Spec Driven Development
by formulahendry
MCP Server that facilitates spec-driven development workflows, not just Vibe Coding.
Runs on your computer★ 440MITUpdated 14 months ago
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Laika Orbit recall
Overview
Description from the maker (original English)
Zero-model recall over your docs: the section that answers a question, in about a millisecond.
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What you can do with it
We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.
- Connection: Runs on your computer
- Transport: stdio
- Category: Other
Install
Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.
Before you install
- Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
- Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
- You fill in yourself:
BRAIN_ROOT
You need
- npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)
Which app do you use?
Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.
Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"laikaorbit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"laikaorbit",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"BRAIN_ROOT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Run this in your terminal
claude mcp add laikaorbit --env BRAIN_ROOT=your-value -- npx -y laikaorbit mcpFill in the empty values before running it.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"laikaorbit": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"laikaorbit",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"BRAIN_ROOT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
Or copy the settings yourself
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project
{
"servers": {
"laikaorbit": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"laikaorbit",
"mcp"
],
"env": {
"BRAIN_ROOT": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.
Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.
Values you fill in
BRAIN_ROOTenvThe folder to recall from (default: the working directory)
These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.
What it can do
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
Basic checksi
We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 8, 2026
- ✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Laika-Dynamics-Ltd, which owns the repo
- … Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
- … Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
- – Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
- … Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
Compared with others in Otheri
- More stars than 0% of the other 18374 servers in this category
- Published to the registry more recently than 48% of the other 18374 servers in this category
- Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 18374 servers in this category
Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.
Common questions
Is Laika Orbit recall safe?
It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.
What keys or codes does it need?
The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.
Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
Is it still maintained?
The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.1.2) reached the registry 2 months ago.
Which apps can use it?
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.
What can I use instead?
In the same category: Spec Driven Development, Remote Desktop Commander, Happo
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README from the maker
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Laika Orbit recall
Zero-model recall over your files. Ask a question, get back the exact section that answers it and the file it came from, in about a millisecond, without calling a model. Built for Claude Code: as an MCP server it replaces grep-and-read-whole-files with one call, using far fewer tokens.
The retrieval engine inside Laika Orbit, published on npm as laikaorbit.
Use it with Claude Code
claude mcp add laikaorbit -- npx -y laikaorbit mcpClaude Code starts the server in your project folder and gets three tools: recall (answer a question with the matching section and its source), get (read a file) and status. To point it at another folder, add --root after mcp.
Use it from the terminal
npx laikaorbit index # build the index for this foldernpx laikaorbit recall "how do we roll back a deploy" npx laikaorbit lint # check router files for dangling pointers npx laikaorbit ask "…" # print the packed prompt for a model
Every command takes --root ; otherwise the corpus is BRAIN_ROOT, then the working directory.
How it finds the answer
Seven steps, none of them a model call: tokenise the question on word boundaries, score it against an inverted index, keep the top five with a confidence margin, open only the winner, slice out the matching ## section, follow at most one pointer, and pack the result.
It works on any folder of Markdown and text. It works best with router files: short typed pointer lists in brain/routers/*.md that say where things are, written the way questions are asked:
## 1 — deploys- Files: notes/deploy.md — how production deploys are rolled back
- Rules: notes/freeze.md — no deploys on Fridays after 2pm
Which folders are indexed, and how, is set in brain/index.config.json (optional). .docx, .rtf and .odt are read with macOS textutil, and PDFs with pdftotext when it's installed.
Requirements
Node 22 or newer. Nothing leaves your machine: it reads local files and makes no network calls.
Licence
MIT © Laika Dynamics Limited