Kin MCP Server

The diff is not the change. AI agents can write a change faster than a team can establish what it touches, whether it reverses an earlier fix, and how far its consequences reach. Git records files and line history. Kin records the software itself as a graph of entities, relations, changes, and provenance, then gives humans and agents one semantic authority to query and review. What a change touches shows up before…

People connecting database tools to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-25 · ★ 46 · #11 OF 151 MAINTAINED DATABASE · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

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

01 · Install Kin

Claude Code

claude mcp add firelock-ai-kin -- npx -y @kinlab/kin-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "firelock-ai-kin": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kinlab/kin-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

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 local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license Apache-2.0 - declared in the repository

npm package @kinlab/kin-mcp - the @kinlab scope differs from the repo owner (firelock-ai); confirm it's the project's official package

registry vendor namespace ai.kinlab - domain-verified with the official MCP registry

03 · What Kin can do

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

Latest releases

v0.5.51 · 2026-08-24

[0.5.51] - 2026-08-23 · Changed · Keep a scratch KIN_HOME from reading the operator's repository registry (#1088) · Say what the shim cannot project, now that Node is not it (#1085) · Publish the per-file parse…

v0.5.50 · 2026-08-23

[0.5.50] - 2026-08-22 · Changed · Measure host memory pressure, back off before the machine does, and say so (#1074) · Put kin on PATH for a bash login shell, not just an interactive one (#1073) · Measure host memory…

v0.5.49 · 2026-08-22

What's in 0.5.49 · This release supersedes v0.5.48, which was abandoned before any channel served · that tag's install proof cancelled its Windows leg at a 45-minute cap · frozen into the tag, so it never promoted and…

04 · Who maintains Kin

Kin is maintained by firelock-ai. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Mar 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/firelock-ai/kin
category: database - ranked #11 of 151 actively-maintained database servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 9 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-24)
registry: ai.kinlab/kin (active, first published 2026-08-14 · 20 versions)
packages: npm:@kinlab/kin-mcp

06 · Kin FAQ

What is Kin?

Is Kin still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-25 and it shipped 9 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Kin?

Run `npx -y @kinlab/kin-mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Kin run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Kin

Alternatives to Kin

Maintained database servers if Kin isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

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

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