Epitome MCP Server

The portable identity layer that gives every AI agent a shared, persistent memory of you.

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What is the Epitome MCP server?

Epitome MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Epitome directly instead of describing what you should do. The portable identity layer that gives every AI agent a shared, persistent memory of you.

What the assistant can call

Once Epitome is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Self — hosters** who want full data ownership — no cloud required
  • Per — user PostgreSQL schema isolation** — not row-level security, full schema separation
  • Append — only audit log** — every access is recorded
  • GDPR-ready — export or delete all your data at any time
  • Self-hostable — The Self-hostable tool exposed by this server
  • Component — Technology
  • Runtime — Node.js 22 LTS
  • API — Hono
  • Database — PostgreSQL 17 + pgvector
  • MCP — @modelcontextprotocol/sdk
  • Frontend — React 19 + Tailwind CSS 4 + shadcn/ui
  • Validation — Zod

Configuration and credentials

You will need one environment variable: YOUR_API_KEY. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Setting it up

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

Choosing this one

Plenty of database access servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Epitome's toolset — Self, Per, Append and 10 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by gunning4it; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • With 13 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Epitome.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the epitome mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
Selfhosters** who want full data ownership — no cloud required
Peruser PostgreSQL schema isolation** — not row-level security, full schema separation
Appendonly audit log** — every access is recorded
GDPR-readyexport or delete all your data at any time
Self-hostableThe Self-hostable tool exposed by this server.
ComponentTechnology
RuntimeNode.js 22 LTS
APIHono
DatabasePostgreSQL 17 + pgvector
MCP@modelcontextprotocol/sdk
FrontendReact 19 + Tailwind CSS 4 + shadcn/ui
ValidationZod
TestingVitest

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
YOUR_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Epitome to Self.
  • Use Epitome to Per.
  • Use Epitome to Append.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Epitome to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 13 tools (Self, Per, Append, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Epitome directly.