If you use AI-powered development tools like Cursor, VS Code, or Claude Desktop to build your Axle integrations, you can now link these tools directly to the Axle docs for faster integration building!

You can do this by installing the Axle Docs Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server.

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Installation Instructions

This is an early alpha feature, so these instructions and the functionality of Axle’s MCP tools may change due to updates from Axle’s docs provider (Mintlify) or from MCP clients (Cursor, VS Code, Claude, etc.).

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Installation Requirements:

You must have npm installed on your machine. If not, start by installing npm.

We also recommend installing an MCP compatible IDE or Chatbot tool before you begin this setup process. As of May 2025, these primarily include Visual Studio Code, Cursor, and Claude Desktop.

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MCP Installation:

  1. In any directory on your machine, run npm i -g @mintlify/mcp to install the Mintlify MCP Generator
  2. In the same directory where you ran the previous command, run npx @mintlify/mcp@latest add axle .
  3. This will open a CLI tool which will walk you through generating a copy of the Axle Docs MCP on your machine. Follow the instructions which appear to complete your setup. If you have Cursor or Claude Desktop installed, you will be prompted here for which MCP Clients you’d like to enable - Cursor, Claude or Both.

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Additional Instructions For VS Code:

The Mintlify MCP generator doesn’t currently support VS Code as a setup option, but VS Code will read in MCPs from Cursor’s MCP config, so you should select Cursor as your installation option.

When you open VS Code after installing an MCP in Cursor, you may see a prompt like “Would you like to use Cursor MCPs?”. Answer yes.

If you need more information about setting up this MCP with VS Code, read their official guide to MCP Servers.

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Using the MCP

Once you’ve completed the MCP installation, ensure the axle-mcp-server is enabled and then you can simply ask your chatbot of choice a questions about the Axle docs.

For example:

  • “Walk me through implementing the first steps of the Axle ‘Getting Started’ guide”
  • “What options are available to check collision coverage using Axle’s policy validation API?”
  • “Write a function which makes a request to Axle’s ‘Start Ignition’ endpoint which takes in a userId , first name and last name as arguments.”