What is the Linkwarden MCP MCP server?
Read-first Linkwarden bookmarks MCP with opt-in write, delete, and collection tools.
How to install Linkwarden MCP
Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.
transport: stdio
Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.Environment / auth
LINKWARDEN_API_URLrequiredLinkwarden instance base URL (no /api/v1 suffix)
LINKWARDEN_API_KEYrequiredsecretAccess token from Linkwarden settings (Authorization: Bearer)
LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPESComma-separated write scopes: links,collections,tags,raw. Empty = read-only.
LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPESComma-separated delete scopes (never implied by write scopes)
Claude Desktop
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"linkwarden-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"linkwarden-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LINKWARDEN_API_URL": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_URL>",
"LINKWARDEN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_KEY>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES>"
}
}
}
}Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"linkwarden-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"linkwarden-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LINKWARDEN_API_URL": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_URL>",
"LINKWARDEN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_KEY>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES>"
}
}
}
}Windsurf
~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"linkwarden-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"linkwarden-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LINKWARDEN_API_URL": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_URL>",
"LINKWARDEN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_KEY>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"linkwarden-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"linkwarden-mcp"
],
"env": {
"LINKWARDEN_API_URL": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_URL>",
"LINKWARDEN_API_KEY": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_KEY>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES>",
"LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES": "<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES>"
}
}
}
}Claude Code
claude mcp add linkwarden-mcp --env LINKWARDEN_API_URL=<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_URL> --env LINKWARDEN_API_KEY=<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_API_KEY> --env LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES=<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_WRITE_SCOPES> --env LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES=<YOUR_LINKWARDEN_MCP_DELETE_SCOPES> -- uvx linkwarden-mcpRelated MCP servers
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MCP server for Manager.io bookkeeping: read-first with opt-in scoped task and write tools
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