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CLEO MCP Server

CLEO MCP Server is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Task management for AI coding agents — CQRS 2-gateway pattern, 200 ops across 10 domains. It has 159 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @cleocode/cleo.

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Install CLEO MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cleo-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cleocode/cleo"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CLEO_PROJECT_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env CLEO_PROJECT_DIR=your-value --transport stdio cleo-mcp-server -- npx -y @cleocode/cleo

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cleo-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cleocode/cleo"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CLEO_PROJECT_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "cleo-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cleocode/cleo"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CLEO_PROJECT_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
CLEO_PROJECT_DIRNoPath to CLEO project directory (must contain .cleo/ folder)

About CLEO MCP Server

Every developer who has ever returned to a project after weeks away and found only ruins knows the wound CLEO was built to heal. The agents are powerful. But power without memory is chaos. Brilliance without continuity is waste. CLEO is the companion that remembers where you left off — the one who keeps the thread when life pulls you away.

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How do I install the CLEO MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @cleocode/cleo to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is CLEO MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is CLEO MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is v2026.10.24, published Oct 26, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.