# Hex.pm MCP MCP Server

MCP server for hex.pm and hexdocs.pm: search, inspect, compare, and audit Elixir packages

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled Hex.pm MCP yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://hexpm-mcp.fly.dev/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hex-pm-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://hexpm-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Known issues

**20 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 12.

### Most discussed

### feat: CI, CLAUDE.md, and .arsenale.exs

## Summary

Project infrastructure for arsenale-driven development.

## Files

### .arsenale.exs
\`\`\`elixir
%{
  preamble_files: ["CLAUDE.md"],
  validation_commands: [
    "cargo fmt --all -- --check",
    "cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings",
    "cargo test --all-features"
  ]
}
\`\`\`

### CLAUDE.md
- Project overview: hex.pm MCP server using tower-mcp
- Architecture: client, types, tools pattern from cratesio-mcp
- Reference: /Users/joshrotenberg/Code/active/cratesio

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/6) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 1 comment

### ci: consolidate deploy into a reusable workflow and record GitHub Deployments

## Background

Deploy-on-release already works: `release-please.yml` has a `deploy` job gated on `release_created == 'true'` that runs `flyctl deploy` and verifies the MCP protocol. It deployed v0.3.3 successfully. Two problems remain.

### 1. Duplicated deploy logic

The `flyctl deploy` step and the ~40-line MCP verification script are copy-pasted verbatim into two files:

- `.github/workflows/deploy.yml` (manual, `workflow_dispatch`)
- `.github/workflows/release-please.yml` (the `deploy` job)

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/62) · 2026-07-07 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: add Elixir Toolbox discovery tools

## Summary

Add a set of MCP tools backed by the [Elixir Toolbox API](https://elixir-toolbox.dev/api) (`https://elixir-toolbox.dev/api/v1`). Elixir Toolbox is a curated discovery layer over hex.pm: a human-maintained taxonomy (groups -> categories -> hand-picked projects), plus trending and search. The API is free, requires no auth, and has CORS enabled. OpenAPI spec: `https://elixir-toolbox.dev/api/openapi`.

## Motivation

The existing tools answer "tell me about *this* package" (`search`, `in

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/58) · 2026-07-07 · closed · 0 comments

### fix: reverse_dependencies endpoint returns 404

The `reverse` tool always returns "Package not found" because the hex.pm API endpoint `GET /api/packages/{name}/reverse_dependencies` returns 404 for all packages.

This endpoint may have been removed or relocated in a recent hex.pm API update. Need to:

1. Check the current hex.pm API spec for the correct endpoint
2. Update `Client.get_reverse_dependencies/2` accordingly
3. If the feature was removed from the API, deprecate or remove the tool

Reproduction:
```bash
curl -s -H "User-Agent: hexpm

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/39) · 2026-04-06 · closed · 0 comments

### Expand test coverage

Current tests cover the Client (Bypass-based) and Formatter (unit). Need to add:

- **API-level tests** (`test/hexpm_mcp_test.exs`) -- test `HexpmMcp` public functions with Bypass mocks
- **HexDocs tests** -- test sidebar_items parsing, html_to_markdown, URL construction
- **OSV tests** -- test vulnerability query parsing
- **Tool tests** -- verify each MCP tool returns proper Response structs
- **Cache tests** -- test TTL expiry, sweep, fetch-or-compute
- **Integration tests** (tagged, optional

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/26) · 2026-04-05 · closed · 0 comments

### Most recent

### Improve README with usage examples and remote server docs

The current README covers the basics but could be expanded:

- Add example output for key tools (search, health check, compare)
- Document the remote StreamableHTTP server for Claude Desktop / other MCP clients
- Add badges (CI, license, Fly.io status)
- Add a "How it works" section explaining the architecture (public API + MCP tools + formatter)
- Document the iex API more thoroughly with example return values

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/22) · 2026-04-05 · closed · 0 comments

### test: integration tests for hex.pm API client

## Summary

Integration tests that hit the real hex.pm API (behind a feature flag).

Tests:
- Search for "phoenix" returns results
- Fetch phoenix package info
- Fetch a specific release
- Fetch owners
- Handle 404 for nonexistent package

Use #[ignore] or a feature flag so they don't run in CI by default.

## Depends on
- #12 (foundation)

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/17) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### ci: release-plz setup for automated releases

## Summary

Set up release-plz for automated changelog generation and crate publishing.

- .github/workflows/release-plz.yml
- Conventional commit format
- Changelog generation
- Automated crates.io publish on release

## Reference
- cratesio-mcp uses release-plz, copy the workflow pattern

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/16) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### docs: README with usage examples and tool reference

## Summary

README covering:
- What hexpm-mcp is
- Installation (cargo install or from source)
- Usage with Claude Code / other MCP clients
- Tool reference table (all tools with inputs/outputs)
- Configuration

## Depends on
- #12 (foundation — need to know what tools exist)

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/15) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: get_release, get_dependencies, get_owners tools

## Summary

Version detail and dependency tools.

### get_release
- Input: name, version
- GET /api/packages/{name}/releases/{version}
- Output: version details, requirements, publisher, retirement status

### get_dependencies
- Input: name, version (optional, defaults to latest)
- Extract requirements from release

### get_owners
- Input: name
- GET /api/packages/{name}/owners
- Output: maintainer list

## Depends on
- #12 (foundation)

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/14) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: search_packages and get_package_info tools

## Summary

First two MCP tools. Follow the cratesio-mcp tool pattern.

### search_packages
- Input: query (string), sort (optional: downloads/inserted_at/updated_at)
- GET /api/packages?search={query}&sort={sort}
- Output: formatted list with name, description, downloads, latest version

### get_package_info
- Input: name (string)
- GET /api/packages/{name}
- Output: full details — description, licenses, downloads, latest version, docs URL

## Depends on
- #12 (foundation)

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/13) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

### feat: project foundation — deps, types, client, MCP server

## Summary

Set up the full project foundation in one shot. Reference cratesio-mcp
at /Users/joshrotenberg/Code/active/cratesio-mcp for patterns.

1. Cargo.toml deps: tower-mcp (latest), reqwest, serde, serde_json, schemars, tokio, clap, tracing
2. src/client.rs: HexClient wrapping reqwest, base URL https://hex.pm/api, User-Agent header
3. src/types.rs: Package, Release, Owner, DownloadStats, Retirement structs with Deserialize
4. src/main.rs: MCP server with AppState, stdio transport, empty too

[Read the thread](https://github.com/joshrotenberg/hexpm-mcp/issues/12) · 2026-03-31 · closed · 0 comments

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