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Astro Docs vs Context7 MCP server
Verdict from our tests: Context7 passed more of our tasks (6 of 6) than Astro Docs (5 of 6). Both are in our documentation and docs search category.
| Astro Docs | Context7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | Partial | Works |
| Tasks passed | 5 of 6 | 6 of 6 |
| Sign-in | None | None |
| Median task time | 197 ms | 204 ms |
| Slowest task | 590 ms | 1.7 s |
| Gotchas | 2 | 1 |
| Date tested | Oct 16, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 |
Astro Docs: task by task
- Works connect (no auth) (395 ms)
- Works list tools (115 ms)
- Works search docs ("content collections schema") (590 ms)
- Works search docs ("server islands") (197 ms)
- Partial search with nonsense query (487 ms)
- Works error handling (number as query) (64 ms)
Astro Docs gotchas
- Results are large (about 25 KB per search).
- A nonsense query returned about 17 KB of unrelated docs instead of an empty result.
Set up Astro Docs: Claude | Claude Code | Cursor | VS Code | ChatGPT
Context7: task by task
- Works connect (no auth) (439 ms)
- Works resolve library ID ("next.js") (1.3 s)
- Works query docs (/vercel/next.js generateMetadata) (1.7 s)
- Works resolve unknown library (204 ms)
- Works query unknown library ID (141 ms)
- Works error handling (malformed args) (34 ms)
Context7 gotchas
- Two calls are needed for most questions: resolve-library-id first, then query-docs with the returned ID.
Set up Context7: Claude | Claude Code | Cursor | VS Code | ChatGPT
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