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npx @getmcp/cli add io.github.tribal-memory/tribalRequires Docker Engine. Community-contributed server. Review source before installing.
TRIBAL_DATABASE__URLPostgres (pgvector) connection string. Tribal is self-hosted; you provide the database. The supported, complete deployment is docker-compose.yml.
TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTEFirst-run only: the git remote that identifies the project bootstrapped on first start.
TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAMEFirst-run only: the name of the project bootstrapped on first start.
Config file: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"io.github.tribal-memory/tribal": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"127.0.0.1:8725:8725",
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"-e",
"TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL",
"-e",
"TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE",
"-e",
"TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME",
"-e",
"TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT",
"-e",
"TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS",
"-e",
"TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL",
"-e",
"OPENAI_API_KEY",
"-e",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
"ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1"
],
"env": {
"TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL": "",
"TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE": "",
"TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME": "",
"TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT": "http",
"TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS": "0.0.0.0:8725",
"TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL": "http://127.0.0.1:8725/mcp",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "",
"ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
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