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Kaneo

Kaneo is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Official MCP server for Kaneo: manage tasks, projects, and labels from Claude and other MCP clients. It has 9,368 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @kaneo/mcp.

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Install Kaneo

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kaneo": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kaneo/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KANEO_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env KANEO_API_KEY=your-value --transport stdio kaneo -- npx -y @kaneo/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kaneo": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kaneo/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KANEO_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "kaneo_api_key",
      "description": "KANEO_API_KEY",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "kaneo": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kaneo/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KANEO_API_KEY": "${input:kaneo_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
KANEO_API_URLNoBase URL of your Kaneo API (defaults to http://localhost:1337)
KANEO_API_KEYsecretNoKaneo API key for non-interactive auth; omit to use the interactive device flow

About Kaneo

Code, translations, documentation, and bug reports are welcome. Start with the contributing guide and local development setup. Pay particular attention to contribution eligibility.

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What is Kaneo?

Kaneo is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Official MCP server for Kaneo: manage tasks, projects, and labels from Claude and other MCP clients. It has 9,368 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @kaneo/mcp. The source code is at github.com/usekaneo/kaneo.

How do I install the Kaneo MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @kaneo/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 Kaneo free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (KANEO_API_KEY) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is Kaneo actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 6, 2026. The latest release is v2.35.0, published Oct 6, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.