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About Node.js API Documentation

Provides up-to-date access to official Node.js core module documentation through search and retrieval tools that fetch from nodejs.org with 7-day caching for current API reference without relying on outdated training data.

What you can use it for

  • developer tools
Connection and setup
Hosting
Local stdio process
Transport
stdio
Endpoint
Local process; no hosted endpoint documented
Authentication
No credentials were configured; the tested read-only tool “search-nodejs-modules-api-documentation” succeeded in an isolated environment. Other tools may have additional requirements.

Requirements

  • Node.js 18+
  • The npm package repository matched the repository linked from the public profile.

Setup steps

  1. npx -y mcp-server-nodejs-api-docs@1.1.3
Tools

The server returned 2 tools in tools/list. Only “search-nodejs-modules-api-documentation” was invoked with a synthetic read-only input and succeeded.

  • search-nodejs-modules-api-documentation

    <use_case> Use this tool to search across all Node.js built-in core modules API documentation and get back a list of core modules and their methods when you want to search and look-up Node.js API support </use_case> <important_notes> 1. HIGH PRIORITY: *ALWAYS* use this tool first so that you can search for Node.js modules and their methods 2. Ideally you want to suggest users the use of built-in Node.js API rather than third-party libraries 3. This tool will return a list of all Node.js core modules and their methods </important_notes>

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  • retrieve-nodejs-modules-api-documentation

    Retrieve, fetch, and get Node.js API documentation for a specific module or class. <use_case> Use this tool to retrieve Node.js API documentation for a specific module or class. </use_case> <example> User asks: "How can I user colors in my terminal console output using Node.js?" You call the `retrieve-nodejs-modules-api-documentation` MCP tool with the following parameters: ```json { "module": "util", "method": "styleText" } ``` </example> <important_notes> 1. If you don't know the module or class name, you can use the `search-nodejs-modules-api-documentation` tool to get a list of all Node.js core API modules and their methods to search for it first and then call this tool. 2. This tool will return the documentation for the specified module or class, including its methods and properties. </important_notes>

    Parameters: module, method
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This server’s available tools can vary by account, permissions, or configuration. The list shown is not its full runtime catalog.

Limitations and notes
  • Runtime verification covered one read-only tool call (search-nodejs-modules-api-documentation); other listed tools were not individually exercised.
Original sources
  • MCP.Directory public profile

    Name, description, publisher identifier, categories, transport, tool inventory, and install configuration.

  • Linked publisher repository

    Repository URL linked from the public profile; npm package repository metadata matched this GitHub repository.

  • npm registry metadata

    Published package version 1.1.3 checked before launch. Registry repository: git+https://github.com/lirantal/mcp-server-nodejs-api-docs.git.

  • maintainer repository documentation

    Maintainer README documents search and retrieval tools for Node.js module API documentation.

Documentation checked 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z. Connection has not been runtime tested.

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Platforms

Local · stdio

Local stdio process

Authentication

No credentials were configured; the tested read-only tool “search-nodejs-modules-api-documentation” succeeded in an isolated environment. Other tools may have additional requirements.

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