DevExpress Documentations is now accessible as an MCP server

by Joche Ojeda | Aug 5, 2025 | A.I, Copilot

Great News for DevExpress and GitHub Copilot Users!

I have exciting news for developers using DevExpress and GitHub Copilot together.

Lately, I’ve been writing a lot of code and absolutely love using GitHub Copilot for this work. I initially used it on VS Code – while I wasn’t a big fan of VS Code before, it’s always been Microsoft’s favorite child and consistently gets the newest and shiniest functionality first. Now Visual Studio (for serious development work, haha) is also getting love from Microsoft, and both IDEs have implemented agent mode.

Following up on this good news, today (August 5, 2025) I saw a post from Dennis Garavsky from DevExpress in our Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/701851593510732). He shared instructions on how to use the DevExpress Documentation MCP server – it’s basically just 3 simple steps:

Setup Instructions

1. Enable Agent Mode on GitHub Copilot

First, enable agent mode on GitHub Copilot. You can find detailed instructions here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/ide/copilot-agent-mode?view=vs-2022

2. Create the MCP Configuration File

Create a .mcp.json file in your user profile directory. You can find your user directory by pasting %USERPROFILE% into Windows Explorer.

Here’s the content for the .mcp.json file:

{
  "servers": {
    "dxdocs": {
      "url": "https://api.devexpress.com/mcp/docs",
      "type": "http"
    },
    "msdocs": {
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/api/mcp",
      "type": "http"
    }
  }
}

3. Enable MCP in Your Tool

Enable the MCP in your development environment (see the attached screenshot for reference).

How to Use It

Now you can add the phrase “Use dxdocs” to your prompts and voilà! The magic happens.

Example prompt:

“Create a domain object for a customer, add a code name and address property and validate for null using XAF validation rules. Use dxdocs”

Important Disclaimer from DevExpress

The DevExpress MCP Documentation Server is currently available as a preview. Certain DevExpress-related coding tasks may still need further server and prompt fine-tuning. Please share your experience in the comments – both with and without this MCP. Let us know what needs improvement, what additional steps you took to get better results with AI tools in general, and any other feedback you have.

Happy coding with your new AI-powered DevExpress development experience!