--- title: "Outline MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 150 Outline actions through one MCP server: documents, collections, users. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/outline updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · MSP & PSA # Outline MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Outline and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 150 Outline actions (58 reads, 64 writes and 28 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Outline credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Outline's limits and records every call. [Connect Outline free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) 100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you. `claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` the first call ``` do { action: "outline.users.list", intent: "check which Outline account is connected" } # List all users · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 150 actions in one signed file - 58 read look, never change - 64 write create and update - 28 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Outline in three steps. 1. 01 ### Add actionlake to Claude. Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us. `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` 2. 02 ### Connect Outline. Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. - `api_key` Outline API key (starts `ol_api_`) - `host` Where your Outline lives: your host ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "outline" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you ``` 3. 03 ### Make the first call. Check before a write. Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free. ``` do { action: "outline.users.list" } # list all users · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "outline.groups.create", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Outline at a glance **Sign-in** Bearer token. No consent screen: your agent can connect it for you, but the key then passes through your chat. To keep it out of the model's context, paste it in the console instead. **You provide** `api_key` **Setup fields** `host` **Limits we pace to** 1,000 calls a minute, per connection **API covered** Outline API (OpenAPI 3.0, github.com/outline/openapi spec3.yml)`app.getoutline.com/api` **Built from** Outline's documentation, read 23 October 2026[OpenAPI spec (GitHub)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/outline/openapi/main/spec3.yml) [getoutline.com](https://www.getoutline.com/developers) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 55 of 58 reads, for up to 5 minutes; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 4, so ask can line Outline up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in Outline. 150 actions in 26 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **58** read look, never change - **64** write create and update - **28** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Documents 29 15 read · 10 write · 4 destructive List all documents · Create a document · Search all documents · Retrieve a document 2. ### Collections 19 5 read · 11 write · 3 destructive Add a group to a collection · Add a collection user · Create a collection · Retrieve a collections document structure 3. ### Users 11 2 read · 7 write · 2 destructive List all users · Retrieve a user · Update a user · Delete a user 4. ### Comments 9 2 read · 5 write · 2 destructive List all comments · Create a comment · Retrieve a comment · Update a comment 5. ### Groups 9 3 read · 4 write · 2 destructive List all groups · Create a group · Retrieve a group · Update a group 6. ### Templates 7 2 read · 4 write · 1 destructive Create a template · Duplicate a template · List all templates · Retrieve a template 7. ### Oauth clients 6 2 read · 2 write · 2 destructive Create an OAuth client · List accessible OAuth clients · Retrieve an OAuth client · Update an OAuth client 8. ### Data attributes 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Create a data attribute · List all data attributes · Retrieve a data attribute · Update a data attribute **18 more areas · 55 actions** - Pins **5** - Revisions **5** - Shares **5** - Access requests **4** - Attachments **4** - Stars **4** - Subscriptions **4** - Webhook subscriptions **4** - API keys **3** - Auth **3** - File operations **3** - Notifications **3** - Oauth authentications **2** - User memberships **2** - Events **1** - Group memberships **1** - Reactions **1** - Views **1** Top actions ## The Outline API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 37 of Outline's 40 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `outline.users.list` List all users | List all users. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. Paged by offset: rows are `data`; pass back `next_cursor` for the next page. | read | `identity.user.list` 474 connectors | | `outline.groups.list` List all groups | List all groups. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. Paged by offset: rows are `data.groups`; pass back `next_cursor` for the next page. | read | `identity.group.list` 262 connectors | | `outline.groups.create` Create a group | Create a group. | write | `identity.group.create` 205 connectors | | `outline.users.info` Retrieve a user | Retrieve a user. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. | read | `identity.user.get` 399 connectors | | `outline.users.delete` Delete a user | Delete a user. | destructive | `identity.user.delete` 253 connectors | | `outline.documents.list` List all documents | List all documents. