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Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine

io.github.cuilabs/bee · v0.6.0

Bee — The Progressive Intelligence Engine: tiered LLM, 4 tools, hosted API, free tier.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
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
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "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>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "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

NameDescription
BEE_API_KEY
Required, secret
Bee API key (bee_sk_…). Create one at https://bee.cuilabs.io/app/account/api-keys — the free Cell tier works.
BEE_MODEL
Optional
Default model tier (bee-cell … bee-swarm). Tier access follows the API key's plan. Default: bee-cell (free).
BEE_API_URL
Optional
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 published12 Jun 2026
Last updated12 Jun 2026
Registry nameio.github.cuilabs/bee

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