Tribal MCP Server

Semantic compression for project knowledge. Tribal captures the engineering knowledge that does not get written down in code or tickets. The reasoning behind a load-bearing decision, the heuristic someone keeps reaching for, the breakthrough that closed a gnarly bug. It runs as a Model Context Protocol server, ingests text on demand, and exposes a graph of items connected by what they support, contradict, or refine.…

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

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-06 · ★ 9 · #226 OF 259 MAINTAINED MEMORY · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

NOASSERTION · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Tribal

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/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tribal-memory-tribal": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

license no standard license detected - usage rights unclear; check the repo before commercial use

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

03 · What Tribal can do

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

Latest releases

v0.4.1 · 2026-06-28

Release Notes · Changed · Release tooling and CI hardening; no functional changes to the binary. · Install tribal 0.4.1 · Install prebuilt binaries via shell script · sh · curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf | sh…

v0.4.0 · 2026-06-20

Release Notes · Changed · Forward-only schema addition (agentic triage): prompt versions gain an executor-class axis (the launched one-shot pair, the agentic loop's pair, and the verifier child's pair are the same two…

v0.3.1 · 2026-06-07

Release Notes · Fixed · Ollama structured-output ingestion. The Ollama JSON Schema dialect now shares the grammar subset with Anthropic, rewriting the single-element allOf-with-$ref and oneOf enum forms schemars emits…

04 · Who maintains Tribal

Tribal is maintained by tribal-memory. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Feb 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/tribal-memory/tribal
website: https://tribal.build/
category: memory - ranked #226 of 259 actively-maintained memory servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 7 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-06-28)
registry: io.github.tribal-memory/tribal (active, first published 2026-06-07 · 3 versions)
packages: oci:ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1

06 · Tribal FAQ

What is Tribal?

Is Tribal still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-06 and it shipped 7 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Tribal?

Run `docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1`. 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 Tribal

Alternatives to Tribal

Maintained memory servers if Tribal isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

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

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