IWE
IWE is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in. It has 1,752 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @iwe-org/mcp.
- Productivity
- Apache-2.0
- Actively maintained
Install IWE
Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"iwe": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@iwe-org/mcp"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio iwe -- npx -y @iwe-org/mcpCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"iwe": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@iwe-org/mcp"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"iwe": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@iwe-org/mcp"
]
}
}
}Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).
About IWE
Your notes are your agent’s memory. iWe is where you work on them together. Too many AI conversations start from zero. You explain your project, your decisions, your reasoning — then find yourself explaining it all again next session. Your own notes live somewhere else, out of the agent's reach.
- lsp
- markdown
- notes
- zettelkasten
- pkm
- neovim
- helix
- zed
- cli
- knowledge-management
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What is IWE?
IWE is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in. It has 1,752 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @iwe-org/mcp. The source code is at github.com/iwe-org/iwe.
How do I install the IWE MCP server?
Add the command npx -y @iwe-org/mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.
Is IWE free?
The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is IWE actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. The latest release is iwe-v0.25.0, published Oct 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.