workflowy

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add workflowy -e WORKFLOWY_API_KEY=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mholzen/workflowy:0.8.1

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": {
    "workflowy": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mholzen/workflowy:0.8.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "WORKFLOWY_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Create, update, complete nodes, search & replace with regex and dry run, usage reports, transforms

Questions

workflowy is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package ghcr.io/mholzen/workflowy:0.8.1.

Run: claude mcp add workflowy -e WORKFLOWY_API_KEY=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mholzen/workflowy:0.8.1

Run: codex mcp add workflowy --env WORKFLOWY_API_KEY=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mholzen/workflowy:0.8.1

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