io.github.NickCirv/engram MCP Server

Name: io.github.NickCirv/engram MCP Server
Author: io.github.NickCirv

io.github.NickCirv/engram

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Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

ENGRAM_API_TOKEN
secret
Optional HTTP bearer token. Auto-generated at ~/.engram/http-server.token if unset.
ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD
Pre-mortem warnings: '1' = warn, '2' = deny. Unset = off, zero overhead.
ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH
Override path to Claude Code's Auto-Memory MEMORY.md.
ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH
Override path to ~/.engram/mcp-providers.json (plugin MCP server declarations).
ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK
Set to '1' to disable passive update notice. Auto-disabled when $CI is set.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engram": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "engramx",
        "engram-serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_API_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD>",
        "ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engram": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "engramx",
        "engram-serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_API_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD>",
        "ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engram": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "engramx",
        "engram-serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_API_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD>",
        "ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "engram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "engramx",
        "engram-serve"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_API_TOKEN": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_API_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD>",
        "ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK": "<YOUR_ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add engram --env ENGRAM_API_TOKEN=<YOUR_ENGRAM_API_TOKEN> --env ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD=<YOUR_ENGRAM_MISTAKE_GUARD> --env ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH=<YOUR_ENGRAM_ANTHROPIC_MEMORY_PATH> --env ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH=<YOUR_ENGRAM_MCP_CONFIG_PATH> --env ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=<YOUR_ENGRAM_NO_UPDATE_CHECK> -- node -y engramx engram-serve