Skip to content
appsgit

Piia Engram

Piia Engram is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local-first AI identity for MCP coding tools. It has 162 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with uvx piia-engram.

github.com/Patdolitse/piia-engram (opens in a new tab)

View on GitHub (opens in a new tab)Website (opens in a new tab)

Install Piia Engram

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "piia-engram": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "piia-engram"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_MCP_STARTUP_SYNC": "your-value",
        "ENGRAM_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "PYTHONIOENCODING": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env ENGRAM_MCP_STARTUP_SYNC=your-value --env ENGRAM_TOOLS=your-value --env PYTHONIOENCODING=your-value --transport stdio piia-engram -- uvx piia-engram

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "piia-engram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "piia-engram"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_MCP_STARTUP_SYNC": "your-value",
        "ENGRAM_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "PYTHONIOENCODING": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "piia-engram": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "piia-engram"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ENGRAM_MCP_STARTUP_SYNC": "your-value",
        "ENGRAM_TOOLS": "your-value",
        "PYTHONIOENCODING": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
ENGRAM_MCP_STARTUP_SYNCNoSkip optional local startup reconciliation during marketplace/client validation; set to background for local cross-tool sync.
ENGRAM_TOOLSNoExpose the context-budget friendly default surface; set to all for the full advanced surface.
PYTHONIOENCODINGNoForce UTF-8 stdio frames on Windows-style consoles.

About Piia Engram

Tell AI once who you are, how you work, and what "good" means. Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, and other MCP-compatible tools can start from the same AI work identity layer — local files you own, no cloud account, no hidden memory you cannot inspect.

  • ai-agent
  • claude-code
  • codex
  • context-management
  • cursor
  • local-first
  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • ai-identity
  • anthropic

Similar MCP servers

More developer tools MCP servers

All Developer tools

FAQ

Piia Engram FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

What is Piia Engram?

Piia Engram is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local-first AI identity for MCP coding tools. It has 162 GitHub stars, is released under the AGPL-3.0 license and runs locally with uvx piia-engram. The source code is at github.com/Patdolitse/piia-engram.

How do I install the Piia Engram MCP server?

Add the command uvx piia-engram 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 Piia Engram free?

The server is open source under the AGPL-3.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Piia Engram actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 26, 2026. The latest release is v4.21.2, published Sep 26, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.