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GetABrain MCP Server

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GetABrain runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 253 installs a week from npm. Last commit 12 Sep 2026.

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Installs per day peak 169 · avg 20 · +279% w/w
a month agotoday
253
Installs / week
npm · @getabrain/mcp-server
0
Stars
1 open issues
12 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

Secret passed into the image build Dockerfile:26
# Placeholder credentials so the server boots for introspection. These are NOT
# secrets and grant no access; real calls fail without genuine keys, which
# users pass at runtime.
ENV GETABRAIN_API_KEY=placeholder-for-introspection \

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 getabrain -- npx -y @getabrain/mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getabrain": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@getabrain/mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.getabrain]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@getabrain/mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getabrain": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@getabrain/mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "getabrain": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@getabrain/mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GETABRAIN_API_KEY (API key (gab_k_...) from POST /api/v1/requestor/auth/signup), GETABRAIN_API_SECRET (API secret (gab_s_...) shown once at signup). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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GetABrain — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for GetABrain?
GetABrain 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 npm package @getabrain/mcp-server was installed 253 times last week.
How do I connect GetABrain?
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 @getabrain/mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use GetABrain?
The npm package @getabrain/mcp-server was installed 253 times in the last week. Week over week that is +279%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is GetABrain open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.