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Engram

io.github.devinmlowe/engram ยท v0.5.0

Cognitive memory for coding agents: hybrid recall, remember/forget, knowledge graph, nightly dreams.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add engram -e ENGRAM_DB_PATH=<ENGRAM_DB_PATH> -e ENGRAM_MCP_PORT=<ENGRAM_MCP_PORT> -e ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN=<ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN> -e ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE=<ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE> -- npx -y @devinmlowe/[email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engram": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@devinmlowe/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_DB_PATH": "<ENGRAM_DB_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_PORT": "<ENGRAM_MCP_PORT>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN": "<ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE": "<ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engram": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@devinmlowe/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_DB_PATH": "<ENGRAM_DB_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_PORT": "<ENGRAM_MCP_PORT>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN": "<ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE": "<ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "engram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@devinmlowe/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_DB_PATH": "<ENGRAM_DB_PATH>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_PORT": "<ENGRAM_MCP_PORT>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN": "<ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN>",
        "ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE": "<ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
ENGRAM_DB_PATH
Optional
SQLite database path (default: <data dir>/engram.db, i.e. ~/.local/share/engram/engram.db)
ENGRAM_MCP_PORT
Optional
Port of the optional engram HTTP daemon to bridge to (default 9907)
ENGRAM_MCP_TOKEN
Optional, secret
Bearer token forwarded to the HTTP daemon when it requires one
ENGRAM_MCP_STANDALONE
Optional
Set to 1 to never bridge: always run the full server in-process

Details

Package@devinmlowe/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published21 Sep 2026
Last updated21 Sep 2026
Registry nameio.github.devinmlowe/engram

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