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Piia Engram MCP Server

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Piia Engram runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 618 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.

Local-first AI identity for MCP coding tools. Lessons, decisions, and context you control.

Installs per day peak 825 · avg 257 · -31% w/w
a month agotoday
1 618
Installs / week
pypi · piia-engram
165
Stars
1 open issue
1 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
AGPL-3.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 23 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

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.

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 piia-engram -- uvx piia-engram
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "piia-engram": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "piia-engram"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.piia-engram]
command = "uvx"
args = ["piia-engram"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "piia-engram": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "piia-engram"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "piia-engram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "piia-engram"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: ENGRAM_MCP_STARTUP_SYNC (Kept for compatibility; has no effect. The server never imports other AI tools' memories at start (the user runs engram import-memories for that)), ENGRAM_TOOLS (Expose the context-budget friendly default surface; set to all for the full advanced surface), PYTHONIOENCODING (Force UTF-8 stdio frames on Windows-style consoles).

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Piia Engram — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Piia Engram?
Piia Engram 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 piia-engram was installed 1 618 times last week.
How do I connect Piia Engram?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls piia-engram straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Piia Engram?
The pypi package piia-engram was installed 1 618 times in the last week. Week over week that is -31%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Piia Engram open source?
Yes — it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence, written in Python, 165 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.