How do I install XKnow Knowledge Base?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does XKnow Knowledge Base need an API key?

No required environment variable is listed on this record.

What transport does XKnow Knowledge Base use?

XKnow Knowledge Base runs locally over stdio.

When was XKnow Knowledge Base last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-10. Search and explore source-backed SEO, SaaS, and LLM-wiki knowledge from the XKnow knowledge base.

XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1claude mcp add io.github.techreone-xknow-mcp -- npx -y xknow-mcp@1.0.2

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.techreone-xknow-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "[email protected]"8      ]9    }10  }11}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 1.0.2
Last checked

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Questions

xknow-mcp

XKnow · MCP server page · Source · npm · MCP Registry

An MCP server for the XKnow Knowledge Base — a curated, cross-linked body of SEO, SaaS, and LLM-wiki knowledge. Give any MCP-capable agent (Claude, Cursor, Cline, opencode, and others) the ability to search and cite it.

Local and private. Runs on your machine over stdio. No server, no account, no API key.
Static data. The free layer is a snapshot of the public XKnow guides, bundled with the package. Nothing is fetched at query time.
Graph-aware. Beyond keyword search, explore_concept walks the cross-links between notes, so an agent can follow a topic instead of getting a flat list.

Quick start

Add it to your MCP client.

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor, Cline, and most clients:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xknow": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "xknow-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add xknow -- npx -y xknow-mcp

opencode (opencode.json)

{
  "mcp": {
    "xknow": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "-y", "xknow-mcp"], "enabled": true }
  }
}

Then ask your agent something like:

"Use the xknow tools to explain keyword difficulty and cite the source." "Search XKnow for SaaS pricing models and summarise the trade-offs."

Tools

Tool	What it does
`search_knowledge`	Ranked search over the knowledge base. Returns titles, snippets, and URLs.
`get_page`	Full text of one note by title or slug (preserves `[[wikilinks]]`).
`explore_concept`	A note plus its outbound links and backlinks — walks the knowledge graph.
`list_topics`	Lists every note grouped by section (`seo`, `saas`, `blog`).
`lint_rules`	The XKnow SEO/SaaS content self-check rubric — each rule with priority (P0–P3), reasoning, fix, and the knowledge-base notes that back it.
`cite`	Returns the canonical citation (title, description, URL) for a note.

Two knowledge layers

Layer	Content	How
Free (default)	The 57 public XKnow guides and blog posts	Bundled snapshot — just `npx -y xknow-mcp`
Full vault	Your purchased XKnow Knowledge Base (500+ linked notes)	`npx -y xknow-mcp --vault /path/to/SEO-SaaS-Vault`

The full-vault mode reads a local folder of Markdown notes, so your purchased copy never leaves your machine. Set it once with the XKNOW_VAULT environment variable if you prefer:

export XKNOW_VAULT="/path/to/SEO-SaaS-Vault"
npx -y xknow-mcp

How it works

xknow-mcp is a Node.js stdio server. The free layer is a static JSON snapshot generated from the public site and bundled in the package (data/knowledge.json); search is a small, dependency-free ranking pass over the bundled notes. Vault mode parses Markdown notes from a local folder on the fly. No network calls, no vector database, no telemetry.

Development

npm install
npm run build:data   # refresh data/knowledge.json from https://xknow.org/mcp/knowledge.json
npm run build        # tsc
npm run smoke        # exercise every tool over a real stdio connection

# also test against a local vault
SMOKE_VAULT=/path/to/SEO-SaaS-Vault npm run smoke

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

XKnow Knowledge Base

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install XKnow Knowledge Base?

Does XKnow Knowledge Base need an API key?

What transport does XKnow Knowledge Base use?

When was XKnow Knowledge Base last checked?

Documentation

xknow-mcp

Quick start

Tools

Two knowledge layers

How it works

Development

Links

License