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q-ring MCP Server

Name: q-ring MCP Server
Author: i4ctime

OS keychain secrets for AI coding agents, over MCP.

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~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "i4ctime-q-ring": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@i4ctime/q-ring@0.18.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "QRING_BACKEND": "keyring",
        "QRING_FILE_PASSPHRASE": "YOUR_QRING_FILE_PASSPHRASE",
        "QRING_FILE_BACKEND_PATH": "",
        "QRING_CONFIG_DIR": ""
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
QRING_BACKEND	No	Secret storage backend. Defaults to the OS keychain; set to "file" for headless hosts with no Secret Service (CI, containers).
QRING_FILE_PASSPHRASE	No	Passphrase for the encrypted file backend (AES-256-GCM). Required only when QRING_BACKEND=file — without it the file backend fails closed. Secret.
QRING_FILE_BACKEND_PATH	No	Custom path for the encrypted file store (default: ~/.config/q-ring/file-backend.enc).
QRING_CONFIG_DIR	No	Directory for q-ring's registries — hooks, entanglement, approvals, canary webhooks, agent memory (default: ~/.config/q-ring).

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