Knowledgeowl is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago. It exposes 24 tools. Last commit 1 Sep 2026.
Read and write knowledge-base articles, categories, snippets, glossary, readers, and search data.
Uptime history
47 days of history · worst day 21%
47 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
91 of 91 checks
24
Tools
read from the server
171 ms
Response time
average over 24h
0
Stars
last commit 1 Sep 2026
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Knowledgeowl 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
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.
run in your terminal
claude mcp add knowledgeowl --transport http https://knowledgeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"knowledgeowl": {
"url": "https://knowledgeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.knowledgeowl]
url = "https://knowledgeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp".cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"knowledgeowl": {
"url": "https://knowledgeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"knowledgeowl": {
"url": "https://knowledgeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}Available tools 24
Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on.
If a tool disappears, we record the date.
article
create_article
MUTATES KnowledgeOwl data: creates a new article. KnowledgeOwl API: POST /article.json (JSON). Required by the API: project_id, name, status, url_hash, visibility, and current_version (a nested object `{ <lang>: { title, body, ... } }` — pass it via the `fields` passthrough). Returns the created article.
get_article
Fetch a single article by id. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /article/{id}.json. Returns { valid, data:{...} }.
list_article_revisions
List article revision history (read-only audit trail). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /articlerevision.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
list_article_versions
List article versions. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /articleversion.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
update_article
MUTATES KnowledgeOwl data: updates an existing article. KnowledgeOwl API: PUT /article/{id}.json (JSON — only included fields change). Use the `fields` passthrough for current_version (title/body) and any other documented field. The path id is never sent in the body.
category
create_category
MUTATES KnowledgeOwl data: creates a new category (a node in the article tree). KnowledgeOwl API: POST /category.json (JSON). Required by the API: type, project_id, url_hash, name, visibility, status. Pass extra documented fields via `fields`. Returns the created category.
get_category
Fetch a single category by id. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /category/{id}.json.
update_category
MUTATES KnowledgeOwl data: updates an existing category. KnowledgeOwl API: PUT /category/{id}.json (JSON — only included fields change). Use the `fields` passthrough for any other documented field. The path id is never sent in the body.
glossary
create_glossary_term
MUTATES KnowledgeOwl data: creates a glossary term and definition. KnowledgeOwl API: POST /glossaryterm.json (JSON). Pass extra documented fields via `fields`. Returns the created glossary term.
list_glossary_terms
List glossary terms and definitions. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /glossaryterm.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
articles
list_articles
List knowledge-base articles. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /article.json. Optionally filter by project_id (the knowledge base). Returns the list envelope { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
authors
list_authors
List authors/agents (the team members who write and manage content). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /agent.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
categories
list_categories
List categories (the article tree/table of contents). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /category.json. Optionally filter by project_id. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
comments
list_comments
List reader comments / feedback on articles. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /comment.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
files
list_files
List files in the file library (images/attachments). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /file.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
knowledgeowl
knowledgeowl_request
Power-user escape hatch: GET any KnowledgeOwl API path not wrapped by a dedicated tool. READ-ONLY — only GET is allowed. Pass the FULL API path after the base, starting with a slash, INCLUDING any query string, e.g. "/article.json?_page=2" or "/category/abc123.json". Returns the parsed JSON.
reader
get_reader
Fetch a single reader by id. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /reader/{id}.json.
readers
list_readers
List readers (knowledge-base end users / audience accounts). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /reader.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
snippet
create_snippet
MUTATES KnowledgeOwl data: creates a reusable content snippet. KnowledgeOwl API: POST /snippet.json (JSON). Pass the snippet body/content and any other documented field via `fields` (e.g. snippet_text/body). Returns the created snippet.
snippets
list_snippets
List reusable content snippets. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /snippet.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
suggestions
list_suggestions
List search suggestions / reader search analytics (what readers searched for). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /suggest.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
synonyms
list_synonyms
List search synonyms (terms treated as equivalent by search). KnowledgeOwl API: GET /synonym.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
tags
list_tags
List article tags. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /tag.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
webhooks
list_webhooks
List configured webhooks. KnowledgeOwl API: GET /webhook.json. Returns { valid, page_stats, data:[...] }.
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://knowledgeowl.usefulapi.io/mcp | streamable-http | answering | 202 ms | 15 min ago |
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Knowledgeowl — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.
What can Knowledgeowl do?
It exposes 24 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: create_article, create_category, create_glossary_term, create_snippet, get_article, get_category and 18 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README.
How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is Knowledgeowl mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around article, category and glossary. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is Knowledgeowl working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 171 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
How do I connect Knowledgeowl?
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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does Knowledgeowl need an API key?
No. Knowledgeowl completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 24 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is Knowledgeowl?
It answers our handshake in 171 ms on average, which is faster than 72% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.
Is Knowledgeowl open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.