# Guaardvark (MCP server)

> Guaardvark is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local AI studio on your GPU: images, video, music, voice, RAG. It has 286 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx guaardvark.

The self-hosted AI studio. Chat with your own files, hand tasks to agents that use a real desktop and browser, run parallel coding agents, and generate video, images, music and voice. Everything runs locally, on your own GPU.

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Repository | https://github.com/guaardvark/guaardvark |
| GitHub stars | 286 |
| License | MIT |
| Language | Python |
| Transport | stdio |
| Packages | pypi: guaardvark |
| Remote URL | none |
| Needs API key | no |
| Official | no |
| Works with | Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code |
| Category | AI & search |
| Latest release | v3.3.0 (Oct 20, 2026) |
| Last commit | Oct 24, 2026 |
| MCP registry name | io.github.guaardvark/guaardvark |

## Install

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guaardvark": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "guaardvark"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport stdio guaardvark -- uvx guaardvark
```

### Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "guaardvark": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "guaardvark"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "guaardvark": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "guaardvark"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Config formats checked against the official docs on 2026-10-07.

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