Pituitary MCP Server
Consistency governance for AI-native development. Catch drifts before they catch you.
People who need documentation tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Go.
VERIFIED ACTIVE
LAST COMMIT 2026-05-20 · ★ 23 · #169 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
MIT · Go servers · how we verify → /methodology
01 · Install Pituitary
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/dusk-network/pituitary/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.12/pituitary-darwin-arm64.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 MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.dusk-network is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What Pituitary can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
Latest releases
v1.0.0-beta.12 · 2026-05-08
lexical (FTS-only) fallback retrieval via stroma SearchLexical (#397) · matryoshka prefilter via SearchParams.SearchDimension (#341) · stream rebuild and incremental update via stroma RecordSource (#396)
v1.0.0-beta.11 · 2026-05-08
Add outline-guided review context · Expose intent context MCP primitives · Define governance summary evaluation contract · Add retrieval Arm B parent-context benchmark · add harness-agnostic git hooks via lefthook…
v1.0.0-beta.8 · 2026-04-10
infer applies_to edges via tree-sitter (#261) · move marketing content to private repo · temporal validity windows on governance edges · governance protocol and layered context loading · confidence tiers on governance…
04 · Who maintains Pituitary
pituitary is maintained by dusk-network. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/dusk-network/pituitary
- category
- documentation - ranked #169 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
- registry
- io.github.dusk-network/pituitary (active, first published 2026-03-26 · 11 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/dusk-network/pituitary/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.12/pituitary-darwin-arm64.mcpb · mcpb:https://github.com/dusk-network/pituitary/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta.12/pituitary-linux-amd64.mcpb
06 · Pituitary FAQ
What is Pituitary?
Consistency governance for AI-native development. Catch drifts before they catch you.
Is Pituitary still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-05-20. We re-verify nightly.
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