Connect docs MCP

Connecting your coding agent to these docs lets it search and read current Atlan documentation while it works, instead of relying on its training data. Use it before an agent writes code against Atlan, such as instrumenting an agent with the SDK or calling the API. The docs connection only reads documentation; to let the agent act on Atlan Trident objects, connect the Atlan MCP server as well.

Before you begin

Before you start, make sure you have:

Coding agent with remote MCP: A coding agent that supports remote MCP servers over HTTP, such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Visual Studio Code (VS Code). The docs MCP server needs no sign-in.

Connect docs MCP server

The docs MCP server exposes a search tool over these docs at https://platform.atlan.com/mcp.

Claude Code
Cursor
Visual Studio Code (VS Code)
Other clients

claude mcp add --transport http atlan-docs https://platform.atlan.com/mcp

Add the server to .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or to ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project:

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "atlan-docs": {
      "url": "https://platform.atlan.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or choose Connect to Cursor from the page menu at the top of any page.

Add the server to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace:

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "atlan-docs": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://platform.atlan.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or choose Connect to VS Code from the page menu at the top of any page.

Point any client that supports remote MCP servers over HTTP at https://platform.atlan.com/mcp. The page menu also has Copy MCP Server and Copy MCP install command.

Install docs skill

The docs skill gives your agent a short description of these docs and how to use them:

npx skills@1.7.0 add https://platform.atlan.com

Verify agent reads docs

Ask docs question: Paste the “Read one page and answer a question” prompt below. The agent answers from that page, or names the page to read next.

The docs MCP server only searches documentation. The Atlan product MCP server at https://api.atlan.com/mcp acts on Atlan Trident objects and needs Atlan credentials. See MCP reference.

Use WebMCP in your browser

With a browser agent that supports WebMCP, open any page on this documentation site. The page provides tools to search all public docs, read a page as Markdown, inspect the current article and selected text, and open another docs page in the same tab. No Atlan sign-in is required. WebMCP is an experimental browser capability. Your browser and agent must both support it. For local testing in Chrome, enable WebMCP for testing at chrome://flags/#enable-webmcp-testing, then relaunch Chrome and reload the docs. See Chrome’s WebMCP guide for current availability. If your browser does not expose WebMCP, use the docs MCP server above. Ask your browser agent:

Use search_atlan_docs to find how to publish a skill, read the best match with
lookup_page, and explain the steps with links to the documentation.

To ask about a passage, select text inside the article and ask the agent to use lookup_context. To follow a result, ask it to use navigate_to_page with the result’s URL. The tools are available across Get started, Platform, Integrations, Admin & security, Developer reference, and Changelog. Check the browser agent’s available tools for search_atlan_docs, lookup_page, lookup_context, and navigate_to_page. These tools only work with public documentation. They cannot access your Atlan account or change Atlan Trident objects.

Example prompts

None of these prompts need credentials. Keep ATLAN_API_KEY and ATLAN_WORKSPACE_ID in your environment.

Load the docs index, then plan the work

Open in Cursor

Read one page and answer a question

Open in Cursor

Instrument an agent with the Atlan SDK

Open in Cursor

Troubleshooting

If the agent can’t reach the docs, load them without MCP: give it https://platform.atlan.com/llms.txt, or read any page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL. See Docs endpoints and shortcuts.

Next steps

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Before you begin

Use WebMCP in your browser

Example prompts

Troubleshooting

Next steps

See also