Cartographer MCP Server

LLM agents forget everything between sessions, and stateless RAG only bolts retrieval onto that amnesia. The alternative is a knowledge base the agent itself builds and maintains over time - but letting an agent loose on a folder of files ends in broken links, lost history, and silent corruption.

People who need documentation tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Go.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-22 · ★ 12 · #136 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

Apache-2.0 · Go servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Cartographer

before you install - you'll need

The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install.

Docker

docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/beppetemp/cartographer:v0.6.1

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "beppetemp-cartographer": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/beppetemp/cartographer:v0.6.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

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Full setup guides: every client.

02 · 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 container (OCI image) - can be sandboxed away from your filesystem

repo age created 2026-07-18 - young repo, little track record yet

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

registry namespace io.github.BeppeTemp is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Cartographer can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

Limitations (from the README)

[!WARNING] Beta software. Cartographer is pre-1.0: the MCP tool surface, CLI and configuration may change between minor releases without a deprecation period. Breaking changes bump the minor version (0.x semantics) and are called out in the changelog. Expect rough edges - bug

Latest releases

v0.6.1 · 2026-08-17

0.6.1 (2026-08-17) · select the protocol era by header value, not presence

v0.6.0 · 2026-08-17

0.6.0 (2026-08-17) · kb_status: roll up concepts by status · report protocol era and client identity of connected clients (D129) · serve the 2026-07-28 revision alongside the handshake era (D128) · audit authorization…

v0.5.0 · 2026-08-04

0.5.0 (2026-08-04) · control-plane: curate root and Map indexes safely through MCP · control-plane: expose read-only governance tools to descriptor-bound agents · data-plane: add atomic multi-concept mutation batches…

04 · Who maintains Cartographer

Cartographer is maintained by beppetemp. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jul 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/beppetemp/cartographer
category: documentation - ranked #136 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 7 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-17)
registry: io.github.BeppeTemp/cartographer (active, first published 2026-07-18 · 8 versions)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/beppetemp/cartographer:v0.6.1

06 · Cartographer FAQ

What is Cartographer?

Is Cartographer still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-22 and it shipped 7 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Cartographer?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/beppetemp/cartographer:v0.6.1`. The README does not document required environment variables for a basic install. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Cartographer

Alternatives to Cartographer

Maintained documentation servers if Cartographer isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Cartographer doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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