Manito

MCP tool for querying and exploring Unix Man Pages

In case the man page does not exist, it falls back to the command's help output or --help.

Setup

NPX:

"manito": {
	"command": "npx",
	"args": [
		"-y",
		"tsx",
		"path_to/main.ts"
	]
}

Bun:

"manito": {
	"command": "bun",
	"args": [
		"path_to/main.ts"
	]
}

Streamable HTTP:

Launch the server with:

npx -y tsx net.ts or bun net.ts

"manito": {
	"type": "http",
	"url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
}

Screenshots

Calling MCP:

Man Output:

Help Fallback:

Double Command: