Kybase MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 1 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

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.

         select word, (${tsqExpr}) as tsq

  if (!fs.existsSync(path.join(here, required))) {

# Build-time placeholder — real secrets injected at runtime via env
ENV KYBASE_SECRET=placeholder

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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.

claude mcp add kybase -- npx -y kybase-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kybase": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kybase-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.kybase]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "kybase-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kybase": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kybase-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kybase": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kybase-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: KYBASE_DATA_DIR (Where the embedded database and instance secret live. Defaults to ~/.kybase), EMBEDDING_PROVIDER (Embedding provider for semantic search), OLLAMA_URL (Ollama endpoint for local embeddings. Without any provider, full-text search still works), OLLAMA_MODEL (Ollama embedding model), GOOGLE_API_KEY (Google API key, when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=google. Sends note text to Google), OPENAI_API_KEY (OpenAI API key, when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai. Sends note text to OpenAI), DATABASE_URL (Use an existing Kybase Postgres instead of the embedded one (migrations are left to the app)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.