Knowing MCP Server

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Knowing runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 104 installs a week from npm. Last commit 29 Sep 2026.

Content-addressed code graph with 22 MCP tools for AI agents.

Installs per day peak 53 · avg 10 · +174% w/w

a month agotoday

104

Installs / week

npm · @blackwell-systems/knowing

Stars

0 open issues

29 Sep 2026

Last commit

1 release in 90 days

Apache-2.0

License

What the code does

We read the source, 5 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Builds a file path from a variable cmd/knowing/bench_task.go:38, cmd/knowing/enrich.go:100, cmd/knowing/resolve.go:70 и ещё 11

    dbPath := filepath.Join(*corpusDir, "repos", task.Repo, ".knowing", "graph.db")

Runs an external command pypi/knowing/__main__.py:102

    result = subprocess.run(

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add knowing -- npx -y @blackwell-systems/knowing

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@blackwell-systems/knowing"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.knowing]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@blackwell-systems/knowing"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "knowing": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@blackwell-systems/knowing"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "knowing": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@blackwell-systems/knowing"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Knowing — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Knowing?

Knowing runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @blackwell-systems/knowing was installed 104 times last week.

How do I connect Knowing?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @blackwell-systems/knowing straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Knowing?

The npm package @blackwell-systems/knowing was installed 104 times in the last week. Week over week that is +174%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Knowing open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Go and 24 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.