# IWE MCP server

> Use a folder of linked Markdown notes as shared, readable memory for your AI agents.

- Listing: https://mcp.tc/i/iwe
- Connect: this is a local (stdio) server; install it on your machine (see Install). The listing link is a page, not an MCP endpoint.
- Type: local (stdio)
- Auth: no API key needed
- Category: [AI & Machine Learning](https://mcp.tc/c/ai-ml)
- Vendor: iwe-org
- Homepage: <https://iwe.md>
- Repository: <https://github.com/iwe-org/iwe>
- Package: npm `@iwe-org/mcp`

## About

IWE turns a folder of connected Markdown documents into a knowledge base that an AI agent can search, read, write and reorganize. Notes hold specs, plans and decisions, and they stay ordinary files you can edit yourself, keep in git or sync. The same notes also work from the IWE CLI, editor plugins (Neovim, Helix, VS Code, Zed) and the iWe Mac app.

The MCP server runs locally over stdio from the npm package @iwe-org/mcp and works against the notes directory it is started in. It needs no IWE account and no API key. Run iwe init in the notes folder first. The agent you connect has its own setup and account requirements.

## What it can do

- Give agents persistent memory stored as plain Markdown notes
- Search and read notes in a local folder
- Save decisions and lessons as notes you can edit or delete
- Organize linked notes across topics
- Share the same notes with CLI and editor tools

## Example prompts

- "Explore my IWE notes and summarize what's here."
- "Save the decision we just made about the database schema to my notes."
- "Look up what I wrote earlier about the release plan."
- "Reorganize my project notes under a single overview note."

## Install

### Claude Code

1. Run this in a terminal, in your project folder:

```bash
claude mcp add --transport stdio iwe -- npx -y @iwe-org/mcp
```

2. Start Claude Code and type `/mcp`. **iwe** should show as connected.

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Developer → Edit Config**. It opens `claude_desktop_config.json`. Add:

`claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iwe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iwe-org/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

2. Save the file and restart Claude Desktop.

Needs Node.js on your computer. The file lives in `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/` on macOS and `%APPDATA%\Claude\` on Windows.

### Cursor

[Add to Cursor](<https://cursor.com/install-mcp?name=iwe&config=eyJjb21tYW5kIjoibnB4IiwiYXJncyI6WyIteSIsIkBpd2Utb3JnL21jcCJdfQ%3D%3D>) (opens Cursor)

Or add it by hand to `~/.cursor/mcp.json` (all projects) or `.cursor/mcp.json` (this project):

`mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iwe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iwe-org/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Needs Node.js on your computer.

### VS Code

[Install in VS Code](<https://vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=iwe&config=%7B%22type%22%3A%22stdio%22%2C%22command%22%3A%22npx%22%2C%22args%22%3A%5B%22-y%22%2C%22%40iwe-org%2Fmcp%22%5D%7D>) (opens VS Code)

Or from a terminal:

```bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"iwe","type":"stdio","command":"npx","args":["-y","@iwe-org/mcp"]}'
```

Or commit it to the repo in `.vscode/mcp.json`:

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "iwe": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iwe-org/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Needs Node.js on your computer.

### Devin Desktop

1. Add it to `~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json` (macOS and Linux) or `%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json` (Windows):

`mcp_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iwe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iwe-org/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

2. Refresh the MCP server list in Cascade.

Devin Desktop is the new name for Windsurf.

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add iwe -- npx -y @iwe-org/mcp
```

Or edit `~/.codex/config.toml` directly:

`config.toml`:

```toml
[mcp_servers.iwe]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@iwe-org/mcp"]
```

Needs Node.js on your computer.

### Gemini CLI

```bash
gemini mcp add iwe npx -- -y @iwe-org/mcp
```

This adds it to the current project. Add `-s user` to use it everywhere.

### Any client

Most clients that start local servers accept this shape:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "iwe": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@iwe-org/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Zed puts servers under `context_servers` in its settings, with the same `command`, `args` and `env` fields.

Needs Node.js on your computer.

## Recent changes

- 2026-10-08 04:23 UTC: New version 0.26.0 (was 0.25.0), read from npm. Source: automatic check.
- 2026-10-06 21:23 UTC: Tracking started: version 0.25.0. Source: automatic check.

More on the History tab, with descriptions before and after for the newest entries: https://mcp.tc/i/iwe#history (Atom feed: https://mcp.tc/i/iwe/history.xml). It records what mcp.tc's anonymous checks saw, every 3 hours where the tool list can be read without sign-in; it is not a security review.

## Details

- Server version: 0.26.0
- Last checked: 2026-10-06
- Listed: 2026-10-06
- Updated: 2026-10-06

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