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Pick a client above and copy the generated config. Cursor and VS Code also have a deep link when the server can run locally or remotely.

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Kybase MCP Server

Name: Kybase MCP Server
Author: kyrzin

Self-hosted Markdown memory for AI agents: notes you can read and edit, with hybrid search.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kyrzin-kybase-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kybase-mcp@0.2.2"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KYBASE_DATA_DIR": "",
        "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "ollama",
        "OLLAMA_URL": "",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "embeddinggemma",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "YOUR_GOOGLE_API_KEY",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "DATABASE_URL": "YOUR_DATABASE_URL"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Environment

Name	Required	Notes
KYBASE_DATA_DIR	No	Where the embedded database and instance secret live. Defaults to ~/.kybase
EMBEDDING_PROVIDER	No	Embedding provider for semantic search
OLLAMA_URL	No	Ollama endpoint for local embeddings. Without any provider, full-text search still works
OLLAMA_MODEL	No	Ollama embedding model
GOOGLE_API_KEY	No	Google API key, when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=google. Sends note text to Google Secret.
OPENAI_API_KEY	No	OpenAI API key, when EMBEDDING_PROVIDER=openai. Sends note text to OpenAI Secret.
DATABASE_URL	No	Use an existing Kybase Postgres instead of the embedded one (migrations are left to the app) Secret.

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