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. Paged by offset: rows are `data`; pass back `next_cursor` for the next page. | read | `knowledge.article.list` 26 connectors | | `outline.auth.info` Retrieve auth | Retrieve auth. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. | read | `identity.current_user.get` 307 connectors | | `outline.groups.memberships` List all group members | List all group members. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. Paged by offset: rows are `data.groupMemberships`; pass back `next_cursor` for the next page. | read | `identity.group_member.list` 103 connectors | | `outline.api_keys.create` Create an API key | Create an API key. | write | `identity.api_key.create` 100 connectors | | `outline.api_keys.list` List API keys | List API keys. A POST that reads: it changes nothing. Paged by offset: rows are `data`; pass back `next_cursor` for the next page. | read | `identity.api_key.list` 96 connectors | | `outline.documents.create` Create a document | Create a document. | write | `knowledge.article.create` 28 connectors | | `outline.users.invite` Invite users | Invite users. | write | `identity.invitation.create` 41 connectors | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Outline actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Find the Outline articles about password resets and summarise what they say. calls `outline.documents.list` 2. Write write Create a group in Outline. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `outline.groups.create` Governance for Outline ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 28 Outline actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete a user `outline.users.delete` - Delete a group `outline.groups.delete` - Delete an API key `outline.api_keys.delete` - Delete a document `outline.documents.delete` - Remove a group member `outline.groups.remove_user` - Delete a comment `outline.comments.delete` - Sign out `outline.auth.delete` - Delete a pin `outline.pins.delete` - Delete a star `outline.stars.delete` - Revoke a share `outline.shares.revoke` - Suspend a user `outline.users.suspend` - Delete a revision `outline.revisions.delete` - Delete a template `outline.templates.delete` - Delete an attachment `outline.attachments.delete` - Delete a collection `outline.collections.delete` - Delete an OAuth client `outline.oauth_clients.delete` - Delete a subscription `outline.subscriptions.delete` - Empty trash `outline.documents.empty_trash` - Remove a document user `outline.documents.remove_user` - Delete a data attribute `outline.data_attributes.delete` - Remove a group from a document `outline.documents.remove_group` - Delete a file operation `outline.file_operations.delete` - Remove a collection user `outline.collections.remove_user` - Remove a collection group `outline.collections.remove_group` - Remove a reaction from a comment `outline.comments.remove_reaction` - Rotate the secret for an OAuth client `outline.oauth_clients.rotate_secret` - Delete an OAuth authentiation `outline.oauth_authentications.delete` - Delete a webhook subscription `outline.webhook_subscriptions.delete` A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after. do outline.users.delete confirm_policy: **human** Delete a user? **intent:** the user asked me to delete a user run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _outline-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "outline-agent", allowed_actions: ["outline.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "outline.users.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "outline.groups.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "outline.api_keys.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Outline only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Outline costs on actionlake. Every Outline action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Outline refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. - 1 upstream call per action all 150 Outline actions - 150 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 55 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing - 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000 [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Action index ## Every Outline action. 150 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Documents 29** - `outline.documents.add_group` Add a group to a document write - `outline.documents.add_user` Add a document user write - `outline.documents.answer_question` Query documents with natural language read - `outline.documents.archive` Archive a document write - `outline.documents.archived` List all archived documents read - `outline.documents.create` Create a document write - `outline.documents.delete` Delete a document destructive - `outline.documents.deleted` List all deleted documents read - `outline.documents.documents` Retrieve a document's child structure read - `outline.documents.drafts` List all draft documents read - `outline.documents.duplicate` Duplicate a document write - `outline.documents.empty_trash` Empty trash destructive - `outline.documents.export` Export a document. read - `outline.documents.group_memberships` List document group memberships read - `outline.documents.info` Retrieve a document read - `outline.documents.insights` Retrieve insights for a document read - `outline.documents.list` List all documents read - `outline.documents.memberships` List document memberships read - `outline.documents.move` Move a document write - `outline.documents.remove_group` Remove a group from a document destructive - `outline.documents.remove_user` Remove a