# CLEO MCP Server (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 160 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @cleocode/cleo.

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.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/kryptobaseddev/cleo |
| GitHub stars | 160 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | TypeScript |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | npm: @cleocode/cleo |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Latest release | v2026.10.4 (Oct 4, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 7, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.kryptobaseddev/cleo-mcp-server |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```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

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

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```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)

```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 2026-10-07.

## Environment variables

- `CLEO_PROJECT_DIR`: Path to CLEO project directory (must contain .cleo/ folder)

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