Kibela MCP server

This MCP server implementation allows AI assistants like Claude to search and reference content from your Kibela knowledge base. It provides seamless access to notes and documents stored in Kibela through the Model Context Protocol.

Prerequisites

Before setting up the MCP-Kibela server, ensure you have:

• Node.js (v18 or higher)
• MCP Client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.)
• Kibela Access Token (How to get a token)

Installation and Configuration

Using with Cursor

Add the following to your Cursor configuration:

{
  "kibela": {
    "command": "docker",
    "args": [
      "run",
      "-i",
      "--rm",
      "-e",
      "KIBELA_TEAM",
      "-e",
      "KIBELA_TOKEN",
      "ghcr.io/kj455/mcp-kibela:latest"
    ],
    "env": {
      "KIBELA_TEAM": "your-team-name from https://[team-name].kibe.la",
      "KIBELA_TOKEN": "your-token"
    }
  }
}

Using with VSCode

Add the following to your VSCode configuration:

{
  "mcp": {
    "inputs": [
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "kibela_team",
        "description": "Kibela team name",
        "password": false
      },
      {
        "type": "promptString",
        "id": "kibela_token",
        "description": "Kibela token",
        "password": true
      },
    ],
    "servers": {
      "kibela": {
        "command": "docker",
        "args": [
          "run",
          "-i",
          "--rm",
          "-e",
          "KIBELA_TEAM",
          "-e",
          "KIBELA_TOKEN",
          "ghcr.io/kj455/mcp-kibela:latest"
        ],
        "env": {
          "KIBELA_TEAM": "${input:kibela_team}",
          "KIBELA_TOKEN": "${input:kibela_token}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Using with Claude Desktop

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-kibela": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "KIBELA_TEAM",
        "-e",
        "KIBELA_TOKEN",
        "ghcr.io/kj455/mcp-kibela:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KIBELA_TEAM": "your-team-name from https://[team-name].kibe.la",
        "KIBELA_TOKEN": "your-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Using Smithery

For a streamlined installation with Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @kj455/mcp-kibela --client claude

Required Environment Variables

You must configure these environment variables:

• KIBELA_TEAM: Your Kibela team name (found in the URL of your Kibela team page, e.g., https://[team-name].kibe.la)
• KIBELA_TOKEN: Your Kibela API token

Available Features

The MCP-Kibela server provides the following functionality:

• Note Search: Search Kibela notes by keywords
• My Notes: Fetch your latest notes
• Note Content: Get note content and comments by ID
• Note by Path: Get note content by path
• Create Note: Create a new note
• Update Note Content: Update note content by note ID

Once configured, your AI assistant will be able to access and interact with your Kibela knowledge base through these features.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "kibela" '{"command":"docker","args":["run","-i","--rm","-e","KIBELA_TEAM","-e","KIBELA_TOKEN","ghcr.io/kj455/mcp-kibela:latest"],"env":{"KIBELA_TEAM":"your-team-name from https://[team-name].kibe.la","KIBELA_TOKEN":"your-token"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "kibela": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "KIBELA_TEAM",
                "-e",
                "KIBELA_TOKEN",
                "ghcr.io/kj455/mcp-kibela:latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "KIBELA_TEAM": "your-team-name from https://[team-name].kibe.la",
                "KIBELA_TOKEN": "your-token"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "kibela": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "run",
                "-i",
                "--rm",
                "-e",
                "KIBELA_TEAM",
                "-e",
                "KIBELA_TOKEN",
                "ghcr.io/kj455/mcp-kibela:latest"
            ],
            "env": {
                "KIBELA_TEAM": "your-team-name from https://[team-name].kibe.la",
                "KIBELA_TOKEN": "your-token"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect