Ownly MCP Server

io.github.liuh886/ownly

Repository Registry

What is the Ownly MCP server?

Local-first Ownly evidence and repeatable Planner visits with preview-before-commit writes.

How to install Ownly

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

OWNLY_DATA_DIR
required
Absolute path to a parent containing Ownly/ or directly to a custom Ownly data root containing Objects/.
OWNLY_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE
Set to 1 to enable two-phase persistent write commits. Omit for read-only mode.
OPENROUTESERVICE_API_KEY
secret
OpenRouteService API key used by local Planner travel-leg refresh and travel-time optimization for walking/driving/bicycling.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ownly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ownly-app/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OWNLY_DATA_DIR": "<YOUR_OWNLY_DATA_DIR>",
        "OWNLY_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE": "<YOUR_OWNLY_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE>",
        "OPENROUTESERVICE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_OPENROUTESERVICE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}