# PraisonAI (MCP server)

> PraisonAI is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. AI Agents Framework with Self Reflection and MCP support. It has 9,192 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx praisonai.

PraisonAI 🦞 — Hire a 24/7 AI Workforce. Stop writing boilerplate and start shipping autonomous, self-improving agents that research, plan, and execute tasks across your apps. From one agent to an entire organization, deployed in 5 lines of code.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI |
| GitHub stars | 9,192 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: praisonai |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | Productivity |
| Latest release | v4.7.12 (Oct 2, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 5, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.MervinPraison/praisonai |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "praisonai": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "praisonai"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio praisonai -- uvx praisonai
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "praisonai": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "praisonai"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "praisonai": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "praisonai"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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