Manpage MCP

Search and read Linux manual pages with version-aware lookup and exact package provenance.

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to manpage.ai. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http manpage-mcp https://manpage.ai/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

• get_targets — List indexed distribution/release/repository/architecture scopes and counts. Use the returned values verbatim; targets such as CentOS 8, EPE
• search — Search manual text/metadata; return ranked hits, snippets and exact identities. Latest indexed package versions are used unless package_vers
• get_manual — Get full manual text by name, e.g. manual_name="ls"; no package needed. manual_name is the command name (also matches aliases); package is a

KitScout test notes

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