Outline MCP Server

What it does

Connects AI assistants to your Outline knowledge base. Once configured, your AI can search, read, create, update, and delete documents and collections — making it possible to query institutional knowledge, draft new docs, and maintain your wiki through natural language.

Tools

• outline_get_document — Fetch a specific document by ID
• outline_search_documents — Full-text search across all documents in your Outline instance
• outline_list_documents — List documents, optionally filtered by collection
• outline_create_document — Create a new document with Markdown content
• outline_update_document — Update an existing document's title or content
• outline_delete_document — Delete a document by ID
• outline_list_collections — List all collections in your Outline workspace
• outline_get_collection — Retrieve details about a specific collection

Installation

Set your credentials as environment variables:

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

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

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

Or install via npm and run directly:

npm install -g outline-mcp-server

Supported hosts

Works with any MCP client that supports stdio transport. Claude Desktop and Cursor are specifically documented.