Curio is a freeform Mac notebook app with a long history and some dedicated users. In September, they released version 34, which adds a new command-line interface with a built-in MCP server for connecting AI assistants.

Now you can take your AI-based research and feed it into Curio for the human part of the work. The new Kanban boards look like a useful way to turn that material into something I can work through visually. If you’re looking for a way to get a visual representation of your AI data, this is a good option.

We’re seeing lots of productivity tools now tie in to AI agents with command-line interfaces and MCP support. Curio’s CLI can read projects directly from disk without changing them, or connect to the running app for read and write access. It’s a separate download for Curio Professional customers with an active subscription or a traditional license within its update window. That distinction lets you choose how far down the rabbit hole you’re going to go.

I’d expect to see more of that from the better productivity apps. While vibe coding is a lot of fun, using a professionally developed app to get your work done is the answer most of us are looking for.