Build with AI

Sharetribe provides an AI assistant in our developer documentation. You can use the related MCP server to connect our documentation to your AI coding assistant.

In this guide, you will learn how to connect the documentation MCP server to your coding assistant.

Documentation MCP server

The documentation MCP server uses information from the same sources as the documentation AI assistant.

Dev Docs
API and SDK references
Sharetribe Developer Blog
Sharetribe’s Github repositories for the Sharetribe Web Template and Integration API examples
selected articles from the Sharetribe Help Center

Available tools

The MCP server exposes one tool:


search_sharetribe_knowledge_sources

This tool initiates a search of the information sources listed above, and returns the most relevant content for the query. Results are returned as a structured list of objects with:

source_url – the URL of the original source.
content – the chunk content in Markdown.

Setup

When you open the Sharetribe developer docs AI assistant, you can see a button in the top right corner with the text “Use MCP”. Clicking this button will show you shortcuts to add the documentation MCP server to Cursor, VS Code, and Claude Code, as well as copy the MCP server URL https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai to use the MCP server in other tools.

MCP setup shortcuts

Setup steps vary depending on which client you are using.

Claude Code

Run the following command in your terminal:


claude mcp add --transport http sharetribe-docs https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai

Then run the /mcp command in Claude Code, and follow the steps in your browser to authenticate.

For more information, see the Claude Code MCP documentation .

Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sharetribe-docs": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-remote", "https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop for changes to take effect.

For more details, see the Claude Desktop documentation .

ChatGPT Desktop

ChatGPT Desktop supports MCP servers in developer mode:

Open ChatGPT Desktop.
Go to Settings > Features.
Enable Developer mode.
Navigate to Settings > MCP Servers.
Click Add Server and enter:
- Name: sharetribe-docs
- URL: https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai

For more information, see the ChatGPT Developer mode documentation .

Cursor

Add the following to your .cursor/mcp.json file:

.cursor/mcp.json


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sharetribe-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai"
    }
  }
}

For more information, see the Cursor MCP documentation .

VS Code

Prerequisites: VS Code 1.102+ with GitHub Copilot enabled.

Create an mcp.json file in your workspace .vscode folder:

.vscode/mcp.json


{
  "servers": {
    "sharetribe-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai"
    }
  }
}

For more details, see the VS Code MCP documentation .

Other

MCP is an open protocol supported by many clients. Use the server URL https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai and refer to your client’s documentation for setup instructions.

Most clients accept the standard MCP JSON configuration format:


{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sharetribe-docs": {
      "url": "https://sharetribe.mcp.kapa.ai"
    }
  }
}

And that’s it! You’re ready to use the Sharetribe documentation MCP server to speed up your AI assisted development!