MCP Client Setup

Baseline configuration

Use this as your default MCP server entry:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "outline": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@sigee-min/outline-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OUTLINE_API_KEY": "your_api_key",
        "OUTLINE_BASE_URL": "https://app.getoutline.com",
        "OUTLINE_ALLOWED_ACTIONS": "read,write,delete"
      }
    }
  }
}

Safer rollout profiles

Start with one of these profiles depending on your risk tolerance.

Read-only profile

{
  "OUTLINE_ALLOWED_ACTIONS": "read"
}

Read and write profile (no delete)

{
  "OUTLINE_ALLOWED_ACTIONS": "read,write"
}

Self-hosted Outline profile

{
  "OUTLINE_BASE_URL": "https://outline.your-company.internal"
}

Recommended validation sequence

After adding client config, validate in this order:

list_collections
search_documents
read_document
create_document and update_document (only after write is enabled)
lifecycle and batch tools (only after policy approval)

This sequence gives you quick signal on auth, reachability, and permission boundaries.

Next step

Continue to Configuration.