Self-Hosted Setup

pip install documint-mcp

documint-server

curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/health

{
  "status": "healthy",
  "project_id": "documint-self",
  "repo_root": "/path/to/your/project",
  "cache": { "memory_cache": { "size": 0 } },
  "runtime": { "deployment_provider": "local" }
}

DOCUMINT_API_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000 documint-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "documint": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["documint-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "DOCUMINT_API_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8000",
        "DOCUMINT_API_KEY": "any_value"
      }
    }
  }
}

# Explicit
DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///./documint.db documint-server

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@localhost:5432/documint documint-server

createdb documint

docker build -t documint .
docker run -p 8000:8000 \
  -e DATABASE_URL=sqlite:///app/documint.db \
  -e DEBUG=true \
  documint

version: "3.8"
services:
  api:
    build: .
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    environment:
      DATABASE_URL: postgresql://documint:documint@db:5432/documint
      REDIS_URL: redis://redis:6379/0
      HOST: "0.0.0.0"
      PORT: "8000"
      DEBUG: "false"
      DOCUMINT_AUTO_CREATE_SCHEMA: "true"
      DOCUMINT_JOB_EXECUTION_MODE: inline
    depends_on:
      - db
      - redis
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8000/health"]
      interval: 30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3

  db:
    image: postgres:16-alpine
    environment:
      POSTGRES_USER: documint
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: documint
      POSTGRES_DB: documint
    volumes:
      - pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data

  redis:
    image: redis:7-alpine
    ports:
      - "6379:6379"

volumes:
  pgdata:

docker compose up -d

# Terminal 1: Start the API
documint-server

# Terminal 2: Start the MCP server with SSE transport
DOCUMINT_API_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8000 \
DOCUMINT_MCP_TRANSPORT=sse \
DOCUMINT_MCP_PORT=8100 \
documint-mcp

from documint_mcp.server import create_app
from documint_mcp.mcp_server import mount_on_fastapi

app = create_app()
mount_on_fastapi(app, "/mcp-sse")

documint login              # Authenticate with the API
documint workspaces list    # List workspaces
documint projects list      # List projects
documint projects create    # Create a new project
documint scan               # Scan for documentation drift
documint drift              # Show drift findings
documint patches propose    # Generate a patch
documint publish            # Publish docs
documint traces show        # Explain artifact traceability

pip install --upgrade documint-mcp

# For production (auto_create_schema disabled)
alembic upgrade head

# For local development (auto_create_schema enabled)
# Tables are created/updated automatically on startup