CLIO Web MCP Server

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CLIO Web runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 719 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 28 Aug 2026.

Provider-fixed web search plus transparent URL, DOI, and document fetching

Installs per day peak 1 053 · avg 344 · -48% w/w

a month agotoday

1 719

Installs / week

pypi · clio-kit

Stars

39 open issues

28 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

BSD-3-Clause

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check CLIO Web 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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add web-mcp -- uvx clio-kit

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "clio-kit"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.web-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["clio-kit"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "clio-kit"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "web-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "clio-kit"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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CLIO Web — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for CLIO Web?

CLIO Web 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 pypi package clio-kit was installed 1 719 times last week.

How do I connect CLIO Web?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls clio-kit straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use CLIO Web?

The pypi package clio-kit was installed 1 719 times in the last week. Week over week that is -48%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is CLIO Web open source?

Yes — it is published under the BSD-3-Clause licence, written in Python, 26 stars on GitHub and 39 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.