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Claude Flow MCP Server

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Claude Flow runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 19 163 installs a week from npm. Last commit 18 Sep 2026.

AI orchestration with hive-mind swarms, neural networks, and 87 MCP tools for enterprise dev.

Installs per day peak 6 236 · avg 2 941 · +69% w/w
a month agotoday
19 163
Installs / week
npm · claude-flow
72738
Stars
665 open issues
18 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 7 d ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call federation_bbs_register.basePath → v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/agentbbs-tools.ts:202, federation_bbs_register.basePath → v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/agentbbs-tools.ts:212, hooks_transfer.sourcePath → v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/hooks-tools.ts:2011 и ещё 9
        existsSync(registryPath) ? JSON.parse(readFileSync(registryPath, 'utf-8')) : {};
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.

  const child = spawn(process.execPath, [cliBin, 'daemon', 'start', '--quiet'], {
Builds a file path from a variable v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/services/daemon-autostart.ts:69
      const cfg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(projectRoot, file), 'utf-8'));
Image runs as root ruflo/src/chat-ui/Dockerfile:2
# Switch to root for patching and file operations
USER root

# Bake .env.local with MODELS config (too large for Cloud Run env vars)

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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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 claude-flow -- npx -y claude-flow
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-flow": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-flow"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.claude-flow]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "claude-flow"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-flow": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-flow"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "claude-flow": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "claude-flow"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY (Anthropic API key for Claude AI models), CLAUDE_FLOW_MODE (Operation mode: development, production, or test), CLAUDE_FLOW_MEMORY_PATH (Path for persistent memory storage), CLAUDE_FLOW_MAX_AGENTS (Maximum number of concurrent agents), CLAUDE_FLOW_PORT (MCP server port), GITHUB_TOKEN (GitHub personal access token for repository operations), FLOW_NEXUS_API_KEY (Flow Nexus cloud platform API key). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Claude Flow — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Claude Flow?
Claude Flow 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 claude-flow was installed 19 163 times last week.
How do I connect Claude Flow?
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 claude-flow straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Claude Flow?
The npm package claude-flow was installed 19 163 times in the last week. Week over week that is +69%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Claude Flow open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 72 738 stars on GitHub and 665 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.