What is Airweave?
Airweave is a MCP server by airweave-ai that unified context retrieval layer across diverse data sources for agents and RAG. It is listed under Developer tools and has 6,600 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | airweave-ai |
| Repository | airweave-ai |
| Popularity | 6,600 GitHub stars |
| Category | Developer tools |
| Security | Low risk (92/100) |
| Rank | #79 of 4,418 MCP servers; #48 in Developer tools |
| Runs | Not stated |
Is Airweave safe to install?
Airweave scores 92/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 4 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Where data goes is not stated | Note |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install Airweave?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/airweave-ai
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add airweave -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http airweave <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs Airweave for you:
Add the "Airweave" MCP server from https://github.com/airweave-ai to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.