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Knolo

Knolo is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Verified, local-first retrieval over pinned Knolo Knowledge Images. It has 51 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @knolo/mcp.

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Install Knolo

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knolo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@knolo/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KNOLO_MCP_CONFIG": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env KNOLO_MCP_CONFIG=your-value --transport stdio knolo -- npx -y @knolo/mcp

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "knolo": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@knolo/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KNOLO_MCP_CONFIG": "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
KNOLO_MCP_CONFIGYesAbsolute path to knolo-mcp config JSON

About Knolo

@knolo/mcp is a read-only MCP server for pinned Knolo V5 Knowledge Images. It exposes the same four tools as @knolo/openclaw: knolosearch, knologet, knoloverify, and knolostatus. Pins, policy checks, and query receipts come from @knolo/tools.

  • document-retrieval
  • edge-ai
  • edge-computing
  • knowledge-base
  • lexical-search
  • local-first
  • offline-first
  • offline-llm
  • on-device-llm
  • rag-alternative

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FAQ

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How do I install the Knolo MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @knolo/mcp 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 Knolo free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Knolo actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 14, 2026. The latest release is v5.5.1, published Oct 10, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.