpdocumentation

About Context7

Retrieve current library documentation for coding assistants. The observed registry record includes npm, mcpb distributions for MCP clients.

What you can do

Library documentation retrieval

How to connect

What is the endpoint and how does it run?

Hosted remote server over Streamable HTTP at https://mcp.context7.com/mcp.

Does it need authentication?

An API key issued by the publisher is required.

Required request headers: Authorization.

How do I add Context7 to Claude Code, Cursor or Claude Desktop?

One command, any client (npm)

npx ruagentic add context7

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http context7 https://mcp.context7.com/mcp

Cursor, Windsurf and other clients that accept a URL (mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "url": "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json, via the mcp-remote bridge)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Snippets are generated from the published endpoint; the server name context7 is only a label you can change. Add the credentials the publisher documents.

Project website Documentation Source repository

REMOTE ENDPOINThttps://mcp.context7.com/mcpUse this URL in a compatible client. Follow the provider’s authentication instructions.

1 published remote connection

streamable-httphttps://mcp.context7.com/mcp

Authorization — API key for authentication. Accepts "Bearer <key>" or the raw key.

Published packages

npm@upstash/context7-mcp @ 4.0.5Transport: stdio

mcpbhttps://github.com/upstash/context7/releases/download/mcpb-v4.0.5/context7.mcpb @ 4.0.5Transport: stdio

Questions and answers

What is Context7?

Context7 is an MCP server in the Developer tools category. Retrieve current library documentation for coding assistants.

How do I connect to Context7?

Hosted remote server over Streamable HTTP at https://mcp.context7.com/mcp. The listing page has ready-made snippets for Claude Code, Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Does Context7 need authentication?

An API key issued by the publisher is required. Required request headers: Authorization.

What can Context7 do?

According to the published details: Library documentation retrieval.

Where is Context7 published?

Its homepage is https://context7.com/ and its source repository is https://github.com/upstash/context7. RUAGENTIC read these details from Official MCP Registry on September 8, 2026 and did not install or run the project.

Sources and checks

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Registry name: io.github.upstash/context7
Published version: 4.0.5

Source information collected September 8, 2026.

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