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Pursers MCP Server

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Pursers runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 22 Sep 2026.

Coordinate AI-agent work on a local-first, owner-controlled MCP board

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pypi · pursers-central
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22 Sep 2026
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Apache-2.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 7 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call a2a_wait.project → tools/acp-agent/src/pursers_acp/agent.py:1250, a2a_wait.project → tools/acp-agent/src/pursers_acp/agent.py:2301
    completed = subprocess.run(
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.

Installs itself into autostart tools/central_scaffold.py:209
        f"{plist} ~/Library/LaunchAgents/{label}.plist && launchctl bootstrap "
Dumps the whole environment tools/generate_reference_docs.py:353
        with patch.dict(os.environ, environment, clear=False):

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ONBOARD_CENTRAL_HOST (Loopback bind host used by the packaged runtime), ONBOARD_CENTRAL_PORT (Loopback bind port used by the packaged runtime), ONBOARD_CENTRAL_DATA_DIR (Private Central data directory; --data-dir/--data-root is the equivalent CLI input), ONBOARD_CENTRAL_LOG_LEVEL (Packaged runtime log level), ONBOARD_CENTRAL_ALLOWED_HOSTS (Optional comma-separated bare Host names accepted in addition to the bind host), ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE (Optional TLS certificate path; requires ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE), ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_KEYFILE (Optional TLS private-key path; requires ONBOARD_CENTRAL_TLS_CERTFILE), CENTRAL_ADMISSION (Central admission policy; Pursers supports invite-only admission), CENTRAL_AUTH_MODE (Central authentication mode; Pursers supports JWT authentication), CENTRAL_JWKS_PATH (Path to the issuer public JWKS used to verify seat credentials), CENTRAL_JWT_AUDIENCE (MCP resource URL in audience and resource claims; defaults to the loopback bind URL), CENTRAL_JWT_CLOCK_SKEW (Allowed JWT clock skew in seconds), CENTRAL_JWT_ISSUER (Exact issuer URL in every accepted seat credential), CENTRAL_PRINCIPAL_STREAM_CAP (Maximum concurrent event streams accepted per principal), CENTRAL_REAPER_INTERVAL_S (Interval in seconds between expired-lease reaper sweeps), CENTRAL_REQUEST_STATE_KEY_FILE (Optional restart-safe request-state keyring path), PURSERS_LEGACY_TOOLS (String flag: use 1 to expose deprecated coordination tools; use 0 to keep them hidden), STORE_BACKEND (Central storage backend; Pursers supports SQLite). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Pursers — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Pursers?
Pursers 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 pursers-central.
How do I connect Pursers?
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 pursers-central straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
Is Pursers open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in Python and 1 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.