Overseer Neovim MCP server

This is a small helper that connects your AI coding assistant to overseer.nvim, the task list plugin inside Neovim. It lets the AI start, watch, restart, and stop long-running commands such as dev servers and file watchers as real tasks you can see and control yourself. It is handy for developers who run an AI agent inside Neovim and want its background processes to show up in the same place as their own.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI to start a dev server or a watcher. The AI uses this helper instead of its own shell. The helper talks to overseer.nvim inside your running Neovim and creates a real task. That task then shows up in your task list, where you can watch its output and stop it yourself. The AI can also list tasks, read their output, restart them, or remove them when you ask.

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What you can do with it

• Start a long-running command like a dev server as a task in your list
• List all tasks with their names, status, exit codes, and commands
• Read the output of a task, waiting until a specific line appears
• Restart a task by its id or by part of its name
• Stop a running task you no longer need
• Remove a finished task from the list
• Look up available task templates in your project

Try asking your AI

• “Start the dev server in overseer”
• “Show me the tasks that are running right now”
• “Tail the output of the dev task until it says ready”
• “Stop the watcher task”

What it gives back to you

You get back plain answers in the chat: a list of tasks with their status and details, or the recent output of one task. When the AI starts, stops, or removes a task, it tells you what it did. Output blocks also show a cursor number so the AI can fetch only new lines next time.

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Who it's for

Developers who use Neovim with overseer.nvim and run an AI coding agent inside it.