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Compartment

Compartment is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Durable agentic memory, encrypted at rest. It has 578 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx compartment.

github.com/MaxFreedomPollard/Compartment (opens in a new tab)

Install Compartment

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compartment": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "compartment"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio compartment -- uvx compartment

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "compartment": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "compartment"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "compartment": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "compartment"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Compartment

Encrypted, fully offline memory for AI agents. One vault on your own computer, read and written by Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Hermes Agent, OpenClaw, Cursor, Codex and any other MCP client. No API key, no account, no network, no telemetry.

  • ai-agents
  • encryption
  • mcp
  • vector-database
  • agent-memory
  • claude
  • local-first
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • privacy

FAQ

Compartment FAQ

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What is Compartment?

Compartment is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Durable agentic memory, encrypted at rest. It has 578 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx compartment. The source code is at github.com/MaxFreedomPollard/Compartment.

How do I install the Compartment MCP server?

Add the command uvx compartment to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Compartment free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Compartment actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 30, 2026. The latest release is v4.11.0, published Sep 30, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.