Mindm MCP Server

Python library for interacting with local installed MindManager(tm) on Windows and MacOS platform.

Local serverstdioPython

What is the Mindm MCP server?

Mindm MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Mindm directly instead of describing what you should do. Python library for interacting with local installed MindManager(tm) on Windows and MacOS platform.

What you get

  • Direct automation hooks for MindManager via platform-specific connectors in mindm/
  • High-level document model, serialization helpers, and exporters in mindmap/
  • YAML, JSON, and Mermaid serialization/deserialization helpers for round-tripping maps
  • CLI export via mindm-export (HTML or data-only outputs)
  • CLI mindmap operations via mindm-mindmap (JSON, Mermaid, creation)
  • Sphinx documentation plus runnable snippets under examples/

What the assistant can call

Once Mindm is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • High — level document model, serialization helpers, and exporters in mindmap/
  • Platform — Supported
  • Windows — topics, subtopics, notes, icons, images, tags, external/topic links, relationships, RTF
  • macOS — topics, subtopics, notes, relationships
  • PyPI — The PyPI tool exposed by this server

Setting it up

mindm on PyPI is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Choosing this one

Plenty of knowledge and memory servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Mindm's toolset — High, Platform, Windows and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Robert Zaufall; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the mindm mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Highlevel document model, serialization helpers, and exporters in mindmap/
PlatformSupported
Windowstopics, subtopics, notes, icons, images, tags, external/topic links, relationships, RTF
macOStopics, subtopics, notes, relationships
PyPIThe PyPI tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Mindm MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mindm": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["mindm"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Mindm to High.
  • Use Mindm to Platform.
  • Use Mindm to Windows.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Mindm to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (High, Platform, Windows, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Mindm directly.