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Jun 16, 2026
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Connect your coding agents to your team's knowledge through the Dosu MCP Server. This page covers what the connection gives you and how to set it up. For the full reference, see Dosu MCP Server.

What connecting it gives you#

Coding agents write better code when they can see how your team actually works. The Dosu MCP Server gives agents like Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code Copilot a way to query your Libraries directly from the editor, so they pull architectural decisions, conventions, and past answers instead of guessing.

The result is fewer wrong assumptions, less copying and pasting context into prompts, and more consistent output across everyone using agents. As you grow from one repo to many teams, the same knowledge backs every agent at once.

Availability and prerequisites#

  • The MCP Server is available today and works with any MCP-compatible client. Many organizations use tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and VS Code Copilot.
  • You need a Dosu organization with at least one Library so the server has knowledge to serve. Create or open one under Libraries.
  • A default MCP server is created with your organization. You can view it and create more under MCP servers.
  • API key authentication uses a key from Settings, Account, API keys.

How to connect#

  1. Open MCP servers and select the server you want an agent to use. Each server can be scoped to specific Sources.
  2. The fastest path is the Dosu CLI. Run npx @dosu/cli setup and follow the prompts to configure your agent.
  3. To wire up a client by hand, use the connection details shown on the server's page. Cursor offers a one-click configure option, and Claude Code can be added from the command line.
  4. Authenticate. OAuth 2.0 is recommended where the client supports it, since it prompts you through the browser and rotates credentials for you. Otherwise, fall back to an API key from Settings, Account, API keys.
  5. Ask your agent a question about your codebase or product. It will call the Dosu tools to retrieve relevant knowledge.

Exact CLI commands, endpoints, headers, and per-client steps live in Dosu MCP Server.

What Dosu does with it#

The server exposes a small set of tools your agent can call, including searching curated knowledge, searching raw documentation, and running a cross-source question. Each MCP server reads from the Sources connected to it, so agents only see the knowledge you have granted. When your Documents and Sources change, the server serves the current version. There is nothing to re-sync by hand.

Notes and limits#

  • The MCP Server is read-focused. It is how agents consume Dosu knowledge, not where you edit it. Create and curate Documents in your Library.
  • What an agent can retrieve depends on which Sources are connected to the server it uses. If results look thin, check the server's Sources under MCP servers.
  • Beyond your own organization, the MCP Server can also access Dosu's public knowledge for many open-source projects.