Doc Guard MCP Server

English · Português (BR) · Español What is DocGuard? Why DocGuard? Quick Start Spec Kit Integration Usage Validators Templates AI Agent Support Slash Commands Examples Testing Enterprise Adoption CI/CD Integration. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with cdd, documentation and drift detection and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in JavaScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-18 · ★ 28 · #30 OF 208 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · JavaScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Doc Guard

Claude Code

claude mcp add raccioly-docguard -- npx -y docguard-cli

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "raccioly-docguard": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "docguard-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package docguard-cli - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.raccioly is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Doc Guard can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v0.41.7 · 2026-09-18

Automated weekly release - batches everything merged since v0.41.6. · Changed · detect documents by name across the codebase, not by exact path (#418) · Added · Find the documents a project already has, instead of…

v0.41.6 · 2026-09-18

Automated weekly release - batches everything merged since v0.41.5. · Changed · make this suite probeable by TestGuard, and close the gap it found (#415) · do not block projects that never adopted DocGuard; protect…

v0.41.5 · 2026-09-17

Automated weekly release - batches everything merged since v0.41.4. · Changed · four tool defects from a downstream field report (#410) · use generic project references and stop tracking .wolf/ (#411) · Changed…

04 · Who maintains Doc Guard

DocGuard is maintained by raccioly. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

category
documentation - ranked #30 of 208 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence
10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-18)
registry
io.github.raccioly/docguard (active, first published 2026-07-05 · 9 versions)
packages
npm:docguard-cli

06 · Doc Guard FAQ

What is Doc Guard?

English · Português (BR) · Español What is DocGuard? Why DocGuard? Quick Start Spec Kit Integration Usage Validators Templates AI Agent Support Slash Commands Examples Testing Enterprise Adoption CI/CD Integration. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

Is Doc Guard still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-18 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Doc Guard?

Run `npx -y docguard-cli`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Doc Guard run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Doc Guard