Octopus Blackboard MCP Server

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Octopus Blackboard runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 55 installs a week from npm. Last commit 15 Jul 2026.

Shared memory & coordination for AI coding agents — a blackboard, not an orchestrator.

Installs per day peak 20 · avg 7 · -57% w/w

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15 Jul 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

Apache-2.0

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Octopus Blackboard every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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 Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add octopus-blackboard -- npx -y octopus-blackboard

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octopus-blackboard": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "octopus-blackboard"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.octopus-blackboard]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "octopus-blackboard"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octopus-blackboard": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "octopus-blackboard"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octopus-blackboard": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "octopus-blackboard"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: OCTOBOARD_AGENT (Identity the server writes under, e.g. "cursor" or "claude-code". Defaults to "anon".), OCTOBOARD_DIR (Explicit board directory. Omitted → the server discovers the nearest .octoboard/ by walking up from the working directory.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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answering

Octopus Blackboard — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Octopus Blackboard?

Octopus Blackboard 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 octopus-blackboard was installed 55 times last week.

How do I connect Octopus Blackboard?

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 octopus-blackboard straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Octopus Blackboard?

The npm package octopus-blackboard was installed 55 times in the last week. Week over week that is -57%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Octopus Blackboard open source?

Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript and 7 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.