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Metis MCP Server

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Metis runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 253 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 5 Oct 2026.

Governed tacit memory for AI agents: reviewed expert know-how, given only where conditions match

Installs per day peak 755 · avg 70 · -85% w/w
a month agotoday
253
Installs / week
pypi · metis-memory
2
Stars
0 open issues
5 Oct 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 18 min ago · rules ccca72095570

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

            subprocess.run(["ollama", "pull", name], check=True)

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add metis -- uvx metis-memory
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metis": {
      "args": [
        "metis-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.metis]
command = "uvx"
args = ["metis-memory"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metis": {
      "args": [
        "metis-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "metis": {
      "args": [
        "metis-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: METIS_HOME (The Metis project directory to serve. A directory with no workspace yet gets the pump demo, so there is governed memory to try at once.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Metis — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Metis?
Metis runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package metis-memory was installed 253 times last week.
How do I connect Metis?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls metis-memory straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Metis?
The pypi package metis-memory was installed 253 times in the last week. Week over week that is -85%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Metis open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 2 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.