mcp-outline MCP server

Name: mcp-outline
Author: Vortiago

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server enabling AI assistants to interact with Outline documentation services.

What mcp-outline does

Summarised from the project README; check the repository for the latest details.

Features

Document operations: Search, read, create, edit, archive documents
Collections: List, create, manage document hierarchies
Comments: Add and view threaded comments
Backlinks: Find documents referencing a specific document
MCP Resources: Direct content access via URIs (outline://document/{id}, outline://collection/{id}, etc.)
Automatic rate limiting: Transparent handling of API limits with retry logic

Tools exposed (1)

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Requirements

An Outline account (cloud hosted or self-hosted)
API key from Outline web UI: Settings → API Keys → Create New
Python 3.10+ (for non-Docker installations)
Python with uv (runs with uvx/uv)
Environment variables: OUTLINE_API_KEY, OUTLINE_API_URL

Repository: Vortiago/mcp-outline
Stars: ★156
Language: Python
Last updated: 2026-08-05
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How to install mcp-outline MCP in Claude Desktop, Cursor and VS Code

Install

Taken from the project README (README Cursor install link). Check the README for required API keys before use.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-outline": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "${input:outline_api_key}",
        "OUTLINE_API_URL": "${input:outline_api_url}"
      },
      "inputs": [
        {
          "id": "outline_api_key",
          "type": "promptString",
          "description": "Enter OUTLINE_API_KEY",
          "password": true
        },
        {
          "id": "outline_api_url",
          "type": "promptString",
          "description": "Outline API URL (optional, for self-hosted)",
          "password": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-outline": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "${input:outline_api_key}",
        "OUTLINE_API_URL": "${input:outline_api_url}"
      },
      "inputs": [
        {
          "id": "outline_api_key",
          "type": "promptString",
          "description": "Enter OUTLINE_API_KEY",
          "password": true
        },
        {
          "id": "outline_api_url",
          "type": "promptString",
          "description": "Outline API URL (optional, for self-hosted)",
          "password": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-outline": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-outline"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "${input:outline_api_key}",
        "OUTLINE_API_URL": "${input:outline_api_url}"
      },
      "inputs": [
        {
          "id": "outline_api_key",
          "type": "promptString",
          "description": "Enter OUTLINE_API_KEY",
          "password": true
        },
        {
          "id": "outline_api_url",
          "type": "promptString",
          "description": "Outline API URL (optional, for self-hosted)",
          "password": false
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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