Man Page MCP

Search and read Linux manual pages with version-aware lookup, helping AI assistants find accurate documentation for commands, libraries, and configuration files.

Hosted MCP Server

npx add-mcp 'https://manpage.ai/mcp'

Installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and more

Documentation

How your assistant uses manpage.ai

I’m backing up files with rsync --delete.
Will it delete files I excluded?

→ get_man_page(name="rsync")

RSYNC(1)User CommandsRSYNC(1)

--delete

Client setup

Claude Code CLI

Run in your terminal to add it for all your projects.

claude mcp add --transport http --scope user manpage https://manpage.ai/mcp

Claude Code MCP docs ↗

Codex CLI

Run in your terminal. Codex CLI and the IDE extension share MCP configuration.

codex mcp add manpage --url https://manpage.ai/mcp

Codex MCP docs ↗

Cursor JSON CONFIG

Add this server to ~/.cursor/mcp.json for all projects, or .cursor/mcp.json in your project. Merge it with any existing servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "manpage": {
      "url": "https://manpage.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cursor MCP docs ↗

VS Code / GitHub Copilot JSON CONFIG

Add this server to .vscode/mcp.json in your project. Merge with your existing configuration.

{
  "servers": {
    "manpage": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://manpage.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

VS Code MCP docs ↗

Other MCP clients HTTP

Add a remote server with the Streamable HTTP transport and this URL. Authentication is not required.

https://manpage.ai/mcp

For Claude apps that support custom connectors, add this URL through Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector. Availability depends on your plan and workspace settings.

After adding the server, check your client’s MCP tools list. Reconnect or restart the client if the tools don’t appear.

Request limits

Quotas are shared by clients using the same public IP.

300 / minute

Per IP, across requests to /mcp.

100 / hour

Per IP, for give_feedback submissions.

60 / minute

Per IP, shared across /search and /man.

IPv4 limits apply per address; IPv6 addresses share a /64 quota. If you reach a limit, the service returns HTTP 429 with a Retry-After header. Feedback also counts toward the MCP request limit.

Roadmap

Free API keys with increased usage limits are planned.

Not available yet. No release date announced.