What is the Discourse Search MCP server?

Discourse Search is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.

How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?

Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.

How are reviews shown for Discourse Search?

This profile displays 10 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.

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Discourse Search▌

by ashdevfr

Discourse Search lets you quickly search and retrieve posts from Discourse forums using the powerful discourse2 npm pack

Enables searching and retrieving content from Discourse forums through a single tool that queries posts using the discourse2 npm package.

github stars

★ 5

GitHub npm

Docker and NPX deployment optionsUses official discourse2 npm package

best for

/ Community managers analyzing forum discussions
/ Researchers gathering data from Discourse communities
/ Developers building forum integrations

capabilities

/ Search posts across Discourse forums
/ Query forum content by keywords
/ Retrieve post data and metadata
/ Access multiple Discourse instances

what it does

Connects to Discourse forums to search and retrieve posts through API queries. Requires forum API credentials to access content.

about

Discourse Search is a community-built MCP server published by ashdevfr that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Discourse Search lets you quickly search and retrieve posts from Discourse forums using the powerful discourse2 npm pack It is categorized under search web.

how to install

You can install Discourse Search in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.

license

MIT

Discourse Search is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

readme

README content is unavailable from source data for this server.

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FAQ

What is the Discourse Search MCP server?: Discourse Search is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?: Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
How are reviews shown for Discourse Search?: This profile displays 10 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.

MCP server reviews

Ratings

4.5★★★★★10 reviews

★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Oct 10, 2024
Discourse Search is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
★★★★★Piyush G· Sep 9, 2024
We evaluated Discourse Search against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
★★★★★Chaitanya Patil· Aug 8, 2024
Useful MCP listing: Discourse Search is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Jul 7, 2024
Discourse Search reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
★★★★★Ganesh Mohane· Jun 6, 2024
I recommend Discourse Search for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
★★★★★Oshnikdeep· May 5, 2024
Strong directory entry: Discourse Search surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
★★★★★Dhruvi Jain· Apr 4, 2024
Discourse Search has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
★★★★★Rahul Santra· Mar 3, 2024
According to our notes, Discourse Search benefits from clear Model Context Protocol framing — fewer ambiguous “AI plugin” claims.
★★★★★Pratham Ware· Feb 2, 2024
We wired Discourse Search into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
★★★★★Yash Thakker· Jan 1, 2024
Discourse Search is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.