Perseus — Live Context Engine for AI Agents MCP Server
Perseus — Live Context Engine for AI Agents runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 238 installs a week from pypi.
Live context engine for AI agents. 27+ MCP tools: health, memory, skills, file trees on demand.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Perseus — Live Context Engine for AI Agents 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 mcp add perseus -e 'PERSEUS_WORKSPACE=<PERSEUS_WORKSPACE>' -- uvx perseus-ctx{
"mcpServers": {
"perseus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"perseus-ctx"
],
"env": {
"PERSEUS_WORKSPACE": "<PERSEUS_WORKSPACE>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.perseus]
command = "uvx"
args = ["perseus-ctx"]
env = { PERSEUS_WORKSPACE = "<PERSEUS_WORKSPACE>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"perseus": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"perseus-ctx"
],
"env": {
"PERSEUS_WORKSPACE": "<PERSEUS_WORKSPACE>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"perseus": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"perseus-ctx"
],
"env": {
"PERSEUS_WORKSPACE": "<PERSEUS_WORKSPACE>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<PERSEUS_WORKSPACE> (Path to the workspace directory to serve context for).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Alternatives to Perseus — Live Context Engine for AI Agents
same job, measured the same wayLocal-first persistent context memory MCP server for AI coding agents.
Memory, docs, and repo context layer for engineering agents.
On-demand, local code-context MCP server for AI coding agents with Tree-sitter AST.
Live context MCP server: resolves git, services, and tests into agent context. Local-first, MIT.
Git-backed platform for skills, tools, and context for AI agents
Persistent memory for AI agents — log and recall conversation context over MCP.
Encrypted mail, shared memory, and persistent context for AI agents.
Cuvo Health published site content and live discovery-call booking tools for AI agents.
Perseus — Live Context Engine for AI Agents — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.