Ellmos Homebase MCP Server

Local-first LLM orchestration: memory, knowledge, state, routing, swarm, API discovery, plugins.

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What is the Ellmos Homebase MCP server?

Local-first LLM orchestration: memory, knowledge, state, routing, swarm, API discovery, plugins. Exposed over MCP by the ellmos homebase mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

Alpha MCP server for local-first LLM orchestration: memory, knowledge, routing, swarm patterns, API probing, persistent state, tests, automation planning, and plugin discovery in one stdio server.

Adding it to your client

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

Configuration

You will need 3 environment variables: PYTHONPATH, HOMEBASE_AGENT_ID, AGENT_ID. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Caveats

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the ellmos homebase mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

This sits in the AI and media services group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by ellmos-ai; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

How to install the Ellmos Homebase MCP server

### Source Checkout

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "homebase": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["-m", "homebase.server"],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "/absolute/path/to/ellmos-homebase-mcp/src"
      }
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PYTHONPATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional
HOMEBASE_AGENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
AGENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

It connects Ellmos Homebase to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Ellmos Homebase directly.