document user destructive - `outline.documents.restore` Restore a document write - `outline.documents.search` Search all documents read - `outline.documents.search_titles` Search document titles read - `outline.documents.templatize` Create a template from a document write - `outline.documents.unpublish` Unpublish a document write - `outline.documents.update` Update a document write - `outline.documents.users` List document users read - `outline.documents.viewed` List all recently viewed documents read **Collections 19** - `outline.collections.add_group` Add a group to a collection write - `outline.collections.add_user` Add a collection user write - `outline.collections.archive` Archive a collection write - `outline.collections.create` Create a collection write - `outline.collections.delete` Delete a collection destructive - `outline.collections.documents` Retrieve a collections document structure read - `outline.collections.duplicate` Duplicate a collection write - `outline.collections.export` Export a collection write - `outline.collections.export_all` Export all collections write - `outline.collections.group_memberships` List all collection group members read - `outline.collections.import` Import documents into a new collection write - `outline.collections.info` Retrieve a collection read - `outline.collections.list` List all collections read - `outline.collections.memberships` List all collection memberships read - `outline.collections.move` Move a collection write - `outline.collections.remove_group` Remove a collection group destructive - `outline.collections.remove_user` Remove a collection user destructive - `outline.collections.restore` Restore an archived collection write - `outline.collections.update` Update a collection write **Users 11** - `outline.users.activate` Activate a user write - `outline.users.delete` Delete a user destructive - `outline.users.info` Retrieve a user read - `outline.users.invite` Invite users write - `outline.users.list` List all users read - `outline.users.notifications_subscribe` Subscribe to a notification type write - `outline.users.notifications_unsubscribe` Unsubscribe from a notification type write - `outline.users.resend_invite` Resend a user invite write - `outline.users.suspend` Suspend a user destructive - `outline.users.update` Update a user write - `outline.users.update_role` Change a users role write **Comments 9** - `outline.comments.add_reaction` Add a reaction to a comment write - `outline.comments.create` Create a comment write - `outline.comments.delete` Delete a comment destructive - `outline.comments.info` Retrieve a comment read - `outline.comments.list` List all comments read - `outline.comments.remove_reaction` Remove a reaction from a comment destructive - `outline.comments.resolve` Resolve a comment write - `outline.comments.unresolve` Unresolve a comment write - `outline.comments.update` Update a comment write **Groups 9** - `outline.groups.add_user` Add a group member write - `outline.groups.create` Create a group write - `outline.groups.delete` Delete a group destructive - `outline.groups.info` Retrieve a group read - `outline.groups.list` List all groups read - `outline.groups.memberships` List all group members read - `outline.groups.remove_user` Remove a group member destructive - `outline.groups.update` Update a group write - `outline.groups.update_user` Update a group member write **Templates 7** - `outline.templates.create` Create a template write - `outline.templates.delete` Delete a template destructive - `outline.templates.duplicate` Duplicate a template write - `outline.templates.info` Retrieve a template read - `outline.templates.list` List all templates read - `outline.templates.restore` Restore a template write - `outline.templates.update` Update a template write **Oauth clients 6** - `outline.oauth_clients.create` Create an OAuth client write - `outline.oauth_clients.delete` Delete an OAuth client destructive - `outline.oauth_clients.info` Retrieve an OAuth client read - `outline.oauth_clients.list` List accessible OAuth clients read - `outline.oauth_clients.rotate_secret` Rotate the secret for an OAuth client destructive - `outline.oauth_clients.update` Update an OAuth client write **Data attributes 5** - `outline.data_attributes.create` Create a data attribute write - `outline.data_attributes.delete` Delete a data attribute destructive - `outline.data_attributes.info` Retrieve a data attribute read - `outline.data_attributes.list` List all data attributes read - `outline.data_attributes.update` Update a data attribute write **Pins 5** - `outline.pins.create` Pin a document write - `outline.pins.delete` Delete a pin destructive - `outline.pins.info` Retrieve a pin read - `outline.pins.list` List pins read - `outline.pins.update` Update a pin write **Revisions 5** - `outline.revisions.delete` Delete a revision destructive - `outline.revisions.export` Export a revision read - `outline.revisions.info` Retrieve a revision read - `outline.revisions.list` List all revisions read - `outline.revisions.update` Update a revision write **Shares 5** - `outline.shares.create` Create a share write - `outline.shares.info` Retrieve a share object read - `outline.shares.list` List all shares read - `outline.shares.revoke` Revoke a share destructive - `outline.shares.update` Update a share write **Access requests 4** - `outline.access_requests.approve` Approve an access request write - `outline.access_requests.create` Create an access request write - `outline.access_requests.dismiss` Dismiss an access request write - `outline.access_requests.info` Retrieve an access