Almanzor

About Almanzor

Almanzor is a knowledge base tool that creates an AI assistant from your documentation URLs. It answers questions using only the content from your pages, cites the source, and states when it doesn't know an answer. The tool also includes a hosted MCP server so coding agents like Cursor and Claude Code can search the same docs directly.

Review

Almanzor enters the docs AI space with a narrow but clearly defined scope. Instead of trying to handle every support channel, it focuses on two specific problems: keyword search missing the question, and AI making up answers. The "I don't know" response, which gets collected as a to-do list for your docs, is the feature that early commenters on its launch thread kept pointing to.

Key Features

• Cited answers that link to the exact source page used, with the assistant instructed to say "I don't know" when no match exists in the docs.
• An "I don't know" question log that compiles unanswered queries into a docs to-do list, based on real user questions rather than support ticket guesses.
• One script tag integration for adding the assistant widget to a site, plus a shareable link option.
• A hosted MCP server that lets coding agents (Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code) search documentation and receive matching excerpts with page URLs and citation numbers.
• On-demand recrawling via the portal's "Import again" button, REST API, or management MCP, with a scheduled re-import noted as a planned addition.

Pricing and Value

Almanzor offers a 14-day trial that does not require a credit card. The maker posted a launch discount code (LAUNCH50) for 50% off for three months, limited to the first 10 paying customers. Standard pricing beyond the trial and launch promotion is not yet defined on the product page. The free trial lets you test the assistant on the tool's own documentation or paste your docs URL for a demo without signing up.

Pros

• Direct source citations with page links reduce time spent verifying whether an answer is grounded in actual documentation.
• The "I don't know" log turns gaps in documentation into an actionable list, sourced from real questions.
• MCP server integration feeds the same cited excerpts to coding agents, keeping the constraint against guesswork consistent across interfaces.
• No signup required to demo the assistant on your own docs URL, which lowers the barrier to testing.
• Multiple import trigger methods (portal button, REST API, management MCP) allow fitting re-imports into existing deploy workflows.

Cons

• Recrawling is on-demand only at this stage; automatic scheduled re-imports are on the roadmap but not yet shipped, so docs that change frequently require manual steps or API scripting.
• Handling of multi-version documentation, where a user needs answers scoped to a specific version, is not described in the current feature set.
• The tool is not well suited for teams that need the assistant to search across multiple disparate knowledge sources beyond a single set of crawled docs, or who require built-in analytics dashboards.

Almanzor fits solo developers and small teams who want a docs assistant that refuses to guess and who already work inside Cursor or Claude Code. The MCP server and the question log address real pain points, but teams with complex versioning needs or those wanting automated recrawl schedules will need to watch the roadmap. It's a focused utility that does a few things in a constrained way rather than a broad platform play.