Tribal is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server by tribal-memory in the Knowledge & Memory category. Self-hosted semantic memory over MCP for an engineering team's tacit knowledge. Needs Postgres.

How do I connect Tribal to Claude, Cursor, or another MCP client?

Install Tribal from its oci package (ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1) and register it under "mcpServers" in your client's MCP configuration — for example claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor's mcp.json — then restart the client.

Is Tribal open source?

Yes — the source code is public at github.com/tribal-memory/tribal, with 4 GitHub stars.

Can AI agents pay to use Tribal?

Not yet through Loomal — Tribal is listed as a free directory entry. If its maintainer verifies ownership, they can set per-call USDC pricing that agents pay over x402, with settlement on Base.

Tribal

MCP server by github.com/tribal-memory/tribal

Self-hosted semantic memory over MCP for an engineering team's tacit knowledge. Needs Postgres.

4 starsoci: ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1

About Tribal

Tribal is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server published by tribal-memory in the official MCP registry, listed under Knowledge & Memory on Loomal. Self-hosted semantic memory over MCP for an engineering team's tacit knowledge. Needs Postgres.

It ships as a Docker image (ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1), so any MCP client that can launch a local process can run it.

Development happens in the open at github.com/tribal-memory/tribal, where the project has earned 4 GitHub stars.

Use Tribal with your agent

Claude Code · one command

claude mcp add tribal -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other MCP clients · config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tribal": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

ocighcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1

Frequently asked questions

What is Tribal?: Tribal is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server by tribal-memory in the Knowledge & Memory category. Self-hosted semantic memory over MCP for an engineering team's tacit knowledge. Needs Postgres.
How do I connect Tribal to Claude, Cursor, or another MCP client?: Install Tribal from its oci package (ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.3.1) and register it under "mcpServers" in your client's MCP configuration — for example claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor's mcp.json — then restart the client.
Is Tribal open source?: Yes — the source code is public at github.com/tribal-memory/tribal, with 4 GitHub stars.
Can AI agents pay to use Tribal?: Not yet through Loomal — Tribal is listed as a free directory entry. If its maintainer verifies ownership, they can set per-call USDC pricing that agents pay over x402, with settlement on Base.

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