request read **Attachments 4** - `outline.attachments.create` Create an attachment write - `outline.attachments.create_from_url` Create an attachment from a URL write - `outline.attachments.delete` Delete an attachment destructive - `outline.attachments.list` List all attachments read **Stars 4** - `outline.stars.create` Create a star write - `outline.stars.delete` Delete a star destructive - `outline.stars.list` List all stars read - `outline.stars.update` Update a stars order in the sidebar write **Subscriptions 4** - `outline.subscriptions.create` Create a subscription write - `outline.subscriptions.delete` Delete a subscription destructive - `outline.subscriptions.info` Retrieve a subscription read - `outline.subscriptions.list` List subscriptions read **Webhook subscriptions 4** - `outline.webhook_subscriptions.create` Create a webhook subscription write - `outline.webhook_subscriptions.delete` Delete a webhook subscription destructive - `outline.webhook_subscriptions.list` List all webhook subscriptions read - `outline.webhook_subscriptions.update` Update a webhook subscription write **API keys 3** - `outline.api_keys.create` Create an API key write - `outline.api_keys.delete` Delete an API key destructive - `outline.api_keys.list` List API keys read **Auth 3** - `outline.auth.config` Retrieve auth config read - `outline.auth.delete` Sign out destructive - `outline.auth.info` Retrieve auth read **File operations 3** - `outline.file_operations.delete` Delete a file operation destructive - `outline.file_operations.info` Retrieve a file operation read - `outline.file_operations.list` List all file operations read **Notifications 3** - `outline.notifications.list` List notifications read - `outline.notifications.update` Update a notification write - `outline.notifications.update_all` Update all notifications write **Oauth authentications 2** - `outline.oauth_authentications.delete` Delete an OAuth authentiation destructive - `outline.oauth_authentications.list` List accessible OAuth authentications read **User memberships 2** - `outline.user_memberships.list` List document memberships read - `outline.user_memberships.update` Update a document membership write **Events 1** - `outline.events.list` List all events read **Group memberships 1** - `outline.group_memberships.list` List group memberships read **Reactions 1** - `outline.reactions.list` List reactions read **Views 1** - `outline.views.list` List all views read Questions ## The Outline MCP server, answered. **Is there an Outline MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 150 Outline actions across documents, collections, users and comments, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Outline. **What do I need to connect Outline?** Outline API key (starts `ol_api_`). Plus your host. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "outline" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Outline?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 28 Outline actions are destructive, including delete a user, delete a group and delete an API key. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it. **Will an AI agent use up my Outline API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Outline service file: 1,000 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (55 Outline actions can be), which never reaches Outline. **What does an Outline action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (150 Outline actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Outline refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. **Which Outline API does it cover?** The Outline API (OpenAPI 3.0, github.com/outline/openapi spec3.yml) at app.getoutline.com/api by default, or the base URL set when you connect. It is built from Outline's documentation as read on 23 October 2026. 150 actions in 26 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Outline data, and where?** actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 5 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Outline credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models. **Which AI clients can use it?** Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names. ## More connectors like Outline Shares the most action names with - [authentik 16](https://actionlake.com/connectors/authentik) - [TeamViewer 14](https://actionlake.com/connectors/teamviewer) - [NetBox 13](https://actionlake.com/connectors/netbox) - [Delinea Secret Server 12](https://actionlake.com/connectors/delinea-secret-server) - [3CX 9](https://actionlake.com/connectors/3cx) - [Cato Networks SASE 8](https://actionlake.com/connectors/cato-networks-sase) Joins with, on shared entities - [ServiceNow 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/servicenow) - [Microsoft Dynamics 365 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-dynamics-365) - [Freshservice 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/freshservice) - [Zoho SalesIQ 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zoho-salesiq) - [Insightly CRM 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/insightly-crm) - [Confluence 3](https://actionlake.com/connectors/confluence) Browse - [All MSP & PSA connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/msp-and-psa) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Outline; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Outline service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Outline today. [Connect Outline free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/outline More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt