MartinLoop MCP Server

Governed MCP server for AI coding agents with budgets, verifier gates, and inspectable runs.

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What is the MartinLoop MCP MCP server?

Connect MartinLoop MCP to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. Governed MCP server for AI coding agents with budgets, verifier gates, and inspectable runs. The martinloop mcp mcp server is what makes that connection.

What the server does

Starting with software work across Claude, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, and internal agent systems.

Installation

martin-loop on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Available tools

The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:

  • Layer — Purpose
  • Persistence — JSONL run records, evidence summaries, and repo-backed artifacts make every run inspectable later. Each loop record is locally signed (HMAC

Worth knowing first

  • 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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

Where it fits

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. MartinLoop MCP's toolset — Layer, Persistence — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by Keesan12; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
LayerPurpose
PersistenceJSONL run records, evidence summaries, and repo-backed artifacts make every run inspectable later. Each loop record is locally signed (HMAC, per-runs-root key) and dossier/runs get/runs verify/challenge/badge report an i

How to install the MartinLoop MCP MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "martin-loop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "martin-loop"]
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Example prompts to try

  • Use MartinLoop MCP to Layer.
  • Use MartinLoop MCP to Persistence.

Frequently asked questions

It connects MartinLoop MCP to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 2 tools (Layer, Persistence) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with MartinLoop MCP directly.