Clawwork runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 41 installs a week from npm. Last commit 17 Feb 2026.
AI agent project management — task boards, progress tracking, and cost reporting.
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Today is the operative word: we check Clawwork every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 mcp add clawwork -e 'CLAWWORK_API_KEY=<CLAWWORK_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @clawwork/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"clawwork": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@clawwork/mcp"
],
"env": {
"CLAWWORK_API_KEY": "<CLAWWORK_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.clawwork]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@clawwork/mcp"]
env = { CLAWWORK_API_KEY = "<CLAWWORK_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"clawwork": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@clawwork/mcp"
],
"env": {
"CLAWWORK_API_KEY": "<CLAWWORK_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"clawwork": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@clawwork/mcp"
],
"env": {
"CLAWWORK_API_KEY": "<CLAWWORK_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<CLAWWORK_API_KEY> (Your ClawWork API key (starts with ct_)).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
CLAWWORK_PROJECT_ID (ClawWork project ID to scope tasks to).
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