Context7 HTTP

An MCP server for the Context7 project, providing HTTP streaming and search endpoints for library information without local installation.

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:sparkles: Features

context7-http is a MCP server that supports HTTP streaming for the Context7 project. This allows you to utilize the MCP server from anywhere, without installing anything locally.

  • Has current feature parity with the existing Context7 MCP Server.
  • SSE and HTTP streamable support.
  • Provides resolve-library-uri and search-library-docs tools for finding libraries, and searching their documentation.
  • Provides multiple resources, including:
    • context7://libraries - returns high-level information about all libraries.
    • context7://libraries/<project> (TODO: not fully functional in upstream SDK)
    • context7://libraries/top/<n> - returns the top n libraries, sorted by trust score (if available), otherwise by stars.
  • Currently utilizing mcp-go, however, will be replaced with the official Go MCP sdk in the future.

:gear: Usage

If you'd like to run context7-http yourself, use the following:

$ context7-http \
    --debug \
    --bind-addr "0.0.0.0:8080" \
    --base-url https://context7.your-domain.com \ # only needed if using sse, http streamable doesn't need this
    --trusted-proxies "x-forwarded-for,10.0.0.0/8" \ # if behind a reverse proxy
    --heartbeat-interval 55s # for those with spotty networks or annoying network proxies

For all examples below, replace context7.liam.sh with your own MCP server URL, if you're running your own instance.

Configured endpoints:

  • https://context7.liam.sh/mcp - HTTP streamable endpoint.
  • https://context7.liam.sh/sse (& /message) - SSE endpoint (NOTE: SSE is considered deprecated in the MCP spec).

Other than swapping out the mcpServer block (or similar, depending on your client), usage should match that of the official Context7 documentation

VSCode, Cursor, etc

Cursor MCP docs, and VS Code MCP docs for more info.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "url": "https://context7.liam.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Install in Windsurf

Add this to your Windsurf MCP config file. See Windsurf MCP docs for more info.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "url": "https://context7.liam.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Install in Zed

Add this to your Zed settings.json. See Zed MCP docs for more info.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "context7": {
      "url": "https://context7.liam.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Install in Claude Code

Run this command. See Claude Code MCP docs for more info.

claude mcp add --transport sse context7 https://context7.liam.sh/sse

Install in Claude Desktop

Add this to your Claude Desktop claude_desktop_config.json file. See Claude Desktop MCP docs for more info.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "url": "https://context7.liam.sh/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Install in BoltAI

BoltAI MCP docs.

:whale: Container Images (ghcr)

$ docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/lrstanley/context7-http:master
$ docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/lrstanley/context7-http:0.3.0
$ docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/lrstanley/context7-http:latest
$ docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/lrstanley/context7-http:0.2.0
$ docker run -it --rm ghcr.io/lrstanley/context7-http:0.1.0

:books: References

:raising_hand_man: Support & Assistance

  • :heart: Please review the Code of Conduct for guidelines on ensuring everyone has the best experience interacting with the community.
  • :raising_hand_man: Take a look at the support document on guidelines for tips on how to ask the right questions.
  • :lady_beetle: For all features/bugs/issues/questions/etc, head over here.

:handshake: Contributing

  • :heart: Please review the Code of Conduct for guidelines on ensuring everyone has the best experience interacting with the community.
  • :clipboard: Please review the contributing doc for submitting issues/a guide on submitting pull requests and helping out.
  • :old_key: For anything security related, please review this repositories security policy.

:balance_scale: License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Liam Stanley <liam@liam.sh>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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SOFTWARE.

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