Clio MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 231 installs a week from npm. Last commit 3 Nov 2026.
Connect Claude to Clio (37 tools), and export a whole Clio account, documents included.
What the code does
We read the source, 8 h ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
const docJsonl = await AppendFile.open(path.join(env.outDir, rel.docJsonl), offset(rel.docJsonl));
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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 mcp add clio-mcp -e 'TOKEN_BROKER_URL=<TOKEN_BROKER_URL>' -- npx -y @oktopeak/clio-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"clio-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@oktopeak/clio-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TOKEN_BROKER_URL": "<TOKEN_BROKER_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.clio-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@oktopeak/clio-mcp"]
env = { TOKEN_BROKER_URL = "<TOKEN_BROKER_URL>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"clio-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@oktopeak/clio-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TOKEN_BROKER_URL": "<TOKEN_BROKER_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"clio-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@oktopeak/clio-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TOKEN_BROKER_URL": "<TOKEN_BROKER_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<TOKEN_BROKER_URL> (URL of Oktopeak's hosted token broker for the Clio App Directory listed install. Do not set CLIO_CLIENT_ID/CLIO_CLIENT_SECRET alongside this — the shared app's secret lives only on the broker, never on this machine).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
ENCRYPTION_KEY (Optional. Leave unset to auto-generate a key stored in the OS keychain (or ~/.clio-mcp/key.hex as fallback on headless Linux/WSL2). If set, must be a 64-character hex string — it will be migrated to the OS keychain on first use).
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