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 on devbrain"

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._

DevBrain returns articles as short description + URL, you can then:

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-reinstall` arg.
• Claude is known to fail when working with `uv` and `uvx` binaries. 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.