Overview

Connect source

POST/api/v1/connect_source

Connect a repository, a website or a single page as a SOURCE OF TRUTH for this documentation — what list_sources then lists and read_source reads, and what an agent armed with enable_agent watches. Use it when the docs are about a product whose code or site this project cannot currently read: connecting the repository is what turns 'the docs claim X' into something checkable. A GitHub repository is PROVED readable before anything is stored — publicly, or with a GitHub authorisation this project already holds — so this never leaves behind a source that quietly reads nothing. A private repository nobody has authorised yet comes back as REPO_UNREADABLE with the one thing that fixes it (the owner grants repository access once, in their panel); connect it anyway is not an option this tool offers. note is the owner's own words about why the source is connected and is read as instruction by everything that later reads it — say what it is for ('the API server the reference pages describe'), not what it is. REQUIRES a read-write MCP token.

Price — $0.00003 per call (twice what serving it costs us), charged to the workspace balance, the same as over MCP.

Also reachable by name at POST /api/v1/tools/connect_source.

Authorization
Authorizationstringrequired

Your API key, sent as Authorization: Bearer dbk_YOUR_API_KEY.Sent as the Authorization header. Your key is used only by your browser for this request — it is never sent to Docsbook or stored.

Body
urlstring

The address to connect: 'https://github.com/acme/api', 'https://acme.com', or one page of it.

notestring

What this source is for, in the owner's words — read as instruction by every tool that later reads the source.

labelstring

What to call it in the list. Defaults to the repository or host name.

Request
curl -X POST 'https://docsbook.io/api/v1/connect_source' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer dbk_YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

Responses#

Status Meaning
200 The tool ran. Read ok to see whether it succeeded.
401 Missing or invalid API key.

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