Limpet MCP Server

Persistent engineering memory for AI coding agents. Survives refactors, knows when it is stale.

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What is the Limpet MCP server?

Persistent engineering memory for AI coding agents. Survives refactors, knows when it is stale. The limpet mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 6 defined tools rather than through you.

What it actually does

the anchor lifecycle, real output: recall answers instantly, an edit flips the memory stale, a revert heals it

Adding it to your client

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • recall — Task description in, token-budgeted ranked memory pack out. Stale and contradicted items are always flagged, never hidden. Verified facts outrank
  • remember — Store a memory: fact, decision, episode, insight, or intent. Anchor it to code. Attach evidence to make it verified. A near-identical body on the
  • map — Structural outline of a file or symbol plus every memory attached to it. For a symbol target it also returns lineage (ancestors, descendants
  • affected — What does my uncommitted diff touch: symbols, memories now at risk, and decisions constraining the code being edited
  • verify_queue — Verified facts whose anchored code changed, each with the exact command that originally proved it
  • admin — index, status, forget, archive / restore, export / import (guarded), ledger / ledger_reset (the savings receipt). Archive shelves a memory without

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.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the limpet mcp server does with a few real requests.

When to reach for it

This sits in the knowledge and memory group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Limpet's toolset — recall, remember, map and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by KSym04; 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.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
recallTask description in, token-budgeted ranked memory pack out. Stale and contradicted items are always flagged, never hidden. Verified facts outrank unverified claims at equal relevance; an item without a source field is an
rememberStore a memory: fact, decision, episode, insight, or intent. Anchor it to code. Attach evidence to make it verified. A near-identical body on the same anchor is refused (naming the existing id to supersede; force: true o
mapStructural outline of a file or symbol plus every memory attached to it. For a symbol target it also returns lineage (ancestors, descendants, callers) with each edge labeled unique/ambiguous/unresolved. Code and knowledg
affectedWhat does my uncommitted diff touch: symbols, memories now at risk, and decisions constraining the code being edited.
verify_queueVerified facts whose anchored code changed, each with the exact command that originally proved it.
adminindex, status, forget, archive / restore, export / import (guarded), ledger / ledger_reset (the savings receipt). Archive shelves a memory without deleting it: hidden from recall while its staleness keeps tracking the co

Example prompts to try

  • Use Limpet to recall.
  • Use Limpet to remember.
  • Use Limpet to map.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Limpet to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 6 tools (recall, remember, map, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Limpet directly.