Praison AI MCP Server

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. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People connecting productivity tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-24 · ★ 8,955 · #2 OF 139 MAINTAINED PRODUCTIVITY · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Praison AI

before you install - you'll need

OPENAI_API_KEY

Environment variables documented in the project's README - it lists which are required and which have defaults.

Claude Code

claude mcp add mervinpraison-praisonai -- uvx praisonai

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mervinpraison-praisonai": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "praisonai"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

pypi package praisonai - check the name against the project README before installing (PyPI has no namespace ownership)

registry namespace io.github.MervinPraison is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Praison AI can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Latest releases

v4.7.1 · 2026-08-24

Release v4.7.1

v4.7.0 · 2026-08-21

Release v4.7.0

v4.6.164 · 2026-08-19

Release v4.6.164

04 · Who maintains Praison AI

PraisonAI is maintained by mervinpraison. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2024.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/mervinpraison/praisonai
category: productivity - ranked #2 of 139 actively-maintained productivity servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-24)
registry: io.github.MervinPraison/praisonai (active, first published 2025-12-18)
packages: pypi:praisonai

06 · Praison AI FAQ

What is Praison AI?

Is Praison AI still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-24 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Praison AI?

Run `uvx praisonai`. The README documents one environment variable (OPENAI_API_KEY) to set first. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Praison AI run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via uvx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Praison AI

Alternatives to Praison AI

Maintained productivity servers if Praison AI isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Praison AI doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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