Talamus

Official
Python

Local-first, source-grounded memory for AI agents. Stores durable Markdown + SQLite/FTS5, preserves citations and bitemporal history, and gates corrections behind review.

About Talamus MCP Server

Local-first, source-grounded memory for AI agents. Stores durable Markdown + SQLite/FTS5, preserves citations and bitemporal history, and gates corrections behind review.

Features

Tools
Getting Started

1. Install: pipx install "talamus[mcp]" 2. Initialize without touching client configs: talamus init --root . 3. Start the stdio server: talamus mcp serve --root .

Tools (7)
Functions this server exposes to AI clients

search

Search the local brain with lexical retrieval and optional explicit smart query expansion.

recall

Return source-grounded context with citations from durable local memory.

ask

Answer a question from retrieved notes with citations using the configured LLM engine.

overview

Summarize the local brain, its notes, domains, and current status.

sources

Show the preserved provenance and source status for a note.

remember

Store a short memory in the project or central brain after an explicit call.

verify

Check a note against its sources and propose review-gated corrections.

Example
{"mcpServers":{"talamus":{"command":"talamus","args":["mcp","serve","--root","."]}}}
Compatible With
Claude Desktop
Cursor
VS Code