workflows-mcp-server

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add workflows-mcp-server -e WORKFLOWS_DIR=... -e GLOBAL_INSTRUCTIONS_PATH=... -e WATCHER_DEBOUNCE_MS=... -e MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- npx -y @cyanheads/workflows-mcp-server

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "workflows-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cyanheads/workflows-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKFLOWS_DIR": "...",
        "GLOBAL_INSTRUCTIONS_PATH": "...",
        "WATCHER_DEBOUNCE_MS": "...",
        "MCP_LOG_LEVEL": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Store, query, and create YAML workflow playbooks for LLM agents.

Questions

workflows-mcp-server is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @cyanheads/workflows-mcp-server.

Run: claude mcp add workflows-mcp-server -e WORKFLOWS_DIR=... -e GLOBAL_INSTRUCTIONS_PATH=... -e WATCHER_DEBOUNCE_MS=... -e MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- npx -y @cyanheads/workflows-mcp-server

Run: codex mcp add workflows-mcp-server --env WORKFLOWS_DIR=... --env GLOBAL_INSTRUCTIONS_PATH=... --env WATCHER_DEBOUNCE_MS=... --env MCP_LOG_LEVEL=... -- npx -y @cyanheads/workflows-mcp-server

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