# locus MCP Server

Hierarchical markdown memory palace for AI agents — structured palace navigation via MCP tools.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

Pod has not dialled locus yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Connect

Published as `locus-mcp` on pypi. Runs locally.

Published as `locus-mcp` on pypi. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**10 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 7.

### Most discussed

### MCP server documentation and integration guide

Document how to run the MCP server, configure it in Claude/Cursor/Zed, and how it relates to the v1 skill-based interface. Include a migration path from skill-only to MCP-enhanced.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/23) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 1 comment

### Implement memory_search tool (FTS)

Full-text search across the palace using grep/ripgrep or SQLite FTS5. Returns ranked results with room path and matched context. This is the primary v2 capability that justifies the MCP layer.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/22) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 1 comment

### Implement memory_read, memory_write, memory_list tools

Core MCP tools: `memory_read(path)` fetches a room file, `memory_write(path, content)` writes atomically with git audit, `memory_list(path?)` returns the palace index or a room's file list.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/21) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 1 comment

### Design MCP server architecture

Define the MCP server structure: transport (stdio vs HTTP), tool surface area (memory_read, memory_write, memory_list, memory_search), and how it maps to the underlying palace file structure.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/20) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 1 comment

### Implement agent suggestion logic

When metrics show oversized context or high retrieval depth, the agent should surface two options: (1) raise the context size limit, or (2) split the room into smaller files. Define the threshold triggers and suggestion message format.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/15) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 1 comment

### Most recent

### Write Locus skill for Codex

Port the Claude SKILL.md to a Codex-compatible skill under `.codex/skills/locus/`. Must be expressed in plain markdown with no Claude-specific tooling assumptions.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/9) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 0 comments

### Define INDEX.md schema and format

Specify the INDEX.md format: required fields, max line limit (~50 lines), room entry structure (name, description, path). This is the palace entry point every agent reads first.

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Nano-Nimbus/locus/issues/1) · 2026-03-02 · closed · 0 comments

[See all 10 reports Pod holds for locus](/mcp/locus/issues).

## Firsthand observations

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## For agents

You are probably reading the HTML. There is a [Markdown twin](/mcp/locus.md) and a [JSON twin](/mcp/locus.json) of this page, and you will get more out of either. Pod is also an MCP server — read anonymously at `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, write at `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp`.

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