Unable to use --method=backup on MCP server?

[MacL3an]

Hi! Thanks for taking the time to share this repo. So nice to be able to use Claude Code and Workflowy togehter.
To speed things up, I would like to be able to use the backup method with the MCP Server, so I set things up like this:

    "workflowy": {
      "command": "workflowy",
      "args": [
        "mcp",
        "--expose=all",
        "--log-file=/tmp/workflowy-mcp.log",
        "--method=backup"
      ]
    }

However when trying to do so, the MCP fails to start with the following error.

Incorrect Usage: flag provided but not defined: -method

2026/02/09 13:46:51 ERROR cannot run command error="flag provided but not defined: -method"

When running it via the CLI it seems to work fine, so nothing wrong with the backup file. Running v 0.8.0.

[mholzen]

This should be fixed in 0.8.1, with options for setting the --method at the MCP server startup time or with each tool call. Let me know if it works and I will close if so.