Local-first agent memory over SQLite: remember, recall, link, forget. Degrades, never fails.
Connect Runs on your machine
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
{
"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>"
}
}
}
}
{
"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>"
}
}
}
}
{
"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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
TETHER_DBOptional | Path to the SQLite memory file. Defaults to the platform data dir (e.g. ~/.local/share/tether/memory.db). |
TETHER_SEMANTICOptional | Set to 0 to force keyword-only recall. Semantic recall needs the [semantic] extra and is on by default when available. |
TETHER_SYNC_URLOptional | Optional libSQL/Turso primary URL to sync memory across devices. Leave unset for local-only. |
TETHER_SYNC_TOKENOptional, secret | Auth token for TETHER_SYNC_URL. |
Details
| Package | [email protected] (PYPI, stdio) |
| First published | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Last updated | 7 Sep 2026 |
| Registry name | io.github.sidyellur/tether |
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