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Outline MCP Server

Outline MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Connect AI assistants to Outline for document search, reading, and management. It has 156 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-outline.

github.com/Vortiago/mcp-outline (opens in a new tab)

  • Needs API key
  • Other
  • MIT
  • Actively maintained
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Install Outline MCP Server

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

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outline-mcp-server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env OUTLINE_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio outline-mcp-server -- uvx mcp-outline

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outline-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "outline_api_key",
      "description": "OUTLINE_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "outline-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "${input:outline_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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
OUTLINE_API_KEYsecretNoOutline API key (Settings > API). Can also be set in ~/.config/mcp-outline/.env
OUTLINE_API_URLNoOutline API URL for self-hosted instances

About Outline MCP Server

## 📢 Official Outline MCP Server Available Outline now ships an official MCP server — we recommend using it. Read the docs.

  • fastmcp
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • outline
  • streamable-http

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What is Outline MCP Server?

Outline MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Connect AI assistants to Outline for document search, reading, and management. It has 156 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-outline. The source code is at github.com/Vortiago/mcp-outline.

How do I install the Outline MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-outline 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 Outline MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (OUTLINE_API_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Outline MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Jul 19, 2026. The latest release is v1.10.1, published Jul 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.