Recap: Your AI project manager. Plain markdown. Local-first. Open source.
Recap MCP MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Recap: Your AI project manager. Plain markdown. Local-first. Open source.
Recap is an MCP server that gives Claude persistent memory of your ongoing projects. Job searches, side projects, learning goals, writing efforts, anything you work on over weeks or months. Your data lives as plain markdown files in a folder you own.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at recap-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Once Recap MCP is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
briefing — Run at session start. Loads workspace status, active projects, recent activityproject_list — List projects, filter by statusproject_create — Start a new project, optionally seeded from a templateproject_brief — Load full context for one project (description, open tasks, recent sessions)task_add — Add a task with optional priority, due date, notestask_list — List tasks for a project, filterable by statustask_update — Change status, priority, due date, notes, or titletask_delete — Remove a tasksession_log — Save a structured session entry: worked on, decisions, next stepsquick_note — Drop a timestamped note into a projectsearch — Fuzzy ranked search across the entire workspaceYou will need one environment variable: RECAP_WORKSPACE_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.
This sits in the planning and project tracking group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Recap MCP's toolset — briefing, project_list, project_create and 8 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by shivam-singh-git; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Recap MCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| briefing | Run at session start. Loads workspace status, active projects, recent activity. |
| project_list | List projects, filter by status. |
| project_create | Start a new project, optionally seeded from a template. |
| project_brief | Load full context for one project (description, open tasks, recent sessions). |
| task_add | Add a task with optional priority, due date, notes. |
| task_list | List tasks for a project, filterable by status. |
| task_update | Change status, priority, due date, notes, or title. |
| task_delete | Remove a task. |
| session_log | Save a structured session entry: worked on, decisions, next steps. |
| quick_note | Drop a timestamped note into a project. |
| search | Fuzzy ranked search across the entire workspace. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"recap": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "recap-mcp"],
"env": {
"RECAP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| RECAP_WORKSPACE_PATH | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
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