Inkwell MCP Server

Inkwell is a self-hosted Model Context Protocol server that gives AI agents persistent memory across sessions and projects. Three things set it apart from the other memory servers: plain Markdown files are the source of truth (the index is a throwaway cache you can delete and rebuild), entries are connected by a typed kb:// graph rather than dumped into a flat pile, and updates are bi-temporal - superseding a fact…

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

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-14 · ★ 2 · #172 OF 183 MAINTAINED DOCUMENTATION · VERIFIED 2026-08-25

MIT · Python servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Inkwell

before you install - you'll need

Set INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD before connecting.

Docker

docker run -i --rm docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0

Claude Desktop - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "veronchenko-inkwell-memory": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 2026-07-25 - young repo, little track record yet

license MIT - declared in the repository

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

03 · What Inkwell can do

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

Latest releases

v0.14.0 · 2026-08-14

the project is renamed from Engram to Inkwell. "Engram" collides with 10+ unrelated memory-MCP servers on GitHub, so search and AI-recommendation traffic for the name scattered across all of them. Nothing about the…

v0.13.0 · 2026-08-05

usage-analytics query_log - every search/recall/remember call is now recorded (session id, tool, query text, returned/top result ids, hit, latency) in a new SQLite table, separate from the existing ENGRAM_QUERY_LOG…

v0.12.1 · 2026-07-31

0.12.1 · search's entry_type filter is validated against the schema enum (was a plain str, so an unknown/misspelled type silently matched nothing instead of being rejected client-side, unlike remember)…

04 · Who maintains Inkwell

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

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/veronchenko/inkwell-memory
website: https://veronchenko.github.io/inkwell-memory/
category: documentation - ranked #172 of 183 actively-maintained documentation servers as of 2026-08-25.
release cadence: 5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-14)
registry: io.github.veronchenko/inkwell-memory (active, first published 2026-08-14)
packages: oci:docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0

06 · Inkwell FAQ

What is Inkwell?

Is Inkwell still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-14 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Inkwell?

Run `docker run -i --rm docker.io/foreigndmitryi/inkwell-memory:0.14.0`. The README documents one environment variable (INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD) to set first. Set INKWELL_ENABLE_DASHBOARD before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

07 · Alternatives to Inkwell

Alternatives to Inkwell

Maintained documentation servers if Inkwell isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

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

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