Outline MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server forOutlinethat enables reading and writing documents through the Outline API.

{ "mcpServers": { "outline": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "getoutline-mcp-server"], "env": { "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "your-secret-api-token", "OUTLINE_BASE_URL": "https://your-outline-instance.com" } } } }

SeeConfigurationfor how to obtain the API token.

npm install

- Log into your Outline instance (e.g.,https://app.getoutline.com)
- Go to Settings → API Tokens
- Create a new token

export OUTLINE_BASE_URL="https://your-outline-instance.com" export OUTLINE_API_KEY="your-api-token-here"

{ "name": "outline_search_documents", "arguments": { "query": "project documentation", "limit": 10 } }

{ "name": "outline_create_document", "arguments": { "title": "New Project Plan", "text": "# Project Overview\n\nThis document outlines...", "collectionId": "collection-id-here", "publish": true } }

{ "name": "outline_update_document", "arguments": { "id": "document-id-here", "title": "Updated Project Plan", "text": "# Updated Project Overview\n\nThis document has been updated..." } }

src/ ├── index.ts # Main MCP server implementation ├── outline-client.ts # Outline API client

{ "mcpServers": { "outline": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "getoutline-mcp-server"], "env": { "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "your-secret-api-token", "OUTLINE_BASE_URL": "https://your-outline-instance.com" } } } }

If you have cloned and built the project locally, point the client at the compileddist/index.jsinstead:

{ "mcpServers": { "outline": { "command": "node", "args": ["/path/to/your/projects/outline-mcp-server/dist/index.js"], "env": { "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "your-secret-api-token", "OUTLINE_BASE_URL": "https://your-outline-instance.com" } } } }

Make sure to replace theargspath with the absolute path to theindex.jsfile in your project, and fill in your actual credentials in theenvblock.

For clients like Cursor, you can typically set environment variables directly within the client's settings or by launching the client from a terminal where you have already exported the variables.

export OUTLINE_BASE_URL="https://your-outline-instance.com" export OUTLINE_API_KEY="your-secret-api-token" # Then launch Cursor from this terminal /path/to/Cursor.app/Contents/MacOS/Cursor

Be aware that Outline may have API rate limits. The server doesn't implement rate limiting internally, so you may need to handle this at the client level if you're making many requests.

The server includes comprehensive error handling and will return descriptive error messages for common issues like:

- Missing or invalid API credentials
- Network connectivity problems
- Invalid document IDs
- API rate limit errors

- Store your API token securely using environment variables
- Never commit your API token to version control
- Consider using restricted API tokens with minimal required permissions
- Be cautious when allowing others to use your MCP server as it has full access to your Outline instance

MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit issues and pull requests.

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