# fedramp-docs-mcp MCP Server

Query FedRAMP 20x KSIs, NIST controls, and compliance docs via 20 MCP tools.

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## Connect

Published as `fedramp-docs-mcp` on npm. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**11 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 8.

### Most discussed

### Upstream sync: FedRAMP/docs updated to bb186dc

✅ **CI Status**: Unit tests passed, Integration tests passed

## Upstream Change Summary

FedRAMP/docs has new commits since our last sync.

- **Stored SHA**: 
- **Upstream SHA**: 

### Commit log

### Diffstat

### Changed files

### New/changed JSON files

## Test Results

All tests passed against the new upstream data. Copilot can create a minimal PR merging the SHA update branch.

- Unit tests: **passed**
- Integration tests: **passed**

## Action Required

1. Review the change summary 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/36) · 2026-02-23 · closed · external user · 1 comment

### Add to Docker MCP Registry

https://github.com/docker/mcp-registry/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/20) · 2026-01-13 · closed · 1 comment

### Register with MCP Register

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/blob/main/docs/modelcontextprotocol-io/quickstart.mdx

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/16) · 2026-01-06 · closed · 1 comment

### Newest MCP Spec

Make sure we are up to date with the newest MCP SPEC https://modelcontextprotocol.io/specification/2025-11-25

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/15) · 2026-01-06 · closed · 1 comment

### Cache invalidation doesn't detect extraction code changes

## Problem

The index cache (`~/.cache/fedramp-docs/index-v1.json`) only invalidates when the FedRAMP docs repo HEAD changes, not when our extraction code changes.

This means after updating extraction logic (like the recent case-sensitivity fix), users need to manually delete the cache:
```bash
rm ~/.cache/fedramp-docs/index-v1.json
```

## Current Logic

```typescript
// src/indexer.ts:81
if (repoHead && data.repoHead && data.repoHead !== repoHead) {
  return null;  // Only invalidates on data

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/13) · 2025-12-29 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Add unit tests for new tools

## Description
Add unit tests for the 7 new compliance workflow tools added in commit 3f6b46b.

## Tools to test
- [ ] `search_definitions` - Test term matching in FRD definitions
- [ ] `filter_by_impact` - Test filtering by low/moderate/high impact
- [ ] `get_control_requirements` - Test control lookup and aggregation
- [ ] `get_theme_summary` - Test theme guidance aggregation
- [ ] `get_evidence_checklist` - Test evidence collection
- [ ] `analyze_control_coverage` - Test control family groupi

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/7) · 2025-12-28 · closed · 0 comments

### Dockerize

Think this could be improved wrapping everything up in a docker container

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/3) · 2025-10-26 · closed · 0 comments

### Add Documentation and References on How to Add this MCP to Local Only Workflows

1. Goose
2. LM Studio
3. Ollama
4. Open Code ?

[Read the thread](https://github.com/hackIDLE/fedramp-docs-mcp/issues/1) · 2025-10-12 · closed · 1 comment

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