Installation

Using uv (Recommended)

uvx mcp-outline

Using pip

pip install mcp-outline

Using Docker

docker run -e OUTLINE_API_KEY=<your-key> ghcr.io/vortiago/mcp-outline:latest

Or build from source:

docker buildx build -t mcp-outline .
docker run -e OUTLINE_API_KEY=<your-key> mcp-outline

Configuration

| Variable | Required | Default | Notes | |----------|----------|---------|-------| | OUTLINE_API_KEY | Yes | - | Get from Outline web UI: Settings → API Keys → Create New | | OUTLINE_API_URL | No | https://app.getoutline.com/api | For self-hosted: https://your-domain/api | | OUTLINE_READ_ONLY | No | false | true = disable ALL write operations (details) | | OUTLINE_DISABLE_DELETE | No | false | true = disable only delete operations (details) | | OUTLINE_DISABLE_AI_TOOLS | No | false | true = disable AI tools (for Outline instances without OpenAI) | | OUTLINE_MAX_CONNECTIONS | No | 100 | Max concurrent connections in pool | | OUTLINE_MAX_KEEPALIVE | No | 20 | Max idle connections in pool | | OUTLINE_TIMEOUT | No | 30.0 | Read timeout in seconds | | OUTLINE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT | No | 5.0 | Connection timeout in seconds | | OUTLINE_WRITE_TIMEOUT | No | 30.0 | Write timeout in seconds | | MCP_TRANSPORT | No | stdio | Transport mode: stdio (local), sse or streamable-http (remote) | | MCP_HOST | No | `127.0...