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Tether

io.github.sidyellur/tether ยท v0.6.1

Local-first agent memory over SQLite: remember, recall, link, forget. Degrades, never fails.

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add tether -e TETHER_DB=<TETHER_DB> -e TETHER_SEMANTIC=<TETHER_SEMANTIC> -e TETHER_SYNC_URL=<TETHER_SYNC_URL> -e TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN=<TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN> -- uvx tether-memory==0.6.1
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tether": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tether-memory==0.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TETHER_DB": "<TETHER_DB>",
        "TETHER_SEMANTIC": "<TETHER_SEMANTIC>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_URL": "<TETHER_SYNC_URL>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN": "<TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tether": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tether-memory==0.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TETHER_DB": "<TETHER_DB>",
        "TETHER_SEMANTIC": "<TETHER_SEMANTIC>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_URL": "<TETHER_SYNC_URL>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN": "<TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "tether": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tether-memory==0.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TETHER_DB": "<TETHER_DB>",
        "TETHER_SEMANTIC": "<TETHER_SEMANTIC>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_URL": "<TETHER_SYNC_URL>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN": "<TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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
TETHER_DB
Optional
Path to the SQLite memory file. Defaults to the platform data dir (e.g. ~/.local/share/tether/memory.db).
TETHER_SEMANTIC
Optional
Set to 0 to force keyword-only recall. Semantic recall needs the [semantic] extra and is on by default when available.
TETHER_SYNC_URL
Optional
Optional libSQL/Turso primary URL to sync memory across devices. Leave unset for local-only.
TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN
Optional, secret
Auth token for TETHER_SYNC_URL.

Details

Package[email protected] (PYPI, stdio)
First published7 Sep 2026
Last updated7 Sep 2026
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