# brein-mcp

> A policy-aware MCP server for an org-wide knowledge brain that lives in a git repo.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/brein-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: brein
- homepage: https://brein.sh
- repository: https://github.com/brein-sh/brein
- version: 0.5.35
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:brein-mcp

### Description (declared)

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://brein.sh"><img src="assets/brain.gif" alt="brein" width="320"></a>
</p>

<h1 align="center">brein</h1>

<p align="center"><em>a brain that lives in your company.</em></p>

brein is a local MCP server for a company memory that lives in git: markdown docs in your repo, readable and writable by AI agents. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Hermes, and any stdio MCP client.

Website: https://brein.sh

## Quickstart

```bash
npx brein init
```

Walks you through the brain repo, paths, eval, and MCP client config. Then restart your client and verify with `brein doctor`.

Requirements: Node, Python 3.11+, `git`, an MCP-capable client.

<details><summary>From source</summary>

```bash
git clone https://github.com/brein-sh/brein && cd brein
uv sync
brein setup
brein mcp claude
```

</details>

## CLI

```bash
brein setup [section]   # all sections, or one of: repo paths vector eval mcp
brein doctor            # ok/warn/fail health checks
brein mcp <client>      # claude | cursor | codex | generic
brein config            # show resolved config
brain-eval --limit 20   # local retrieval evals against $BRAIN_REPO
```

## Tools exposed over MCP

| Tool | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `brain_search(query, mode="hybrid")` | Keyword / vector / hybrid retrieval with optional rerank. |
| `brain_evidence(question)` | Ranked docs + snippets + excerpts + citations in one round-trip. The client agent writes the final answer. |
| `brain_update(file_path, content, commit_message, mode)` | Write to an allowed path, validate, commit, push. |
| `brain_audit()` | Repo cleanliness, doc/frontmatter counts, log + index health. |
| `brain_retrieval_log(...)` | Telemetry; search auto-logs. |

For plain reads / listings, agents use their normal file tools (`Read`, `Glob`, `Grep`) against the brain repo directly — the MCP only mediates what plain tools can't do: semantic search and policy-gated writes.

Write policy: paths under `docs/`, `skills/`, `templates/`, …

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.vector-search (0.848, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.745, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/brein-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T10:27:47.953Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/brein-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/brein-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:brein-mcp