MCP Standards Server Documentation Index¶

Last Updated: 2025-07-16
Project Status: ✅ Fully Operational - Complete standards ecosystem with verified components

Welcome to the comprehensive documentation for the MCP Standards Server. This documentation is organized to help different types of users find the information they need quickly.

📚 Documentation Structure¶

🎯 Essential Documents¶

Start here for project overview and current status:

CLAUDE.md - Complete project overview and implementation status
README.md - Quick start guide and basic usage
Standards Complete Catalog - All 25 available standards
Web UI Verification Report - Web interface deployment guide
Performance Baseline - Current system performance metrics

CLI Documentation ¶

Command-line interface documentation for end users.

CLI Overview - Introduction to the CLI
Command Reference - Detailed documentation for each command
Configuration Guide - How to configure the server
Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions
Examples - Practical usage examples

Tutorials¶

Getting Started - Quick start guide
Common Workflows - Typical usage patterns
IDE Integration - Editor setup guides
CI/CD Integration - Pipeline integration

Man Pages ¶

Traditional Unix manual pages for system-wide installation.

Installation Instructions - How to install man pages
Manual Pages - Formatted documentation for each command

Documentation Website ¶

Web-based documentation with search and navigation.

Home - Documentation homepage
Installation Guide - Detailed installation instructions
API Reference - Programmatic interface documentation
MCP Tools - Model Context Protocol tools
Configuration Schema - Configuration file format
Standards Format - Standards file specification
Architecture - System design documentation

Security Documentation ¶

Security measures and implementation details.

Security Implementation - Security protocols and measures
Environment Variables - Secure configuration management

Implementation Status & Reports ¶

Project status, evaluations, and implementation summaries.

MCP Evaluation Plan - Evaluation methodology
MCP Evaluation Report - Implementation results
Standards Ecosystem - Complete ecosystem overview
CI/CD Implementation - Deployment automation
Comprehensive Test Report - Test execution summary
Metrics Integration - Performance monitoring setup

Technical Deep Dives ¶

Detailed technical documentation for developers.

Rule Engine - Standards selection logic
Semantic Search - Search implementation
Standards Generation - Creating new standards
Analyzers Framework - Code analysis system
Token Optimization - Token management system
Cache Design - Caching architecture

🎯 Quick Links by Role¶

For Users¶

Start with Getting Started
Learn Common Workflows
Reference Command Documentation
Troubleshoot with Troubleshooting Guide

For Developers¶

Read Installation Guide
Integrate using MCP Tools Reference
Configure with Configuration Guide
Automate with CI/CD Integration

For Contributors¶

📖 Documentation Formats¶

Online Documentation¶

Searchable website - Full documentation with search
GitHub Pages - Hosted documentation site
In-editor help - Context-sensitive help in IDEs

Offline Documentation¶

Man pages - Traditional Unix manual pages
PDF export - Printable documentation
Markdown files - Version-controlled docs

Interactive Documentation¶

CLI help - Built-in --help for all commands
Shell completion - Tab completion with descriptions
Example scripts - Runnable examples

🔍 Finding Information¶

By Topic¶

Installation → Installation Guide
Configuration → Configuration Guide
Commands → Command Reference
Integration → IDE / CI/CD
API → MCP Tools
Troubleshooting → Troubleshooting Guide

By Task¶

"How do I install?" → Installation Guide
"How do I validate code?" → validate command
"How do I integrate with VS Code?" → IDE Integration
"How do I use in CI/CD?" → CI/CD Integration
"How do I query standards?" → query command

By User Type¶

New users → Getting Started
CLI users → CLI Documentation
API users → API Reference
DevOps → CI/CD Integration
Contributors → Contributing Guidelines
Security Engineers → Security Documentation
Standards Authors → Standards Generation Guide

🛠️ Building Documentation¶

Prerequisites¶

# For building the website
npm install -g @docusaurus/core

# For building man pages
apt-get install pandoc  # or brew install pandoc

# For PDF generation
apt-get install texlive  # or brew install --cask mactex

Build Commands¶

# Build website
cd docs/site && npm run build

# Build man pages
make -C docs/man

# Generate PDF
pandoc docs/cli/README.md -o mcp-standards-manual.pdf

📝 Contributing to Documentation¶

We welcome documentation contributions! Please:

Follow the existing structure and style
Include examples for new features
Update the table of contents
Test all code examples
Check for broken links
Submit a pull request

See Contributing Guidelines for more details.

📞 Getting Help¶

Documentation issues → GitHub Issues
Questions → GitHub Discussions
Live chat → Discord Server

Last updated: January 2025 | Version: 1.0.0