Gramps Web MCP MCP Server

Name: Gramps Web MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.Scormave

io.github.Scormave/gramps-web-mcp

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What is the Gramps Web MCP MCP server?

MCP server for structured access to Gramps Web genealogy data

How to install Gramps Web MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

MCP_TRANSPORT
GRAMPS_API_URL
required
Base URL of your Gramps Web instance
GRAMPS_USERNAME
required
Gramps Web API username
GRAMPS_PASSWORD
required
secret
Gramps Web API password or token
GRAMPS_TREE_ID
required
Gramps Web tree UUID
GRAMPS_READ_ONLY
Set to true to block create, update, and delete tools

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-web-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/scormave/gramps-web-mcp:1.0.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GRAMPS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_TREE_ID": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_TREE_ID>",
        "GRAMPS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-web-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/scormave/gramps-web-mcp:1.0.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GRAMPS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_TREE_ID": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_TREE_ID>",
        "GRAMPS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-web-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/scormave/gramps-web-mcp:1.0.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GRAMPS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_TREE_ID": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_TREE_ID>",
        "GRAMPS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "gramps-web-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/scormave/gramps-web-mcp:1.0.4"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_TRANSPORT": "<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT>",
        "GRAMPS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_TREE_ID": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_TREE_ID>",
        "GRAMPS_READ_ONLY": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add gramps-web-mcp --env MCP_TRANSPORT=<YOUR_MCP_TRANSPORT> --env GRAMPS_API_URL=<YOUR_GRAMPS_API_URL> --env GRAMPS_USERNAME=<YOUR_GRAMPS_USERNAME> --env GRAMPS_PASSWORD=<YOUR_GRAMPS_PASSWORD> --env GRAMPS_TREE_ID=<YOUR_GRAMPS_TREE_ID> --env GRAMPS_READ_ONLY=<YOUR_GRAMPS_READ_ONLY> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/scormave/gramps-web-mcp:1.0.4