Pampa MCP Server

PAMPA – Protocol for Augmented Memory of Project Artifacts (MCP compatible)

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What is the Pampa MCP server?

PAMPA – Protocol for Augmented Memory of Project Artifacts (MCP compatible). The pampa mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 8 defined tools rather than through you.

What it actually does

Give your AI agents an always-updated, queryable memory of any codebase – with intelligent semantic search and automatic learning – in one npx command.

Its toolset

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

  • Cursor — Configure Cursor by creating or editing the mcp.json file in your configuration directory:
  • search_code — The search_code tool exposed by this server
  • get_code_chunk — The get_code_chunk tool exposed by this server
  • index_project — The index_project tool exposed by this server
  • update_project — Update project index after code changes (recommended workflow tool)
  • get_project_stats — The get_project_stats tool exposed by this server
  • analyze_code — The analyze_code tool exposed by this server
  • find_similar_functions — The find_similar_functions tool exposed by this server

Adding it to your client

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

Configuration

You will need 3 environment variables: PAMPA_ENCRYPTION_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY, COHERE_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.

When to reach for it

This sits in the file and storage access group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Pampa's toolset — Cursor, search_code, get_code_chunk and 5 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by tecnomanu; 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We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.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 pampa mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CursorConfigure Cursor by creating or editing the mcp.json file in your configuration directory:
search_codeThe search_code tool exposed by this server.
get_code_chunkThe get_code_chunk tool exposed by this server.
index_projectThe index_project tool exposed by this server.
update_projectUpdate project index after code changes (recommended workflow tool).
get_project_statsThe get_project_stats tool exposed by this server.
analyze_codeThe analyze_code tool exposed by this server.
find_similar_functionsThe find_similar_functions tool exposed by this server.

How to install the Pampa MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pampa": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "pampa"],
      "env": {
        "PAMPA_ENCRYPTION_KEY": "your-value",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "your-value",
        "COHERE_API_KEY": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PAMPA_ENCRYPTION_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
OPENAI_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
COHERE_API_KEYCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Pampa to Cursor.
  • Use Pampa to search code.
  • Use Pampa to get code chunk.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Pampa to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 8 tools (Cursor, search_code, get_code_chunk, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Pampa directly.