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Engrim

Engrim is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. The Universal Cross-Model Episodic Memory Standard. It has 300 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx engrim.

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Install Engrim

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engrim": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "engrim"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio engrim -- uvx engrim

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "engrim": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "engrim"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "engrim": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "engrim"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Engrim

The Universal Cross-Model & Cross-Agent Episodic Memory Standard. A local-first, project-scoped SQLite memory engine that allows developers to freely switch between models and environments (Google Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, GitHub Copilot CLI, OpenCode, and Windsurf) on the same codebase without losing architectural decisions, user constraints, or project state.

  • ai-agents
  • claude-code
  • context-management
  • developer-tools
  • llm
  • memory
  • rag
  • sqlite
  • local-first
  • antigravity

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FAQ

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How do I install the Engrim MCP server?

Add the command uvx engrim to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Engrim free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Engrim actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 26, 2026. The latest release is v1.4.11, published Sep 22, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.