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Tribal MCP Server

by tribal-memoryio.github.tribal-memory/tribalv0.4.1

Self-hosted semantic memory for an engineering team's tribal knowledge: the decisions and reasoning behind the code, queryable by the team and its agents.

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Maintained2mo ago

Install Tribal MCP server

No published package or hosted endpoint yet — see the repository README for build-from-source instructions.

Configuration

VariableRequiredSecretDescription
TRIBAL_DATABASE__URLyes—Postgres (pgvector) connection string. Tribal is self-hosted; you provide the database. The supported, complete deployment is docker-compose.yml.
TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTEyes—First-run only: the git remote that identifies the project bootstrapped on first start.
TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAMEyes—First-run only: the name of the project bootstrapped on first start.
TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT——Containerised transport: http or sse. The Docker image does not serve stdio; install the binary for stdio.
TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS——Address the server binds inside the container. Must be 0.0.0.0 (not the loopback default) for the published port to be reachable.
TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL——The URL clients use to reach the server (for example http://127.0.0.1:8725/mcp). Needed for OAuth dynamic client registration once the server binds a routable interface.
OPENAI_API_KEY—yesOptional; only if an ingest or retrieval stage is configured to use OpenAI (defaults target a local Ollama).
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY—yesOptional; only if a stage is configured to use Anthropic.

Freshness

Maintained — last maintenance signal 2mo ago. The newest of the signals below sets the band.

  1. Last commit (default branch)

    2026-08-03 · 2mo ago · GitHub

  2. Latest release

    2026-06-28 · 3mo ago · GitHub · v0.4.1

  3. Package published

    no data · npm/PyPI

  4. Registry entry updated

    2026-06-28 · 3mo ago · official registry · v0.4.1

FAQ

›Does Tribal require an API key?

Yes. It expects TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL, TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE, TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, of which 2 are secrets.

›Can I use Tribal as a remote (hosted) MCP server?

Yes. It is a hosted MCP server; connect to its URL with any client that supports remote MCP.

›Is Tribal in the official MCP registry?

Yes, as io.github.tribal-memory/tribal.

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