Documan.ai

Docs your AI actually understands. The only documentation tool with a built-in MCP server.

Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI tools can search and understand your documentation in real-time.

Full documentation: docs.documan.ai

Key Features

• Built-in MCP Server - AI assistants search your docs semantically
• Semantic Search - Find docs by meaning, not just keywords
• Single Binary - No npm, no Node.js, no dependencies
• CI/CD Ready - Lint docs in your pipeline, Docker image included

Quick Start

Option 1: Binary

# Download from GitHub Releases
curl -L https://github.com/documan-ai/documan/releases/latest/download/documan-darwin-arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
mv documan-darwin-arm64 documan

# Configure
echo 'DOCUMAN_PROJECT_NAME=My Project
DOCUMAN_DOCS_FILES=docs/**/*.md,README.md
DOCUMAN_HTTP_PORT=3000' > .env

# Run
./documan fix      # Auto-fix frontmatter
./documan lint     # Check frontmatter, links, duplicates
./documan import   # Import to database
./documan serve    # Start server

Option 2: Docker

# Start container
docker run -d --name documan \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -v $(pwd)/docs:/documan/data/docs \
  -v $(pwd)/README.md:/documan/data/README.md \
  -e DOCUMAN_PROJECT_NAME="My Project" \
  -e DOCUMAN_DOCS_FILES="**/*.md" \
  -e DOCUMAN_HTTP_PORT="3000" \
  jzaplet/documan:latest

# Fix, lint and import docs
docker exec -t documan /documan/bin/documan fix
docker exec -t documan /documan/bin/documan lint
docker exec -t documan /documan/bin/documan import

Web UI: http://localhost:3000

MCP Server: http://localhost:3000/mcp

For production CI/CD and docker-compose, see Docker Setup Guide.

Connect AI Tools

Register MCP server to Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add documentation --transport http http://localhost:3000/mcp

For Cursor, Claude Desktop, and other tools, see MCP Setup Guide.