search_tanstack_docsLABSCO SUMMARY
Docs and scaffolding for the same libraries, in one place.
The pairing is what makes it worth installing over a general doc search: the assistant that just read the file-based routing guide is the one that can scaffold the project using it. Note that three of the tools run the CLI against your filesystem — creating projects, installing add-ons and rewriting versions in package.json — while the rest only read.
What it is
A server over the TanStack ecosystem with two halves. One reads: documentation search backed by TanStack's Algolia index, full Markdown pages fetched by path, and directories of libraries and ecosystem partners. The other acts: it drives the TanStack CLI to create projects, add add-ons and pin versions.
What you get
- Official documentation searched with query, library and framework filters, and no API key needed
- The full Markdown of any doc page fetched by path
- All official TanStack libraries listed — Query, Router, Table, Form and the rest
- Ecosystem partners for hosting, auth and databases
- A new TanStack Start project bootstrapped with the add-on configuration you choose
- Add-ons installed into an existing project
- Every TanStack version in package.json pinned
Requirements
Docker Desktop running: the server runs from the gihan92/tanstack-mcp image, and no npm package is published. Doc search needs no key.
Setup effort
Run a container — pull the image and point your client at it
USE CASES
01
Answering a TanStack question mid-implementation
Search the official docs filtered to the library and framework you are actually on, so the answer is not a Router v0 example when you are on the current release.
02
Starting a new app on TanStack Start
Bootstrap the project with the add-ons chosen up front, rather than scaffolding bare and bolting them on afterwards.
03
Adding Tailwind or auth to a project already running
Install the add-on into the existing project through the CLI, which wires the config rather than leaving you to match it to a blog post.
04
Working out which TanStack library fits
List the official libraries and read what each one covers, when the question is whether the problem belongs to Query, Router, Table or Form.
05
Choosing what to run around the app
The ecosystem directory names partners for hosting, auth and databases, which is the decision that follows immediately after picking the framework.
06
Stopping a build breaking on a minor bump
Pin every TanStack version in package.json in one pass, so the versions the project was tested against are the ones it installs.
7 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
fetch_tanstack_doclist_tanstack_librarieslist_tanstack_ecosystemcreate_tanstack_projectadd_tanstack_addonpin_tanstack_versionsBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
7 tools named in the project's documentation.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
This one is configured rather than run — your client needs the configuration block, not a command.
Server setup
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"tanstack": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"gihan92/tanstack-mcp:latest"
]
}
}
}Requirements: Docker Desktop must be running.
