esa MCP Server

Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for esa.io - STDIO transport version.

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Official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for esa.io - STDIO transport version.

Overview

This MCP server provides seamless integration between AI assistants and esa.io, a collaborative documentation platform. It enables AI assistants to read, create, update, and manage esa documents directly through the Model Context Protocol.

Available Tools

Team Management

  • esa_get_teams - Get user's accessible esa teams
  • esa_get_team_stats - Get team statistics (members, posts, comments, stars, watches, active users)
  • esa_get_team_tags - Get all tags used in team posts with count
  • esa_get_team_members - Get team members with roles and profile information

Post Management

  • esa_search_posts - Search for posts in esa.io
  • esa_get_post - Get a specific post by post number
  • esa_create_post - Create a new post with tags, category, and WIP status
  • esa_update_post - Update existing post (title, content, tags, category, WIP status)

Post Actions

  • esa_archive_post - Archive a post by moving to Archived/ category
  • esa_ship_post - Ship a post (mark as complete by setting wip to false)
  • esa_duplicate_post - Prepare a post for duplication (retrieve name and body_md)

Comment Management

  • esa_get_comment - Get a specific comment by ID
  • esa_create_comment - Create a new comment on a post
  • esa_update_comment - Update an existing comment
  • esa_delete_comment - Delete a comment
  • esa_get_post_comments - Get comments for a specific post with pagination
  • esa_get_team_comments - Get team comments with pagination

Category Management

  • esa_get_categories - Get categories and subcategories for a specific path
  • esa_get_top_categories - Get all top-level categories for a team
  • esa_get_all_category_paths - Get all category paths in a team (with post counts, supports filtering)
  • Perfect for understanding category structure, organization planning, and cleanup
  • Filter examples: prefix: "dev" for development-related, match: "api" for API-related categories

Attachments

  • esa_get_attachment - Retrieve an attachment file from esa posts and comments
  • Returns base64-encoded data for supported images (JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP) under 30MB
  • Returns signed URLs (valid for 5 minutes) for other file types, larger images, or when forceSignedUrl is specified

Help & Documentation

  • esa_get_search_options_help - Get esa search syntax documentation
  • esa_get_markdown_syntax_help - Get esa Markdown syntax documentation
  • esa_search_help - Search esa documentation for features and terminology

Available Resources

  • esa_recent_posts - Fetch recent updated posts from esa team
  • Template: esa://teams/{teamName}/posts/recent
  • Returns: JSON list of recently updated posts

Available Prompts

  • esa_summarize_post - Summarize an esa post content
  • Input: Team name and post number
  • Output: Structured summary of the post content

MCP Client Configuration

Add to your MCP client configuration file:

Required Environment Variables

  • ESA_ACCESS_TOKEN: Access Token
  • Required scopes: read write or admin:comment read:post write:post read:category read:tag read:attachment read:team read:member
  • PAT v2 is recommended.
  • LANG: Language for UI

Claude Desktop Example

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

Option 1: Docker (Recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "esa": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "ESA_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "-e",
        "LANG",
        "ghcr.io/esaio/esa-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ESA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_personal_access_token",
        "LANG": "en"
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 2: npx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "esa": {
      "command": "/Users/your-username/.nodenv/shims/npx",
      "args": ["@esaio/esa-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "ESA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_personal_access_token",
        "LANG": "en"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: Replace /path/to/your/node with the output of which node command.

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