Skimless MCP Server

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Skimless runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 23 Sep 2026.

Reading order for big pull requests: what to read first, what can wait. Offline, no model.

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Installs / week

npm · skimless

Stars

7 open issues

23 Sep 2026

Last commit

no recent releases

MIT

License

HTML

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Skimless 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 skimless -- npx -y skimless

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skimless": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skimless"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.skimless]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "skimless"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skimless": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skimless"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "skimless": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "skimless"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Skimless — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Skimless?

Skimless 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 skimless.

How do I connect Skimless?

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 skimless straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is Skimless open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in HTML, 1 stars on GitHub and 7 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.