devvit_search
Search indexed documentation for the latest version of devvit.
LABSCO SUMMARY
First-party, and that is the whole argument.
Devvit app development is the narrow case this exists for, and it comes from Reddit rather than a third party reading the docs from outside. Install is one npx line with no key; the one setting worth knowing before you add it is DEVVIT_DISABLE_METRICS, since telemetry is on unless you say otherwise.
What it is
A companion MCP server published by Reddit for people writing applications on its developer platform. It is installed alongside your editor or LLM client while you build a Devvit app, so the assistant has a Reddit-side helper rather than only what it can guess about the platform.
What you get
Two tools, registered in the server's source. devvit_search searches the Devvit documentation the server indexes, matching the Devvit version your project uses when it can find one and falling back to the latest. devvit_logs runs the devvit logs command for an app installed in a subreddit and returns the tail of the output. The search index is documentation split into chunks and stored in a local SQLite database, on code the README credits to arabold's docs-mcp-server.
Requirements
Nothing to sign up for. Run it with npx -y @devvit/mcp over stdio; the package version in the repository is a placeholder that CI replaces at release, so check the git tags for what actually shipped. Node comes from your own toolchain — the contributor path uses nvm use. To point a client at a local build instead, give it the full path to your node runtime and to /dist/index.js.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y @devvit/mcp
USE CASES
01
Checking how Devvit does something while you build
Let the assistant search the Devvit documentation the server indexes, instead of guessing at the platform's APIs.
02
Reading your app's logs from a test subreddit
Ask for the recent logs and devvit_logs runs devvit logs for that subreddit with the time window you give, returning the tail of the output. Outside a Devvit project folder it needs the app name as well.
03
Turning off usage reporting
Set DEVVIT_DISABLE_METRICS to true in the server's env block — it is off only when you set it.
2 tools
Listed in project code.
devvit_logs
Streams logs for an installation within a specified subreddit.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools registered in the project's code.
Requires
npx on PATH
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"devvit-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@devvit/mcp"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y @devvit/mcp
