Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine: tiered LLM, 4 tools, hosted API, free tier.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add bee -e BEE_API_KEY=<BEE_API_KEY> -e BEE_MODEL=<BEE_MODEL> -e BEE_API_URL=<BEE_API_URL> -- uvx bee-sdk==0.6.0
{
"mcpServers": {
"bee": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"bee-sdk==0.6.0"
],
"env": {
"BEE_API_KEY": "<BEE_API_KEY>",
"BEE_MODEL": "<BEE_MODEL>",
"BEE_API_URL": "<BEE_API_URL>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"bee": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"bee-sdk==0.6.0"
],
"env": {
"BEE_API_KEY": "<BEE_API_KEY>",
"BEE_MODEL": "<BEE_MODEL>",
"BEE_API_URL": "<BEE_API_URL>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"bee": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"bee-sdk==0.6.0"
],
"env": {
"BEE_API_KEY": "<BEE_API_KEY>",
"BEE_MODEL": "<BEE_MODEL>",
"BEE_API_URL": "<BEE_API_URL>"
}
}
}
}
Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.
Tools
This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.
Environment variables
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
BEE_API_KEYRequired, secret | Bee API key (bee_sk_…). Create one at https://bee.cuilabs.io/app/account/api-keys — the free Cell tier works. |
BEE_MODELOptional | Default model tier (bee-cell … bee-swarm). Tier access follows the API key's plan. Default: bee-cell (free). |
BEE_API_URLOptional | Override the gateway base URL (default https://bee.cuilabs.io/bee). Set only for a self-hosted Bee Enclave or staging. |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Last updated | 12 Jun 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.cuilabs/bee |
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