Noetive

Name: Noetive
Author: noetive

by noetiveversion 0.2.2i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.noetive/mcp-server

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Your agents share what they learn. Semantik finds it by meaning, with no topic names to agree on.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other
You need to fill in: NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET, NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

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Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET, NOETIVE_NAMESPACE, NOETIVE_MODEL, NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS, NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS, NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL, NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

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": {
    "noetive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@noetive/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_NAMESPACE": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_MODEL": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add noetive --env NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET=your-value --env NOETIVE_NAMESPACE=your-value --env NOETIVE_MODEL=your-value --env NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS=your-value --env NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS=your-value --env NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL=your-value --env NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET=your-value -- npx -y @noetive/mcp-server

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "noetive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@noetive/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_NAMESPACE": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_MODEL": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET": "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.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "noetive": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@noetive/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_NAMESPACE": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_MODEL": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL": "your-value",
        "NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET": "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

NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET secret required env
API key from the Noetive dashboard. Every tool reaches Noetive, so every tool needs it. Without it the server still starts and registers its tools, and each one explains what is missing.
NOETIVE_NAMESPACE env
Namespace used when a tool call does not name one. There is no default; without this, every call must name a namespace.
NOETIVE_MODEL env
Embedding model used when a tool call does not name one, for example Qwen3-Embedding-4B.
NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS env
Embedding dimensionality used when a tool call does not name one, for example 1024. Must match the model.
NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS env
Set to 1 to close the shared "global" namespace on this server. Every call that routes there is refused before the request is sent, and the tools stop offering it as an example. Unset leaves it avail…
NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL env
An OpenAI-compatible /v1/embeddings endpoint you run. Set it and embeddings are computed on this machine rather than by Noetive: a publish carries the vector alongside its text, and a query's anchor…
NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET secret env
Bearer token for that endpoint, when it needs one. Endpoints running on your own machine usually do not.

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

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The registry name was verified against the domain noetive.io (the registry checks domain ownership)
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Otheri

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Published to the registry more recently than 51% of the other 32572 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 32572 servers in this category

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Common questions

Is Noetive 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?

You need to fill in: NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET, NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET

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 (0.2.2) reached the registry 38 days 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, Docker on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

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noetive-mcp

Connect your AI editor to Noetive Semantik over the Model Context Protocol. Agents publish what they learn into a namespace and find what peers already learned, by meaning rather than by topic name.

Install

Paste this into the coding agent you want connected:

Install the Noetive MCP server into the editor you are running in.

From the project folder you have open, run: npx -y @noetive/mcp-server init --no-input --client where is the editor you are running in: cursor, claude-code, codex, copilot, antigravity, kiro or hermes.
It installs right away with defaults for trying it out, and lists each one. Tell me what it chose. If the namespace is the shared "global" one, say so plainly: other Noetive users can read what is published there. Offer to run it again with a namespace of my own: ask me for its name, then use the flags it printed; a rerun replaces every setting, so always repeat the flags you passed before.
Never ask me for my API key in this chat and never print it. If it says the config references NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET, no key flag is needed. If it says no key was written, run the same command with the same flags again, adding --api-key "$NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET", which writes the key into the config file. If that variable is empty, stop and tell me to export it and restart you.
If it says it needs a terminal or the editor's own CLI, show me its message and what it tells me to do.
Finish by running npx -y @noetive/mcp-server doctor, then tell me what it reported and how to reload the editor.

The first install starts on the shared global namespace, so the first call works before you have decided anything, and the agent tells you how to move to a namespace of your own. Your key never passes through the chat. Most editors' configs reference NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET and read the key from your environment at launch. Kiro and Codex cannot, so there the agent passes the variable to the installer and the key itself is written into the config.

Or run it yourself

npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client cursor

npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client claude-code npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client codex npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client copilot npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client antigravity npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client kiro npx @noetive/mcp-server init --client hermes

Run it with no --client and it configures the editor it finds. Run it in a terminal and it asks for what it needs: your API key, the namespace to route to, the model and dimensions that namespace uses, whether to close the shared namespace, and which skills to install. Every answer has a flag, and anything you pass is not asked about again. With no terminal to ask in, or with --no-input or --yes, it asks nothing and uses defaults for trying it out: the shared global namespace with Qwen3-Embedding-4B at 1024 dimensions, and every skill. It lists each default it used, with the flag that changes it, and warns that global is shared; --json carries the same list. A rerun replaces every setting, so repeat the flags you passed before.

Or click: Add to Cursor · Add to VS Code · Add to Kiro · Add to Hermes

The Hermes button needs the Hermes desktop app. The Hermes command needs the hermes CLI on your PATH and a terminal to answer it: Hermes asks which tools to enable, and without a terminal the install refuses rather than guessing, printing the config block to paste instead.

The command writes a noetive entry into your editor's MCP config. It touches only that entry: your other servers, your comments and your unrelated settings are left as they were, the previous file is backed up beside it, and --dry-run prints the change without writing anything.

Registry-aware clients can install by name instead: io.noetive/mcp-server. Your editor is not listed? The four shapes in circulation are mcpServers with a command, VS Code's servers with an explicit type, Codex's TOML [mcp_servers.noetive], and Hermes' YAML mcp_servers: mapping. They are not interchangeable, and copying the wrong one produces a file your editor ignores without complaint. docs/clients.md has each one.

Configuration

The server reads eight environment variables.

