Integrations

Bee MCP Server

Connect Bee to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Zed, or Windsurf via the Model Context Protocol — Anthropic’s open standard for LLM ↔ tool integration. Bee ships 11 domain-specialised tools, runs locally over stdio, and works with the free tier.

stdio transport — supported

HTTP transport — coming soon

Quick install

1. Install Bee locally. Clone the repo and install the Python package:
```
git clone https://github.com/cuilabs/bee
cd bee
pip install -e .
```
2. Verify the MCP server runs.
```
python -m bee.mcp_server --help
```
3. Wire your client. Add the snippet for your editor below.

Client configuration

Claude Desktop

Config path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bee": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "bee.mcp_server"],
      "env": { "BEE_DEVICE": "mps" }
    }
  }
}

Cursor / Windsurf / Zed

Config path: .cursor/mcp.json (or equivalent project-local mcp config)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bee": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "bee.mcp_server"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code (Continue, Cline, MCP extension)

Config path: extension settings → MCP servers

command: python
args: [-m, bee.mcp_server]

Tools exposed (11)

Each tool routes through the appropriate domain LoRA adapter. If an adapter isn’t present locally, the tool still answers from the base model — without domain specialisation. Honest fallback, no silent failure.

Tool	Purpose	Domain adapter
bee_chat	General Q&A with explicit domain selector	any of 10
bee_explain_code	Walk through what a snippet does	programming
bee_fix_code	Suggest a fix for a bug or failing test	programming
bee_refactor	Restructure code without changing behaviour	programming
bee_write_tests	Propose unit / integration tests	programming
bee_security_audit	Scan code for vulnerabilities	cybersecurity
bee_threat_model	STRIDE / PASTA / LINDDUN threat model	cybersecurity
bee_pentest_assist	Offensive security guidance — explicit-authorisation context required	cybersecurity
bee_quantum_circuit	NISQ-aware Qiskit circuit design	quantum
bee_smart_contract_review	Smart-contract audit (SWC-Registry framing)	blockchain
bee_paper_critique	Literature review / methodology critique	research

Resources

bee://status — active domain + loaded adapter inventory
bee://domains — full domain list

Prefer code over MCP?

We also publish first-party SDKs that talk to the same Bee API directly:

TypeScript / JavaScript

npm install @cuilabs/bee

Python

pip install bee-sdk

More integration recipes and community examples at cuilabs/bee-community. Spec at modelcontextprotocol.io. Issues + contributions at the main repo. Need help wiring an editor we don’t list? contact support.