# XKnow Knowledge Base (npm · xknow-mcp)

Search and explore source-backed SEO, SaaS, and LLM-wiki knowledge from the XKnow knowledge base.

- Trust score: 75/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-20

## Components

- npm · `xknow-mcp`: 75/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/techreone-xknow-mcp/xknow-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/techreone-xknow-mcp/xknow-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `xknow-mcp`
- Version: `1.0.2`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-20.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 96 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 8 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 460 tokens (~76/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server?

XKnow Knowledge Base runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y xknow-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add techreone-xknow-mcp -- npx -y xknow-mcp
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "techreone-xknow-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xknow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "techreone-xknow-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xknow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add techreone-xknow-mcp -- npx -y xknow-mcp
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "techreone-xknow-mcp": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "xknow-mcp"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add techreone-xknow-mcp --command npx --arg -y --arg xknow-mcp
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  techreone-xknow-mcp:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "xknow-mcp"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "techreone-xknow-mcp": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "xknow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add techreone-xknow-mcp -t stdio -c npx -a -y xknow-mcp
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "techreone-xknow-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "xknow-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-20 (score 75, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-19 (score 74, +3)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.23

### 2026-09-13 (score 71, +15)

- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass

### 2026-09-12 (score 56)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_knowledge` (~104 tokens)

Search the XKnow knowledge base

Search curated, source-backed SEO, SaaS, and LLM-wiki knowledge. Returns ranked notes with a snippet and URL. Use this to ground answers about search-engine optimization, SaaS business models, or AI knowledge bases.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 8)
- `query` (string, required): Natural-language query, e.g. 'keyword difficulty' or 'saas pricing models'
- `section` (string): Restrict to one section

### `get_page` (~64 tokens)

Get a knowledge-base note

Fetch the full text of one note by title or slug. Use after search_knowledge to read the note before answering. Preserves [[wikilinks]].

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Exact title or slug, e.g. 'keyword-research' or 'Keyword Research'

### `explore_concept` (~92 tokens)

Explore a concept and its graph

Return a note together with the notes it links to (outbound) and the notes that link back to it (inbound). Use to walk the knowledge graph around a concept instead of a flat search.

Input parameters:

- `concept` (string, required): A concept title or slug, e.g. 'Retrieval-Augmented Generation'
- `depth` (integer): 1 = direct neighbours (default), 2 = two hops

### `list_topics` (~45 tokens)

List knowledge-base topics

List the available notes, grouped by section (seo, saas, blog). Use to discover what the knowledge base covers.

Input parameters:

- `section` (string): Restrict to one section

### `lint_rules` (~110 tokens)

Get SEO/SaaS content self-check rules

Return the XKnow content quality rubric: each rule with its priority (P0 blocks publishing), the reasoning, the fix, and the knowledge-base notes that back it. Use this to review a page, a draft, or a site against source-backed SEO/SaaS checks with actionable suggestions.

Input parameters:

- `priority` (string): Only return rules at this priority (omit for all)
- `topic` (string): Filter by topic keyword, e.g. 'internal link', 'meta description', 'evidence'

### `cite` (~45 tokens)

Get a citation for a note

Return the canonical citation (title, description, URL) for a note, so an answer can attribute the XKnow source.

Input parameters:

- `slug` (string, required): Exact title or slug to cite

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/techreone-xknow-mcp/xknow-mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-20: 75
- 2026-09-19: 74
- 2026-09-18: 71
- 2026-09-17: 71
- 2026-09-16: 71
- 2026-09-15: 71
- 2026-09-14: 71
- 2026-09-13: 71
- 2026-09-12: 56

## Common questions

### What is the XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server?

XKnow Knowledge Base is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.techreone/xknow-mcp. Search and explore source-backed SEO, SaaS, and LLM-wiki knowledge from the XKnow knowledge base. This page covers its npm package (xknow-mcp).

### Is the XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server safe to use?

XKnow Knowledge Base scores 75 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 20 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server expose?

XKnow Knowledge Base exposes 6 tools: search_knowledge, get_page, explore_concept, list_topics, lint_rules, cite. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 460 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server still maintained?

XKnow Knowledge Base is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 20 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the XKnow Knowledge Base MCP server under?

XKnow Knowledge Base declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/xknow-mcp
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/xknow-mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/techreone/xknow-mcp
- Website: https://xknow.org/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/techreone-xknow-mcp/xknow-mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/techreone-xknow-mcp/xknow-mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/techreone-xknow-mcp/xknow-mcp