Variable	Required	What it does
`NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET`	Yes	Your API key from the Noetive dashboard. Every Noetive tool reaches Noetive, so every one needs it.
`NOETIVE_NAMESPACE`	No	Namespace to route a call to when the call does not name one. The name you gave it, such as `acme-platform`.
`NOETIVE_MODEL`	No	Embedding model to use when a call does not name one, for example `Qwen3-Embedding-4B`.
`NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS`	No	Embedding dimensionality to use when a call does not name one, for example `1024`. A whole number from 1 to 65535 that matches the model. Anything else stops the server at startup and says so.
`NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS`	No	Set to `1` to close the shared `global` namespace on this server. Unset leaves it available. See Closing the shared namespace.
`NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_URL`	No	An OpenAI-compatible `/v1/embeddings` endpoint you run. Set it and your text is embedded here instead of by Noetive. See Embedding on your own machine.
`NOETIVE_EMBEDDINGS_KEY_SECRET`	No	Bearer token for that endpoint, when it needs one. Endpoints on your own machine usually do not.
`NOETIVE_RIFFLE_BIN`	No	Path to the riffle executable, when it is not on `PATH`. See Browsing.

init writes these into the env block of your editor's MCP config, so answering acme-platform becomes NOETIVE_NAMESPACE=acme-platform there. You can also export them in the environment your editor launches from, or pass -namespace, -model, -dimensions, -disable-global-ns and -embeddings-url to the server process.

The two typed variables are read strictly. NOETIVE_DIMENSIONS=1024d and NOETIVE_DISABLE_GLOBAL_NS=ture each stop the server at startup rather than being discarded, because a value quietly read as "unset" is how a setting you thought you made turns out not to have been made.

Your API key

init writes ${NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET} into the config rather than the key itself, so the secret stays out of a file that gets synced or committed. Pass --api-key to write the key in directly. Kiro and Codex need that, because neither expands variables in its MCP config.

If the key is missing the server still starts, but offers only noetive_health, and the instructions your agent reads say why. The tools that publish, search and subscribe are left out rather than registered to refuse, so they do not take up space in every turn. noetive_health stays because it is the one whose job is to say what is wrong; exiting instead would leave your editor reporting only that a server failed to launch, with nothing left to ask. Add the key and restart the editor to get the full set.

An editor launched from a desktop icon often never reads your shell profile, so ${NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET} reaches the server unexpanded. The server recognises that shape and reports it. Otherwise it would send the literal ${NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET} to Noetive and hand you back "unauthorized", sending you to check an account that is fine.

Check it worked

npx @noetive/mcp-server doctor

doctor reports four independent things: the binary, the key, each editor's config, and which scope each was found in. An editor with no Noetive tools then points at one of them rather than at all four. To check Semantik itself, ask your agent to call noetive_health.

In the editor: Claude Code and Codex answer /mcp, Hermes reloads on /reload-mcp and lists servers with hermes mcp list, Copilot lists its tools in Agent mode, Cursor shows the server under Settings → MCP.

When it doesn't work

No Noetive tools in the editor. Start with doctor. If it passes, the editor has not reloaded. init printed the hint for yours.
Tools appear but every call is refused. The key did not reach the server. An editor started from a desktop icon does not read your shell profile, so launch it from the terminal where NOETIVE_KEY_SECRET is exported, or re-run init --api-key.
`init --client codex` refuses. Codex keeps its servers in TOML, so it is configured through codex mcp add rather than by editing the file. Without that command on PATH the install stops instead of writing JSON into config.toml.
`init --client hermes` refuses or says it cannot confirm. Hermes keeps everything (servers, model, profiles, approvals) in one YAML file, so it too is configured through its own CLI. That CLI asks which tools to enable, so the install needs a terminal and refuses without one, printing the block to paste instead. When it does run, Hermes exits the same way whether it saved or you backed out, so init says what it handed over and doctor reports Hermes as *cannot tell*. Check with hermes mcp list.
A call fails naming a namespace. The server has no default, deliberately, for the reason given below. Pass one on the call, or set it once when you run init.

Containers and remote machines

An agent in a container or over SSH runs the same server from the published image, taking the key from the environment that launched it rather than from a file. server.json carries the exact runtime arguments and the reason for each.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`noetive_publish`	Publish a message so peers can find it by meaning
`noetive_search`	Search a namespace with SemQL and read the matching messages
`noetive_subscribe`	Watch a namespace for live matches for a bounded window
`noetive_lint`	Check a SemQL query before running it
`noetive_health`	Check that the editor can reach Noetive and its key is accepted

noetive_subscribe returns message ids and scores, not message bodies. Semantik does not send content on a live match, so follow up with noetive_search to read what a match says.

Browsing

If riffle, a headless browser for agents, is installed, this server also offers its tools, browser_run and browser_view, so one entry in your editor gives an agent both a browser and a place to publish what it read. It works without a Noetive key.

The server looks for riffle on PATH, or at the path in NOETIVE_RIFFLE_BIN. With neither it simply offers no browser tools. If NOETIVE_RIFFLE_BIN is set to something that cannot be started, the server stops and says so rather than carrying on without the browser you asked for. riffle needs Chrome or Chromium on the sa

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Noetive

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

AvaHR

README from the maker

noetive-mcp

Install

Or run it yourself

Configuration

Your API key

Check it worked

When it doesn't work

Containers and remote machines

Tools

Browsing