Index everything in your project — code, docs, PDFs, legal texts, research, data — and your agent finds the right context instantly. No
Index everything in your project — code, docs, PDFs, legal texts, research, data — and your agent finds the right context instantly. No hallucinations. No cloud. No API costs. Exposed over MCP by the rtfm mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
rtfm_search — Search the index (FTS, semantic, or hybrid)rtfm_context — Get relevant context for a subject (metadata-only)rtfm_expand — Show all chunks of a source with full contentrtfm_discover — Fast project structure scan (~1s, no indexing needed)rtfm_books — List indexed documentsrtfm_stats — Library statisticsrtfm_sync — Sync a directory (incremental)rtfm_ingest — Ingest a single filertfm_tags — List all tagsrtfm_tag_chunks — Add tags to specific chunksrtfm_remove — Remove a file from the indexrtfm_graph — Show dependency graph for a source (imports, links)rtfm-ai on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Plenty of file and storage access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Rtfm's toolset — rtfm_search, rtfm_context, rtfm_expand and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by roomi-fields; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| rtfm_search | Search the index (FTS, semantic, or hybrid) |
| rtfm_context | Get relevant context for a subject (metadata-only) |
| rtfm_expand | Show all chunks of a source with full content |
| rtfm_discover | Fast project structure scan (~1s, no indexing needed) |
| rtfm_books | List indexed documents |
| rtfm_stats | Library statistics |
| rtfm_sync | Sync a directory (incremental) |
| rtfm_ingest | Ingest a single file |
| rtfm_tags | List all tags |
| rtfm_tag_chunks | Add tags to specific chunks |
| rtfm_remove | Remove a file from the index |
| rtfm_graph | Show dependency graph for a source (imports, links) |
| rtfm_history | File version history and memory snapshots |
| Integration | The Integration tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"rtfm": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["rtfm-ai"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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