Artel MCP Server

Your fleet's smart notepad - one that learns. One pad that you and every agent you run write into. Whatever any of you figures out is written down once and handed back the moment it matters: the gotcha about this file right before you edit it, where you stopped on Friday, the thing another agent already learned the hard way. Nothing to file, nothing to tag, nothing to look up - a normal notepad waits to be opened…. It is available as a remote MCP endpoint.

Teams that want a hosted documentation endpoint instead of running a local process. The project is written in Python.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-20 · ★ 8 · #142 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Artel

Claude Code

claude mcp add nicolasprimeau-artel --transport http https://{artel_host}/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nicolasprimeau-artel": {
      "url": "https://{artel_host}/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

https://{artel_host}/mcp

transport: streamable-http

endpoint NOT responding · probed 2026-08-25

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 remote - your agent's requests go to {artel_host}

license MIT - declared in the repository

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

03 · What Artel can do

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

Latest releases

v0.40.1 · 2026-07-23

Fixed · Recall reward-resolution no longer deadlocks the database. resolve_rewards issued its UPDATEs and bandit-weight save without committing (missing with db:), unlike every other archivist write path. In WAL mode…

v0.40.0 · 2026-07-23

Fixed · Capture refinement no longer 422s on project-less entries. The major-pass refinement re-asserted scope="project" when patching provisional (capture-extracted) entries, which are scope=project with a null…

v0.39.0 · 2026-07-23

Policy layer - the first two algorithms on top of the adaptive-control foundation (see docs/adaptive-control.md). · Added · Diverse recall via MMR (C1). store/mmr.py selects results that are relevant and mutually…

04 · Who maintains Artel

Artel is maintained by nicolasprimeau. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to May 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/nicolasprimeau/artel
category: documentation - ranked #142 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-23)
registry: io.github.NicolasPrimeau/artel (active, first published 2026-05-18 · 2 versions)

06 · Artel FAQ

What is Artel?

Is Artel still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-20 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Artel?

Run `claude mcp add nicolasprimeau-artel --transport http https://{artel_host}/mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Artel

Alternatives to Artel

Maintained documentation servers if Artel isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

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

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