Turn text, web pages and PDFs into interactive mind maps. MCP server + CLI, no API key.
Connect Runs on your machine
claude mcp add mindlm-mcp -e MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR=<MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR> -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY> -e OPENAI_API_KEY=<OPENAI_API_KEY> -e OPENAI_BASE_URL=<OPENAI_BASE_URL> -e MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL=<MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL> -e MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS=<MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS> -- npx -y [email protected]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mindlm-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR": "<MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR>",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
"MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL": "<MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL>",
"MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS": "<MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS>"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mindlm-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR": "<MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR>",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
"MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL": "<MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL>",
"MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS": "<MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS>"
}
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"mindlm-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"[email protected]"
],
"env": {
"MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR": "<MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIR>",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
"OPENAI_BASE_URL": "<OPENAI_BASE_URL>",
"MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL": "<MINDMAP_LLM_MODEL>",
"MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS": "<MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTS>"
}
}
}
}
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 |
|---|---|
MINDMAP_OUTPUT_DIROptional | Directory for exported HTML mind maps. Defaults to ./mindmaps. |
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYOptional, secret | Optional. Set it to let the server write outlines with a model itself instead of handing a draft back to the client. |
OPENAI_API_KEYOptional, secret | Optional. Same as ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, for any OpenAI-compatible endpoint. |
OPENAI_BASE_URLOptional | Optional. OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Defaults to https://api.openai.com/v1. |
MINDMAP_LLM_MODELOptional | Optional. Model name. Required when using an OpenAI-compatible endpoint. |
MINDMAP_ALLOW_PRIVATE_HOSTSOptional | Optional. Set to true to let url_to_mindmap reach loopback and private addresses. Off by default. |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (NPM, stdio) |
| First published | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Last updated | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.qingchejun/mindlm-mcp |
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