Pursers

io.github.swisspra/pursers · v5.2.1

Coordinate AI-agent work on a local-first, owner-controlled MCP board

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claude mcp add pursers -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST> -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT> -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR> -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL> -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS> -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE> -e ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE=<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE> -e CENTRAL_ADMISSION=<CENTRAL_ADMISSION> -e CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE=<CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE> -e CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH=<CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH> -e CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE=<CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE> -e CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW=<CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW> -e CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER=<CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER> -e CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP=<CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP> -e CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S=<CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S> -e CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE=<CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE> -e PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS=<PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS> -e STORE_BACKEND=<STORE_BACKEND> -- uvx pursers-central==0.1.8

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pursers": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pursers-central==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE>",
        "CENTRAL_ADMISSION": "<CENTRAL_ADMISSION>",
        "CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE": "<CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE>",
        "CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH": "<CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE": "<CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW": "<CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER": "<CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER>",
        "CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP": "<CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP>",
        "CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S": "<CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S>",
        "CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE": "<CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE>",
        "PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS": "<PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS>",
        "STORE_BACKEND": "<STORE_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pursers": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pursers-central==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE>",
        "CENTRAL_ADMISSION": "<CENTRAL_ADMISSION>",
        "CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE": "<CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE>",
        "CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH": "<CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE": "<CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW": "<CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER": "<CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER>",
        "CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP": "<CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP>",
        "CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S": "<CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S>",
        "CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE": "<CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE>",
        "PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS": "<PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS>",
        "STORE_BACKEND": "<STORE_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "pursers": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pursers-central==0.1.8"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE>",
        "ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE": "<ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE>",
        "CENTRAL_ADMISSION": "<CENTRAL_ADMISSION>",
        "CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE": "<CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE>",
        "CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH": "<CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE": "<CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW": "<CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW>",
        "CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER": "<CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER>",
        "CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP": "<CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP>",
        "CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S": "<CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S>",
        "CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE": "<CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE>",
        "PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS": "<PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS>",
        "STORE_BACKEND": "<STORE_BACKEND>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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

Environment variables

Name	Description
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST` Optional	Loopback bind host used by the packaged runtime
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT` Optional	Loopback bind port used by the packaged runtime
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR` Optional	Private Central data directory; --data-dir/--data-root is the equivalent CLI input
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL` Optional	Packaged runtime log level
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS` Optional	Optional comma-separated bare Host names accepted in addition to the bind host
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE` Optional	Optional TLS certificate path; requires ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE
`ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE` Optional, secret	Optional TLS private-key path; requires ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE
`CENTRAL_ADMISSION` Optional	Central admission policy; Pursers supports invite-only admission
`CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE` Optional	Central authentication mode; Pursers supports JWT authentication
`CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH` Required	Path to the issuer public JWKS used to verify seat credentials
`CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE` Optional	MCP resource URL in audience and resource claims; defaults to the loopback bind URL
`CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW` Optional	Allowed JWT clock skew in seconds
`CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER` Required	Exact issuer URL in every accepted seat credential
`CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP` Optional	Maximum concurrent event streams accepted per principal
`CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S` Optional	Interval in seconds between expired-lease reaper sweeps
`CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE` Optional, secret	Optional restart-safe request-state keyring path
`PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS` Optional	String flag: use 1 to expose deprecated coordination tools; use 0 to keep them hidden
`STORE_BACKEND` Optional	Central storage backend; Pursers supports SQLite

Details

Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, streamable-http)
Package	`[email protected]` (PYPI, stdio)
First published	5 Oct 2026
Last updated	5 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.swisspra/pursers`

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