Kwork

io.github.simonether/kwork-mcp · v1.5.2

Account-bound, typed and durable stdio MCP gateway for the Kwork freelance marketplace

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claude mcp add kwork-mcp -e KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID=<KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID> -e KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME=<KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME> -e KWORK_WRITES=<KWORK_WRITES> -e KWORK_SITE=<KWORK_SITE> -e KWORK_TIMEOUT=<KWORK_TIMEOUT> -e KWORK_STATE_DIR=<KWORK_STATE_DIR> -e KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN=<KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN> -e KWORK_RPS_LIMIT=<KWORK_RPS_LIMIT> -e KWORK_BURST_LIMIT=<KWORK_BURST_LIMIT> -e KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT=<KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT> -e KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT=<KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT> -e KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT=<KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT> -e KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT=<KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT> -e KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS=<KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS> -e KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE=<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE> -e KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX=<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX> -e KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD=<KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD> -e KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS=<KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS> -e KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS=<KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS> -e KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS=<KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS> -e KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS=<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS> -e KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS=<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS> -e KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS=<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS> -e KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS=<KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS> -e KWORK_LOG_LEVEL=<KWORK_LOG_LEVEL> -- uvx kwork-mcp==1.5.2

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kwork-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kwork-mcp==1.5.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID": "<KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID>",
        "KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME": "<KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME>",
        "KWORK_WRITES": "<KWORK_WRITES>",
        "KWORK_SITE": "<KWORK_SITE>",
        "KWORK_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_STATE_DIR": "<KWORK_STATE_DIR>",
        "KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN": "<KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN>",
        "KWORK_RPS_LIMIT": "<KWORK_RPS_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_BURST_LIMIT": "<KWORK_BURST_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT": "<KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT": "<KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS": "<KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS>",
        "KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE": "<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE>",
        "KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX": "<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX>",
        "KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD": "<KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD>",
        "KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS": "<KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS": "<KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS": "<KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS": "<KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS>",
        "KWORK_LOG_LEVEL": "<KWORK_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kwork-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kwork-mcp==1.5.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID": "<KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID>",
        "KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME": "<KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME>",
        "KWORK_WRITES": "<KWORK_WRITES>",
        "KWORK_SITE": "<KWORK_SITE>",
        "KWORK_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_STATE_DIR": "<KWORK_STATE_DIR>",
        "KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN": "<KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN>",
        "KWORK_RPS_LIMIT": "<KWORK_RPS_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_BURST_LIMIT": "<KWORK_BURST_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT": "<KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT": "<KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS": "<KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS>",
        "KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE": "<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE>",
        "KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX": "<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX>",
        "KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD": "<KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD>",
        "KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS": "<KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS": "<KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS": "<KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS": "<KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS>",
        "KWORK_LOG_LEVEL": "<KWORK_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "kwork-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "kwork-mcp==1.5.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID": "<KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID>",
        "KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME": "<KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME>",
        "KWORK_WRITES": "<KWORK_WRITES>",
        "KWORK_SITE": "<KWORK_SITE>",
        "KWORK_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_STATE_DIR": "<KWORK_STATE_DIR>",
        "KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN": "<KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN>",
        "KWORK_RPS_LIMIT": "<KWORK_RPS_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_BURST_LIMIT": "<KWORK_BURST_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT": "<KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT": "<KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT>",
        "KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT": "<KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT>",
        "KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS": "<KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS>",
        "KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE": "<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE>",
        "KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX": "<KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX>",
        "KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD": "<KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD>",
        "KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS": "<KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS": "<KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS": "<KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS>",
        "KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS": "<KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS>",
        "KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS": "<KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS>",
        "KWORK_LOG_LEVEL": "<KWORK_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`KWORK_EXPECTED_USER_ID` Optional	Kwork user ID to serve; optional when kwork-mcp login bound a single account, required when several are bound
`KWORK_EXPECTED_USERNAME` Optional	Optional second account identity check
`KWORK_WRITES` Optional	Sending to Kwork: confirm asks the user before each send (client dialog or chat), auto lets the agent send, off is read-only
`KWORK_SITE` Optional	Kwork site: ru (kwork.ru) or com (kwork.com); kwork.com has no project exchange
`KWORK_TIMEOUT` Optional	Kwork request timeout in seconds (1-120)
`KWORK_STATE_DIR` Optional	Absolute private directory shared by gateway processes for the same account
`KWORK_PERSIST_TOKEN` Optional	Use the verified account-scoped credential store; required for normal server startup
`KWORK_RPS_LIMIT` Optional	Shared account-level token refill rate
`KWORK_BURST_LIMIT` Optional	Shared account-level token bucket capacity
`KWORK_ROUTE_RPS_LIMIT` Optional	Shared per-route token refill rate
`KWORK_ROUTE_BURST_LIMIT` Optional	Shared per-route token bucket capacity
`KWORK_RATE_WAIT_TIMEOUT` Optional	Maximum seconds to wait for shared rate-limit admission
`KWORK_AUTH_LOCK_TIMEOUT` Optional	Maximum seconds to wait for account credential-store authentication coordination
`KWORK_READ_ATTEMPTS` Optional	Maximum attempts for retry-safe read requests only
`KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_BASE` Optional	Initial retry backoff for retry-safe reads, in seconds
`KWORK_RETRY_BACKOFF_MAX` Optional	Maximum retry backoff for retry-safe reads, in seconds
`KWORK_CIRCUIT_FAILURE_THRESHOLD` Optional	Shared route failures before opening the circuit
`KWORK_CIRCUIT_OPEN_SECONDS` Optional	Base shared circuit-open interval in seconds
`KWORK_PREPARATION_TTL_SECONDS` Optional	Safe write preparation lifetime
`KWORK_WRITE_LEASE_SECONDS` Optional	Durable one-writer lease duration in seconds
`KWORK_RECONCILIATION_MIN_AGE_SECONDS` Optional	Minimum age before ambiguous-write read-back (1-300 seconds)
`KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_CONFIRMATIONS` Optional	Complete absent observations required before a terminal result
`KWORK_RECONCILIATION_ABSENCE_INTERVAL_SECONDS` Optional	Minimum interval between absent observations (1-300 seconds)
`KWORK_STATE_RETENTION_DAYS` Optional	Retention for terminal durable write records
`KWORK_LOG_LEVEL` Optional	Gateway stderr log level: DEBUG, INFO, WARNING or ERROR

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	3 Oct 2026
Last updated	3 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.simonether/kwork-mcp`

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