generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
status: published
source: https://github.com/kiteworks/mcp
docs: https://developer.kiteworks.com/mcp-overview.html
server:
  name: kiteworks
  description: Official Kiteworks MCP Server (Apache-2.0) letting LLM applications operate on Kiteworks
    files, folders, forms and user info.
  repository: https://github.com/kiteworks/mcp
  license: Apache-2.0
  latest_version: 0.9.4
  released: '2026-06-29'
  compatibility: Kiteworks 9.3.1 and later
  transports:
  - transport: stdio
    mode: Local STDIO Server
    description: Single-user local deployment; native binaries for Windows, Linux and macOS. Provides
      a data channel so file transfers stay out of the LLM context.
  - transport: http
    mode: Remote HTTPS Server
    description: Multi-user centralized server with OAuth 2.1, deployable as Docker container or systemd
      service.
    container: ghcr.io/kiteworks/kiteworks-mcp:0.9.4
  - transport: stdio
    mode: Claude Desktop extension
    description: Native .mcpb extension package installable from Claude Desktop settings.
    asset: kiteworks-mcp_0.9.4.mcpb
  auth:
    type: oauth2.1
    flows:
    - authorization_code
    pkce: true
    dynamic_client_registration: true
    notes: JWT access + refresh tokens with automatic refresh. Credentials are stored in the OS keychain
      and never exposed to the LLM context.
  security:
    fips_140_3_mode: true
    fips_env: GODEBUG=fips140=only
    crypto:
    - AES-256-GCM
    - RSA + SHA-256
    - TLS 1.3 with NIST-approved curves
    - Hybrid X25519+ML-KEM-768 key exchange (FIPS 203)
    tls_validation: Validates the TLS certificate of the remote Kiteworks server; aborts on failure.
    destructive_tools_default: disabled (enable with --enable-destructive-tools)
    path_access_default: relative paths only (enable with --insecure-absolute-paths)
    rate_limiting: Configurable at global, per-user and per-session levels
install:
- client: claude-code
  command: claude mcp add --transport stdio kiteworks /path/to/kiteworks-mcp start https://your.kiteworks.domain
- client: claude-desktop
  command: Install the kiteworks-mcp_0.9.4.mcpb extension via Settings -> Extensions -> Advanced Settings
    -> Install Extension
- client: docker
  command: docker pull ghcr.io/kiteworks/kiteworks-mcp:0.9.4
tools_source: https://github.com/kiteworks/mcp/blob/main/docs/AVAILABLE_TOOLS.md
tools:
- name: download_file_to_path
  description: Download a file from Kiteworks to local filesystem by file ID
  group: File Operations - Path-Based
  modes:
  - stdio
- name: upload_file_from_path
  description: Upload a file from local filesystem to a Kiteworks folder
  group: File Operations - Path-Based
  modes:
  - stdio
- name: read_file_contents
  description: Read text file contents into conversation context as UTF8 (not for local download)
  group: File Operations - Content-Based
  modes:
  - all
- name: create_file_from_content
  description: Create a file in Kiteworks from content in conversation context (not for local upload)
  group: File Operations - Content-Based
  modes:
  - all
- name: get_file_metadata
  description: Retrieve file metadata by ID
  group: File Operations - Metadata
  modes:
  - all
- name: rename_file
  description: Rename a file by ID
  group: File Operations - Metadata
  modes:
  - all
- name: move_file
  description: Move one or more files to a different folder
  group: File Operations - Metadata
  modes:
  - all
  destructive: true
- name: delete_file
  description: Delete one or more files (with confirmation)
  group: File Operations - Metadata
  modes:
  - all
  destructive: true
- name: get_top_folders
  description: Fetch top-level folders with optional filtering
  group: Folder Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: get_folder_children
  description: Fetch folder contents by parent ID with filtering
  group: Folder Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: create_folder
  description: Create a new folder with specified options
  group: Folder Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: rename_folder
  description: Rename a folder by ID
  group: Folder Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: move_folder
  description: Move a folder to a different parent folder
  group: Folder Operations
  modes:
  - all
  destructive: true
- name: delete_folder
  description: Delete one or more folders and their contents (with confirmation)
  group: Folder Operations
  modes:
  - all
  destructive: true
- name: search
  description: Search folders and/or files by name
  group: Search Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: search_folders
  description: Search folders only by name
  group: Search Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: search_files
  description: Search files only by name or content
  group: Search Operations
  modes:
  - all
- name: create_form
  description: Generate Kiteworks Secure Data Forms from templates with preview links
  group: Forms
  modes:
  - all
- name: get_create_form_schema
  description: Retrieve the JSON schema for form creation
  group: Forms
  modes:
  - all
- name: get_user_info_whoami
  description: Get current Kiteworks user information
  group: User Operations
  modes:
  - all
deployment:
  mode: none
  endpoint: https://your.kiteworks.domain
  verified: probed
  probe: dead
  note: the endpoint this manifest claimed did not answer; recorded as none rather than deleted so the
    claim stays auditable
  checked: '2026-08-12'
  source: catalog MCP census