Pensieve MCP Server

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Pensieve runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 48 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 30 Aug 2026.

Manually-triggered, self-organising personal memory for AI agents; SQLite, no vector DB.

Installs per day peak 18 · avg 7 · -8% w/w

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Installs / week

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30 Aug 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Pensieve 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 pensieve -- uvx pensieve-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pensieve": {
      "args": [
        "pensieve-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.pensieve]
command = "uvx"
args = ["pensieve-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pensieve": {
      "args": [
        "pensieve-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pensieve": {
      "args": [
        "pensieve-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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Pensieve — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Pensieve?

Pensieve 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 pensieve-mcp was installed 48 times last week.

How do I connect Pensieve?

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 pensieve-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Pensieve?

The pypi package pensieve-mcp was installed 48 times in the last week. Week over week that is -8%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Pensieve open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 0 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.