niklaserik/effect-mcp

3.4

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server dedicated to fetching the most current documentation from the Effect ecosystem.

@niklaserik/effect-mcp

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server dedicated to fetching the most current documentation from the Effect ecosystem.

Purpose

This MCP server provides real-time access to Effect documentation for AI assistants and tools. It enables VS Code extensions and other MCP clients to retrieve accurate and up-to-date Effect package documentation to assist developers with questions about:

The core effect package
Ecosystem packages (@effect/platform, @effect/ai, etc.)
Both stable and unstable Effect packages

The server intelligently detects imported Effect packages in your code and fetches the most relevant documentation to answer your queries.

Features

Real-time documentation access for Effect ecosystem
Support for both stable and experimental packages
Context-aware package detection based on imports
Seamless integration with VS Code and other MCP-compatible clients
Helps answer API usage questions for Effect developers

What this server exposes

Resources (preferred)
- Dynamic template: effect-docs://{libId}
- Completions on {libId} and resource listing are supported
- Static aliases for discovery: effect-docs://effect, effect-docs://@effect-platform, etc.
- Supported libraries (as of now):
  - effect
  - @effect/platform
  - @effect/sql
  - @effect/vitest
  - @effect/ai
  - @effect/cli
  - @effect/cluster
  - @effect/rpc
  - @effect/typeclass
Tools (for compatibility)
- effect-documentation: fetch docs for selected libraries and return concatenated markdown
- effect-doc-links: return plain URIs to the resources above so clients can follow them

Caching & Retry

In-memory TTL cache (~10 minutes) to avoid refetching unchanged docs.
Lightweight retry with small backoff on transient fetch errors.

Installation

pnpm add @niklaserik/effect-mcp

Usage

For usage in VS Code or other MCP clients, refer to the client's documentation for adding custom MCP servers.

Quick test locally:

pnpm install
pnpm build
node dist/index.js # stdio transport

Then connect with an MCP client (e.g., MCP Inspector) over stdio and try:

List resources and read effect-docs://effect
Call tool effect-doc-links with { "libraries": ["effect", "@effect/platform"] }

Initialization instructions

The server publishes short usage instructions via MCP initialize for clients that display them.

Development

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# Build the project
pnpm build

# Run in development mode with auto-reload
pnpm dev

Notes:

Built with @modelcontextprotocol/sdk@^1.17.4 using the modern registerResource/registerTool APIs.
Transport: stdio by default; can be adapted to Streamable HTTP if needed.

License

MIT

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