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Outline MCP Server

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Outline MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 2 070 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 31 Oct 2026.

Connect AI assistants to Outline for document search, reading, and management

Installs per day peak 731 · avg 139 · +294% w/w
a month agotoday
2 070
Installs / week
pypi · mcp-outline
158
Stars
6 open issues
31 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
MIT
License
Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Outline MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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 mcp-outline -- uvx mcp-outline
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-outline": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-outline]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcp-outline"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-outline": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-outline": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: OUTLINE_API_KEY (Outline API key (Settings > API). Can also be set in ~/.config/mcp-outline/.env), OUTLINE_API_URL (Outline API URL for self-hosted instances).

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Outline MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Outline MCP Server?
Outline 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 pypi package mcp-outline was installed 2 070 times last week.
How do I connect Outline MCP Server?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mcp-outline straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Outline MCP Server?
The pypi package mcp-outline was installed 2 070 times in the last week. Week over week that is +294%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Outline MCP Server open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 158 stars on GitHub and 6 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.