DevBrain MCP Server
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About
It is a newsletter-based MCP that searches for relevant code snippets, indie developer articles and blog posts so you don't have to hunt through generic web results again. Just ask LLM: "research
It's kind of like a web search, but specifically tuned for high-quality, developer-curated content. You can easily plug in your favorite newsletter to expand its knowledge base even further.
For example, when you are implementing feature "A", DevBrain can pull related articles that would serve as a solid reference and a foundation for your implementation.
| Claude app | Goose app (tap on an image to open utube) |
DevBrain returns articles as short description + URL, you can then:
- instruct LLM agent like
ClaudeorGooseto fetch full contents of the articles using provided URLs - instruct LLM to implement a feature based on all or selected articles
Try quickly with remote http-transport MCP
"devbrain": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://devbrain.svenai.com/mcp"
},
Local Installation (remote http mcp recommended)
Via uv or uvx. Install uv and uvx (if not installed):
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
Example command to run MCP server in stdio mode:
uvx --python ">=3.10" --from devbrain devbrain-stdio-server
Use in Claude Code (or other coding agents)
https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/mcp#installing-mcp-servers You can either add MCP to cc manually or reference tthe same .json file that Claude app uses.
Use in Claude
To add devbrain to Claude's config, edit the file:
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
and insert devbrain to existing mcpServers block like so:
{
"mcpServers": {
"devbrain": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"--python", ">=3.10",
"--force-reinstall",
"--from",
"devbrain",
"devbrain-stdio-server"
]
}
}
}
Claude issues:
- Somehow it fails to get the latest version even when OS has it installed. Forcing an update (at least once) is required for Claude app. This is done with
--force-reinstallarg. - Claude is known to fail when working with
uvanduvxbinaries. See related: https://gist.github.com/gregelin/b90edaef851f86252c88ecc066c93719. If you encounter this error then run these commands in a Terminal:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
sudo ln -s ~/.local/bin/uvx /usr/local/bin/uvx
sudo ln -s ~/.local/bin/uv /usr/local/bin/uv
and restart Claude.
Integration for Cline and other AI agents
Command to start DevBrain MCP in stdio mode:
uvx --python ">=3.10" --force-reinstall --from devbrain devbrain-stdio-server
and add this command to a config file of the AI agent (Cline or other).
Note that DevBrain requires Python 3.10+ support. Most systems have it installed. However VS Code (that Cline depends on) is shipped with Python 3.9. Use correct version of Python when running DevBrain MCP. A corrected version to launch DevBrain MCP looks like this:
uvx --python ">=3.10" --force-reinstall --from devbrain devbrain-stdio-server
Docker integration
You can run this MCP as a Docker container in STDIO mode. First build an image with build.sh. Then add a config to Claude like so:
{
"mcpServers": {
"devbrain": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"svenai/mcp-devbrain-stdio:latest"
]
}
}
}
Test command to verify that docker container works correctly:
docker run -i --rm svenai/mcp-devbrain-stdio:latest
License
This project is released under the MIT License and is developed by mimeCam as an open-source initiative.