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adrkit decision memory MCP server

dev.adrkit · Updated 17d ago

Deterministic, offline, read-only ADR decision memory for coding agents. No model or network calls.

At a glance

adrkit decision memory is an MCP server in the AI & Memory category. It runs locally over stdio via `npx -y @adrkit/mcp`, and declares no required credentials. It scores A (85/100) on the MCP Skills Hub health score as of Oct 27, 2026.

Source 21

One-click install

VS Code VS Code Insiders Cursor

Opens your editor and pre-fills the config. Your editor will ask before adding it.

How to install adrkit decision memory in your AI client

Setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf, Cline and VS Code — copy-paste ready.

How to install adrkit decision memory in Claude CodeAnthropic's agentic CLI

Add the server

bash

claude mcp add adrkit -- npx -y @adrkit/mcp

2
Verify it's connected
bash
```
claude mcp list
```
Sharing it with your team?
Add `--scope project` to write it to .mcp.json in the repository root, which you can commit (with the secrets left as environment variables).
Use it in a session
Ask Claude to use the tools this server exposes. It discovers them automatically.

How to install adrkit decision memory in Claude DesktopDesktop app (MCP config)

Open your MCP config
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add this server

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adrkit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adrkit/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop
The tools appear under the 🔌 menu once the app reloads.

How to install adrkit decision memory in CursorAI-first code editor

Create / edit .cursor/mcp.json in your project

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adrkit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adrkit/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Enable it
Cursor Settings → MCP → toggle the server on. Tools become available to the Composer/Agent.

How to install adrkit decision memory in Codex CLIOpenAI coding agent

Add to ~/.codex/config.toml

toml

[mcp_servers.adrkit]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@adrkit/mcp"]

Run Codex
Codex loads MCP servers from config.toml on startup and exposes their tools to the agent.

How to install adrkit decision memory in WindsurfCodeium's agentic IDE

Edit ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adrkit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adrkit/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Reload
Windsurf → Cascade → refresh MCP servers. Cascade can now call the tools.

How to install adrkit decision memory in ClineVS Code autonomous agent

Open Cline → MCP Servers → Configure
Adds to cline_mcp_settings.json.

Add the server

json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adrkit": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adrkit/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

How to install adrkit decision memory in VS CodeCopilot / MCP support

Create .vscode/mcp.json

json

{
  "servers": {
    "adrkit": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@adrkit/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Start it
VS Code shows a ▶ Start action above the server entry. Agent mode (Copilot Chat) can then use the tools.

What does adrkit decision memory need from you?

Configuration only — Declares config values but no credentials.

ADRKIT_MCP_CWDoptionalEnvironment variable
Repository root; must contain a readable .git entry. Defaults to the process working directory.
ADRKIT_MCP_DIRoptionalEnvironment variable
ADR directory, resolved against the root and required to stay contained within it. Defaults to docs/adr.

Pass secrets through your shell environment rather than committing them into a config file.

What tools does adrkit decision memory expose?

This server runs as a local package. We only query remote servers for their tool list — asking this one would mean executing it, so its tools are listed in the documentation below.

What the code can do

Read from the published package source — never executed. Parsed 2 of 2 source files.

This server can read and write files and read your environment variables.

How it was published

Published by a verified CI identity (github trusted publishing) rather than a personal token.
Has a provenance attestation tying this artifact to the commit it was built from.
1 npm maintainer — a single point of compromise · last published by GitHub Actions.

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Before you install

Signals gathered from the source repo and package registry — not a safety verdict.

What it can reach

Runs code on your machine — Executes as a local process with your user's permissions, including filesystem access.
Downloads at launch — The package is fetched from its registry each run unless you pin a version.

Last commit 2 days ago — Actively maintained.
21 GitHub stars — Community adoption signal.
428 weekly downloads — Regularly installed by other developers.

Client compatibility

Claude Code: NativeClaude Desktop: NativeCursor: NativeCodex CLI: NativeWindsurf: NativeCline: NativeVS Code: Native

Health score

A · 85

Maintenance, adoption, transparency and packaging — not a safety audit. How this is calculated

Maintenance30%100%
Last commit 2 days ago.
Adoption20%51%
21 stars, 428 weekly downloads.
Transparency20%75%
3/4: ✓ public source repo, ✓ declared license, ✓ documentation, ✗ discoverable tool list.
Provenance15%100%
Package and registry entry point at the same repository.
Packaging15%100%
Publishes a pinned version (0.20.0).

Documentation

Full README

adrkit

Decision memory for human- and agent-authored plans — architecture decision records that are machine-readable, enforceable in CI, and legible to agents, without leaving git.

Most ADR tooling is a markdown template and a static site generator. That *records* a decision; it doesn't make the decision *do* anything. adrkit treats a record as typed data with a markdown body and adds one field — affects — so a tool can answer *"which decisions govern this pull request?"* and put the answer where the next decision is being made.

An 80-second tour, from the terminal to the pull request to the GitHub Copilot app:

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2ab466f9-53f0-4274-a87c-98d8d5e5ecdf

<sub>A still of the final screen. Select it to watch the 15-second recording.</sub>

On a pull request, the governing-decisions Action posts that answer as a comment, and GitHub Copilot code review can cite a record because it lives in the repository:

`mbeacom/adrkit-demo` is a small payments-ledger repository with these pull requests open, a managed ARB queue issue, and recordings of every command.

Decision governance, not generated documentation

Generated knowledge systems answer *"how does the system work now?"* adrkit answers *"what did people decide, what alternatives were rejected, and which decisions govern this change?"* ADR-0037 sets that boundary: generated knowledge systems are downstream read models of adrkit's human-reviewed decision corpus, never decision authorities.

Tools such as OpenWiki can consume ADRs as evidence and turn them into browsable current-state documentation. That is complementary to adrkit: the generated wiki is a downstream read model, while the reviewed records in git retain authority over decision lifecycle and typed relationships. Machine verification of generated content is not human ratification of a decision.

See the provisional generated-knowledge guide for the OpenWiki setup being evaluated and the ownership boundary ADR-0037 sets between the two tools.

Quickstart

The CLI is published as `@adrkit/cli` and exposes the adr binary. Published artifacts target Node 22+:

Excerpt — the full document is on GitHub.

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