Ais MCP Server
Save anything under your own keys, recall it by those keys. An index in plain text on your own disk, with apps for the phone, the browser and the terminal over it. You save anything (a link, a file, a note, a password) under one or more keys, and recall it by those keys: ais venice italy gives back what you saved under both, the way your mind does, by association. It stores only a reference, so your documents stay…
People who work with archiving, associative memory and bookmarks and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in C.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-09-30 · ★ 6 · #43 OF 54 MAINTAINED SEARCH · VERIFIED 2026-09-30
GPL-2.0 · C · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Ais
before you install - you'll need
The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/Anode1/ais/releases/download/v0.3.28/ais-v0.3.28.mcpb .mcpb bundle02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
license GPL-2.0 - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.Anode1 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Ais can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v0.3.29 · 2026-09-30
a Help page, from the menu and from "How it works" on the empty start screen: what the app is for, saving, finding, passwords, keeping a copy, other devices, with links to report a problem, the source and the privacy…
v0.3.28 · 2026-09-27
ais --mcp serves the index to a coding agent as MCP tools over stdin and stdout: recall, find, tags and timeline, read-only unless started as ais --mcp rw, which adds save. There is no delete and no edit at any…
v0.3.27 · 2026-09-07
Sync > Set a sync folder works with a folder another app shares (Syncthing, a cloud drive). The app keeps a private mirror of the folder for the engine and writes its own bundle back; a folder it cannot use is never…
04 · Who maintains Ais
ais is maintained by anode1. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/anode1/ais
- category
- search - ranked #43 of 54 actively-maintained search servers as of 2026-09-30.
- release cadence
- 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-30)
- registry
- io.github.Anode1/ais (active, first published 2026-09-27)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/Anode1/ais/releases/download/v0.3.28/ais-v0.3.28.mcpb
06 · Ais FAQ
What is Ais?
Save anything under your own keys, recall it by those keys. An index in plain text on your own disk, with apps for the phone, the browser and the terminal over it. You save anything (a link, a file, a note, a password) under one or more keys, and recall it by those keys: ais venice italy gives back what you saved under both, the way your mind does, by association. It stores only a reference, so your documents stay…
Is Ais still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-30 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
07 · Alternatives to Ais
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