Manoma

Name: Manoma
Author: paperdavid

by paperdavidversion 0.2.1i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.paperdavid/manoma

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

MCP server for soul.md — your portable AI identity layer across every LLM.

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UsageiNot measured yet★ –

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: Search & AI memory

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: SOUL_MD_PATH

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": {
    "manoma": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "manoma-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SOUL_MD_PATH": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add manoma --env SOUL_MD_PATH=your-value -- npx -y manoma-mcp

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": {
    "manoma": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "manoma-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SOUL_MD_PATH": "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": {
    "manoma": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "manoma-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SOUL_MD_PATH": "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

SOUL_MD_PATH env
Path to your soul.md file. Defaults to ~/soul.md if not set.

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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✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account paperdavid, which owns the repo
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Still maintained
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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 Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 7257 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 9% of the other 7257 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 7257 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 Manoma 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 (0.2.1) reached the registry 7 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: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa

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README from the maker

Open the README

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soul.md

Your identity, not theirs. One plain-text file that tells every AI who you are — and that you own.

soul.md is an open format for your AI identity: values, voice, skills, current focus. It lives on your machine, versions in git, and gets compiled into the tools you use. Manoma is the CLI and MCP server that make it work.

npx manoma init        # create your soul.md

npx manoma interview # let an AI you already use write it with you npx manoma compile # wire it into Claude Code — every session knows you

Two more commands close the loop with your AI's own memory:

npx manoma refresh     # the AI that's been learning about you proposes updates

to your file — your approval required, never silent

npx manoma remember # save your soul.md INTO the AI's memory, so even plain

chats with zero setup know you

Their memory collects; your file is the owned, current copy.

User-owned — a file on your machine. No cloud, no account, no vendor.
Works everywhere — compiled into tool configs, pasted into instruction fields, readable by anything.
Stays alive — add the MCP server and the AI records decisions and lessons into the file as you work, dated and signed; every change is a git diff.

The format

The specification is one page and public domain (CC0): eight plain-markdown sections, a deterministic grammar, and one invariant — a soul.md must stay useful pasted raw into any prompt. Every file written for the older v1.4 format keeps working (migration guide).

The conformance corpus defines correct parsing; a reader that reproduces its expected outputs is conformant. Parallel implementations are welcome — a Python or Rust parser that passes the corpus is a first-class citizen.

The MCP server

"mcpServers": { "manoma": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "manoma-mcp"] } } }

One block in Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP client. Six tools: get_context, get_skill_depth, list_sections, and the write-back trio add_decision / add_lesson / update_now — provenance-stamped, sanitized, disclosed. Details in mcp/README.md.

Repo

manoma/

├── mcp/ — the MCP server + manoma CLI (npm: manoma-mcp, manoma) ├── cli/ — the manoma npm name (forwards to manoma-mcp) ├── conformance/ — the normative parsing corpus ├── docs/ — migration guide, archived v1.4 spec ├── templates/ — v1.4-era example files (valid, being modernized) ├── SPEC.md — the format specification (CC0) └── LICENSE — MIT (code)

Philosophy

Every AI vendor keeps its own memory of you, in its own cloud. soul.md is the opposite bet: your identity as a plain file you control, portable between tools, diff-able in git, built to outlive any individual model.

The schema is the thing. The runtime is just how it's read.

Feedback, forks, and parallel implementations welcome — issues. MIT / CC0.

Manoma

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 Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

soul.md

to your file — your approval required, never silent

chats with zero setup know you

The format

The MCP server

Repo

Philosophy