Palinode runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 362 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 20 Oct 2026.
Inspectable, correctable project memory in git-versioned Markdown for AI agents.
What the code does
We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f
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.
CRON_D_DIR = Path("/etc/cron.d")
proc = subprocess.run( # nosec B603,B607 - argv form, no shell
raw = glob.glob(os.path.join(memory_dir, include), recursive=True)
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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.
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 palinode -e 'PALINODE_DIR=<PALINODE_DIR>' -- uvx palinode{
"mcpServers": {
"palinode": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"palinode"
],
"env": {
"PALINODE_DIR": "<PALINODE_DIR>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.palinode]
command = "uvx"
args = ["palinode"]
env = { PALINODE_DIR = "<PALINODE_DIR>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"palinode": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"palinode"
],
"env": {
"PALINODE_DIR": "<PALINODE_DIR>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"palinode": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"palinode"
],
"env": {
"PALINODE_DIR": "<PALINODE_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PALINODE_DIR> (Path to the markdown-memory directory).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PALINODE_MCP_HTTP_HOST (Bind host for the MCP HTTP server. Defaults to loopback; set to 0.0.0.0 only with intentional network exposure (paired with PALINODE_API_BIND_INTENT=public on the back-end)), PALINODE_MCP_HTTP_PORT (Port for the MCP HTTP server), PALINODE_API_HOST (Host where the back-end palinode-api is reachable), PALINODE_API_PORT (Port for palinode-api), PALINODE_API_TOKEN (Bearer token enforced by palinode-api. Required when binding non-loopback. Generate with: python -c 'import secrets; print(secrets.token_urlsafe(32))'), PALINODE_API_TOKEN_FILE (Path to a file containing the bearer token (alternative to PALINODE_API_TOKEN)).
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