Discourse MCP Server

Node.js server implementing Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Discourse search operation.

Features

• Search Posts on a Discourse forum using MCP protocol.

API# Tools

• search_posts
• Search posts on a Discourse forum
• Input: query (string)
• Returns an array of post objects

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json:

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discourse": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "DISCOURSE_API_URL=https://try.discourse.org",
        "-e",
        "DISCOURSE_API_KEY=1234",
        "-e",
        "DISCOURSE_API_USERNAME=ash",
        "ashdev/discourse-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "discourse": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ashdev/discourse-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DISCOURSE_API_URL": "https://try.discourse.org",
        "DISCOURSE_API_KEY": "1234",
        "DISCOURSE_API_USERNAME": "ash"
      }
    }
  }
}

Build

Docker build:

docker build -t ashdev/discourse-mcp-server .