Tribal

What you can do with it

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• Connection: Runs on your computer
• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• Category: Search & AI memory
• You need to fill in: TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL, TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE, TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME, OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY

Install

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

You need

• DockerDocker installed

Which app do you use?

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tribal": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add tribal --env TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL=your-value --env TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE=your-value --env TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME=your-value --env TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT=your-value --env TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS=your-value --env TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL=your-value --env OPENAI_API_KEY=your-value --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL -e TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE -e TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME -e TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT -e TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS -e TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL -e OPENAI_API_KEY -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tribal": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "servers": {
    "tribal": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS",
        "-e",
        "TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL",
        "-e",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY",
        "-e",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "ghcr.io/tribal-memory/tribal:0.4.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS": "your-value",
        "TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Values you fill in

• TRIBAL_DATABASE__URL required env
  Postgres (pgvector) connection string. Tribal is self-hosted; you provide the database. The supported, complete deployment is docker-compose.yml.
• TRIBAL_PROJECT_REMOTE required env
  First-run only: the git remote that identifies the project bootstrapped on first start.
• TRIBAL_PROJECT_NAME required env
  First-run only: the name of the project bootstrapped on first start.
• TRIBAL_SERVER__TRANSPORT env
  Containerised transport: http or sse. The Docker image does not serve stdio; install the binary for stdio.
• TRIBAL_SERVER__BIND_ADDRESS env
  Address the server binds inside the container. Must be 0.0.0.0 (not the loopback default) for the published port to be reachable.
• TRIBAL_PUBLIC_MCP_URL env
  The URL clients use to reach the server (for example http://127.0.0.1:8725/mcp). Needed for OAuth dynamic client registration once the server binds a routable interface.
• OPENAI_API_KEY secret env
  Optional; only if an ingest or retrieval stage is configured to use OpenAI (defaults target a local Ollama).
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY secret env
  Optional; only if a stage is configured to use Anthropic.

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 7, 2026

• ✓ Pass

  Maker matches the repo

  The registry name was verified with the GitHub account tribal-memory, 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

• – Not applicable

  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 7282 servers in this category
• Published to the registry more recently than 19% of the other 7282 servers in this category
• Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 7282 servers in this category

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README from the maker

git clone git@github.com:samfolo/tribal.git

# Run the MCP server (stdio transport)

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