@meetdewey/mcp

MCP server for Dewey — search and research your document collections from Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent. See the full API reference for details.

Installation

Add to your claude_desktop_config.json (or equivalent MCP client config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dewey": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@meetdewey/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DEWEY_API_KEY": "dwy_live_...",
        "DEWEY_COLLECTION_ID": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

Variable	Required	Description
`DEWEY_API_KEY`	Yes	Your Dewey project API key
`DEWEY_COLLECTION_ID`	No	Default collection ID. When set, tools that accept `collection_id` will fall back to this value.
`DEWEY_API_URL`	No	Override the API base URL (default: `https://api.meetdewey.com/v1`)

Available tools

Tool	Description
`dewey_list_collections`	List all collections in the project
`dewey_search`	Hybrid semantic + keyword search over chunk content
`dewey_scan_sections`	Lightweight search over section titles and summaries
`dewey_research`	Agentic research query with configurable depth — returns a grounded, cited answer
`dewey_list_documents`	List documents in a collection with their processing status
`dewey_get_section`	Fetch the full Markdown content of a section by ID