# patchwork-mcp-server

> Read-only MCP server for Patchwork (patchwork.kernel.org and other instances)

Record `patchwork-mcp-server` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/patchwork-mcp-server/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/patchwork-mcp-server
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/patchwork-mcp-server/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/higebu/patchwork-mcp-server
- repository: https://github.com/higebu/patchwork-mcp-server
- version: 0.1.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: kernel, mcp, netdev, patchwork, patchwork.kernel.org
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:patchwork-mcp-server

### Description (declared)

# patchwork-mcp-server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes the
[Patchwork](https://patchwork.kernel.org) REST API to LLM-based coding
agents (Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.).

It is a thin, **read-only** wrapper around `/api/1.2/` so you can ask the
agent things like:

- "What's the state of my latest `seg6:` series on netdev?"
- "Show me failing CI checks on patch 14553325."
- "List the cover-letter thread for series 1089407."
- "Find the patch with Message-Id `20260505-seg6-mobile-v2-0-...`."

Without this server, the same questions either require a working
`~/.pwclientrc` (which has trouble with CI checks and comment threads)
or hand-rolled `curl` against the REST API.

## Install

Requires Python 3.10+. Install with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):

```bash
# From PyPI (preferred once published)
uv tool install patchwork-mcp-server

# From a local checkout
uv tool install .

# From a Git remote
uv tool install git+https://github.com/higebu/patchwork-mcp-server
```

The package installs a `patchwork-mcp-server` executable into `~/.local/bin/`. To
refresh an existing install after editing source locally:

```bash
uv tool install --reinstall .
```

## Configuration

| Variable                | Default                        | Purpose                            |
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| `PATCHWORK_URL`         | `https://patchwork.kernel.org` | Base URL of the Patchwork instance |
| `PATCHWORK_API_VERSION` | `1.2`                          | REST API version segment           |

Read-only access to public Patchwork instances needs no credentials.

## Connect to Claude Code

After `uv tool install`, the executable is on your `PATH`, so registration
needs no path:

```bash
claude mcp add patchwork-mcp-server -- patchwork-mcp-server
```

For Claude Desktop, add it to `~/.config/claude/claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "patchwork": {
      …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/patchwork-mcp-server/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:25:38.698Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/patchwork-mcp-server/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/patchwork-mcp-server · ARD identifier urn:air::server:patchwork-mcp-server