Inkwell MCP Server

Name: Inkwell MCP Server
Author: io.github.veronchenko

io.github.veronchenko/inkwell-memory

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What is the Inkwell MCP server?

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How to install Inkwell

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

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

Environment / auth

INKWELL_DATA_PATH
Knowledge base root inside the container; matches the volume mount target
INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD
Set to 0 to skip the web dashboard process and run the MCP server only

Claude Desktop

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inkwell-memory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0",
        "-v",
        "{knowledge_path}:/knowledge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INKWELL_DATA_PATH": "<YOUR_INKWELL_DATA_PATH>",
        "INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD": "<YOUR_INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inkwell-memory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0",
        "-v",
        "{knowledge_path}:/knowledge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INKWELL_DATA_PATH": "<YOUR_INKWELL_DATA_PATH>",
        "INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD": "<YOUR_INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inkwell-memory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0",
        "-v",
        "{knowledge_path}:/knowledge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INKWELL_DATA_PATH": "<YOUR_INKWELL_DATA_PATH>",
        "INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD": "<YOUR_INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "inkwell-memory": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0",
        "-v",
        "{knowledge_path}:/knowledge"
      ],
      "env": {
        "INKWELL_DATA_PATH": "<YOUR_INKWELL_DATA_PATH>",
        "INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD": "<YOUR_INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add inkwell-memory --env INKWELL_DATA_PATH=<YOUR_INKWELL_DATA_PATH> --env INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD=<YOUR_INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD> -- docker run -i --rm docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0 -v {knowledge_path}:/knowledge