Limitless AI MCP Server

MCP server for integrating Limitless AI Pendant recordings with AI assistants

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What is the Limitless AI MCP server?

MCP server for integrating Limitless AI Pendant recordings with AI assistants. Exposed over MCP by the limitless ai mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.

What it actually does

An advanced Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to interact with Limitless AI Pendant recordings. This server provides a seamless bridge between your AI tools and Limitless API, allowing you to extract insights, search through recordings, and analyze your Pendant data.

Configuration

You will need 8 environment variables: LIMITLESS_API_KEY, LIMITLESS_TIMEOUT, LIMITLESS_BASE_URL, LOG_LEVEL, CACHE_MAX_SIZE, CACHE_TTL, SEARCH_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, SEARCH_CACHE_TTL. 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.

Adding it to your client

The server ships on npm as limitless-ai-mcp-server, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.

When to reach for it

This sits in the developer tooling group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. It is maintained by ericbuess; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • 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 limitless ai mcp server does with a few real requests.

How to install the Limitless AI MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "limitless-ai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "limitless-ai-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "LIMITLESS_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "LIMITLESS_TIMEOUT": "your-value",
        "LIMITLESS_BASE_URL": "your-value",
        "LOG_LEVEL": "your-value",
        "CACHE_MAX_SIZE": "your-value",
        "CACHE_TTL": "your-value",
        "SEARCH_CACHE_MAX_SIZE": "your-value",
        "SEARCH_CACHE_TTL": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
LIMITLESS_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
LIMITLESS_TIMEOUTConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
LIMITLESS_BASE_URLEndpoint or connection string the server talks to.Yes
LOG_LEVELConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
CACHE_MAX_SIZEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
CACHE_TTLConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SEARCH_CACHE_MAX_SIZEConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
SEARCH_CACHE_TTLConfiguration value read at startup.Optional

Frequently asked questions

Node.js 22+ is required. You also need a Limitless Pendant (the API only returns Pendant recordings) and a Limitless API key from [limitless.ai/developers](https://limitless.ai/developers).