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MCP Servers for Documentation and Knowledge Bases
The servers in this group answer a different question from the tool-calling ones: instead of doing something, they put the right text in front of the model before it writes any code. That covers internal wikis, shared drives, the files on your own disk, and the current docs for whatever library you are using.
Access control matters more here than anywhere else, because a knowledge server that can read everything can also leak everything. Notion in particular requires you to share each page with the integration by hand, and the filesystem server takes an explicit list of allowed directories.
10 guides in this collection.
Team wikis and workspaces
Notion from Cursor Composer
Connect Notion to Cursor IDE using MCP. Search pages, read databases, and create documentation without leaving your editor — complete setup guide with troubleshooting.
Notion for Claude, Cursor and VS Code
Connect Notion to Claude, Cursor, and VS Code with MCP. Read pages, search your workspace, create and update content, with Notion API key setup and database permissions.
Connecting Claude to a Notion workspace
Step-by-step tutorial to connect Claude Desktop to your Notion workspace using the official MCP Notion server. Search, read, and create pages directly from Claude.
Confluence pages and CQL search
Confluence MCP server Cursor IDE setup 2025-2026: generate an API token, add the mcp.json block, and search, read, and write Confluence pages from Cursor chat in about 10 minutes.
Files and drives
Scoped local file access
Give Claude, Cursor, and VS Code safe, scoped access to your local files with the Filesystem MCP server. Full setup with copy-paste config, allowed directories, and troubleshooting.
Claude Desktop and your local files
Learn exactly how to connect Claude Desktop to your local files using MCP filesystem servers. Step-by-step tutorial with screenshots and troubleshooting tips.
Google Drive documents
Connect Google Drive to Claude, Cursor, and VS Code with MCP. Search Docs, read Sheets, and pull files into your AI workflow, with OAuth config and troubleshooting.
Google Sheets read and write
Connect Google Sheets to Claude, Cursor, and VS Code with MCP. Read, write, and analyze spreadsheet data from your AI assistant, with Google Cloud credentials and OAuth or service-account auth.
Reference and recall
Cursor rules that pull live library docs
Master cursor rules with Context7 to auto-fetch live documentation in Cursor IDE. Setup, best practices, and FAQs for developers.
A knowledge graph that survives restarts
Set up the official Memory MCP server in Cursor: install @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory, point MEMORY_FILE_PATH at a real file, and stop re-explaining your project every session.
Other kinds of MCP server
Prefer to scan the whole library at once? The complete article index lists every guide by publication date, and both hub views sit side by side on the guides page.