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CLEO MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 077 installs a week from npm. Last commit 17 Sep 2026.

Task management for AI coding agents — CQRS 2-gateway pattern, 200 ops across 10 domains

Installs per day peak 742 · avg 147 · +908% w/w
a month agotoday
1 077
Installs / week
npm · @cleocode/cleo
160
Stars
118 open issues
17 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Evidence

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] studio-dist/client/_app/immutable/chunks/nab7WB3u2.js:1, [пакет] studio-dist/server/chunks/dist-es3-CBygU4n5.js:1, [пакет] studio-dist/client/_app/immutable/chunks/DGRYMk-W.js:1 и ещё 101
файл ставится пользователю, в репозитории его нет, и в нём есть опасный вызов
Decodes a string and executes it [пакет] studio-dist/client/_app/immutable/chunks/DGRYMk-W.js:134
…return n(e)===`buffer`},e.isObject=function(e){return n(e)===`object`},e.toBuffer=function(e){return typeof e==`string`?Buffer.from(e):e},e.toString=function(n){if(e.isBuffer(n))return t(String(n));if(typeof n!=`string`)throw TypeError(`expected input to be a string or buffer`);r…
          fix: `Remove it with: rm -rf ${routing.worktreePath}/.cleo — then retry. See ADR-068 §3 for the worktree DB isolation rationale.`,
Reaches cloud metadata service [пакет] studio-dist/client/_app/immutable/chunks/nab7WB3u2.js:1, [пакет] studio-dist/server/chunks/dist-es3-CBygU4n5.js:175
…nstructor(t,n=!0){super(t,n),this.tryNextLink=n,Object.setPrototypeOf(this,e.prototype)}},C;(function(e){e.IPv4=`http://169.254.169.254`,e.IPv6=`http://[fd00:ec2::254]`})(C||={});var w=`AWS_EC2_METADATA_SERVICE_ENDPOINT`,T=`ec2_metadata_service_endpoint`,E={environmentVariableSel…
Reads secrets and sends them out [пакет] studio-dist/client/_app/immutable/chunks/DGRYMk-W.js:91
…te)/i),rule(`DE005`,`Git credential theft`,`Accessing git credentials`,`high`,`data-exfiltration`,/(?:git\s+credential|\.git-credentials|\.gitconfig\s+credential)/i),rule(`DE006`,`Keychain access`,`Accessing system keychain`,`critical`,`data-exfiltration`,/(?:security\s+find-gene…
Hides code and sends data out [пакет] studio-dist/client/_app/immutable/chunks/DGRYMk-W.js:91
…o external services`,`high`,`data-exfiltration`,/(?:curl|wget|fetch).*(?:POST|PUT|PATCH).*(?:pastebin|gist|transfer\.sh|requestbin|webhook)/i),rule(`DE004`,`Browser data theft`,`Accessing browser profiles or cookies`,`critical`,`data-exfiltration`,/(?:\.mozilla|\.chrome|\.config\…
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.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1
postinstall: node bin/postinstall.js && node scripts/postinstall-check-core.mjs
        full_cmd, shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout
            "delete" => fp.delete = globs,
            other => {
                let base = line.byte_offset + line.indent;
…torTitles":["installWorktreeDependencies (T9938)"],"fullName":"installWorktreeDependencies (T9938) creates per-worktree .npmrc when lockfile exists","status":"passed","title":"creates per-worktree .npmrc when lockfile exists","duration":738.4273109999999,"failureMessages":[],"met…
Sends data to a third-party sink packages/caamp/src/core/skills/audit/rules.ts:180
    /(?:curl|wget|fetch).*(?:POST|PUT|PATCH).*(?:pastebin|gist|transfer\.sh|requestbin|webhook)/i,
Asks for container control access packages/caamp/src/core/skills/audit/rules.ts:230
    /(?:--privileged|--cap-add\s+SYS_ADMIN|--pid=host|nsenter)/i,
      Object.entries(process.env).filter((pair): pair is [string, string] => pair[1] !== undefined),
          wrapper.innerHTML = htmlStr;
  <script src="https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/package/dist/xlsx.full.min.js" integrity="sha384-EnyY0/GSHQGSxSgMwaIPzSESbqoOLSexfnSMN2AP+39Ckmn92stwABZynq1JyzdT" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

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We found things in this code

Code changes quietly between releases, and nobody reads the diff of a dependency. We do, on every release — watch CLEO MCP Server and you get told the day something new turns up.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add cleo-mcp-server -- npx -y @cleocode/cleo
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cleo-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cleocode/cleo"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.cleo-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@cleocode/cleo"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cleo-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cleocode/cleo"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cleo-mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cleocode/cleo"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CLEO_PROJECT_DIR (Path to CLEO project directory (must contain .cleo/ folder)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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CLEO MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for CLEO MCP Server?
CLEO MCP Server 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 @cleocode/cleo was installed 1 077 times last week.
How do I connect CLEO MCP Server?
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 @cleocode/cleo straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use CLEO MCP Server?
The npm package @cleocode/cleo was installed 1 077 times in the last week. Week over week that is +908%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is CLEO MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 160 stars on GitHub and 118 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.