CLEO MCP Server
Every developer who has ever returned to a project after weeks away and found only ruins knows the wound CLEO was built to heal. The agents are powerful. But power without memory is chaos. Brilliance without continuity is waste. CLEO is the companion that remembers where you left off - the one who keeps the thread when life pulls you away. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.
People connecting coding agent tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-08-20 · ★ 160 · #15 OF 194 MAINTAINED CODING AGENT · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install CLEO MCP Server
Claude Code
claude mcp add kryptobaseddev-cleo -- npx -y @cleocode/cleo Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config
{
"mcpServers": {
"kryptobaseddev-cleo": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cleocode/cleo"
]
}
}
} Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.
Using another client? Same JSON, different key
Claude Desktop · mcpServers
Cursor · mcpServers
VS Code · servers
Windsurf · mcpServers
Zed · context_servers
Cline · mcpServers
Roo Code · mcpServers
Continue · mcpServers
LibreChat · mcpServers
Gemini CLI · mcpServers
Codex CLI · mcp_servers
Full setup guides: every client.
02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions
license MIT - declared in the repository
npm package @cleocode/cleo - the @cleocode scope differs from the repo owner (kryptobaseddev); confirm it's the project's official package
registry namespace io.github.kryptobaseddev is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What CLEO MCP Server can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v2026.8.9 · 2026-08-20
Added · CI phantom-cancel watchdog - detects workflow runs cancelled after all steps succeeded and auto-reruns them (scripts/ci-phantom-cancel-watchdog.mjs + scheduled workflow) _(provenance: T12103)_ · Changed…
v2026.8.8 · 2026-08-20
Fixed · T9976 docs-memory-observation macOS CI flake fixed: FTS5 init is keyed by DB handle identity (not a process-wide boolean), and test teardown drains fire-and-forget brain writes before rmdir _(provenance…
v2026.8.7 · 2026-08-19
Fixed · pr-atom missing-workflows error now names the CLEO_PR_REQUIRED_WORKFLOWS env var and release.prRequiredWorkflows config key _(provenance: T12100)_
04 · Who maintains CLEO MCP Server
CLEO MCP Server is maintained by kryptobaseddev. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Dec 2025.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/kryptobaseddev/cleo
- category
- coding agent - ranked #15 of 194 actively-maintained coding agent servers as of 2026-08-25.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-20)
- registry
- io.github.kryptobaseddev/cleo-mcp-server (active, first published 2026-02-10 · 41 versions)
- packages
- npm:@cleocode/cleo
06 · CLEO MCP Server FAQ
What is CLEO MCP Server?
Every developer who has ever returned to a project after weeks away and found only ruins knows the wound CLEO was built to heal. The agents are powerful. But power without memory is chaos. Brilliance without continuity is waste. CLEO is the companion that remembers where you left off - the one who keeps the thread when life pulls you away. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.
Is CLEO MCP Server still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-20 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
How do I install CLEO MCP Server?
Run `npx -y @cleocode/cleo`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.
Does CLEO MCP Server run locally?
Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.
07 · Alternatives to CLEO MCP Server
Alternatives to CLEO MCP Server
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- LLM Sandbox Securely run LLM-generated code in isolated containers across 7 languages and 3 container backends. ★ 1,111 · 2026-08-23
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