Kira MCP Server

Every failed retry, every exception, every "wait - we hit this exact wall last week" is knowledge your agent throws away when the session ends. Kira keeps it. One MCP install and your agent records what burned it (a scar), sees its scars before it works again, and stops paying for the same mistake twice. Its README documents 8 tools, including kira_record_failure, kira_personal_brief, kira_premortem.

People who work with developer tools, skills and agent memory and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-08-05 · ★ 3 · #180 OF 304 MAINTAINED MEMORY · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Kira

Claude Code

claude mcp add aibenyclaude-coder-kira -- npx -y kira-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aibenyclaude-coder-kira": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kira-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package kira-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.aibenyclaude-coder is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Kira can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can capture a retry/exception as a personal scar (local-only), fetch full step-by-step instructions by ID, and report success/retry/failure → feeds the quality loop.

The 8 tools it gives your agent

Extracted from the project's README - what kira lets an agent do.

kira_record_failure: - Capture a retry/exception as a personal scar (local-only)
kira_personal_brief: - Session-start brief of your latest scars - start work already knowing where you got burned
kira_premortem: - Failure heat-map for a goal before starting - "here's where this kind of task has burned you"
kira_lookup: - Keyword → proven instructions + failure warnings. On a miss, returns scored near_skills / near_scars instead of a shrug
kira_get: - Fetch full step-by-step instructions by ID
kira_route: - Goal → ordered plan with a skill per step
kira_share_scar: - Promote a personal scar into a community submission (sanitized; nothing uploads without your click) - earns contributor status
kira_report: - Report success/retry/failure → feeds the quality loop

Latest releases

v0.8.2 · 2026-07-08

Added · 7 community scars harvested from real failures since 0.8.1: the parallel-rails release race (#164), 3 web-platform traps from the bbutton-site quality loop (#172), and 3 ffmpeg pitfalls - crop w/h expressions…

v0.8.1 · 2026-07-05

Added · 5 community scars and 4 process skills harvested from this repo's own release night: piped-gate, push-race, write-without-read, merge-compile-gate, UTC-misread, npm-404-is-auth, nested-package-install…

v0.8.0 · 2026-07-05

Added · kira_share_scar (F4 v1, 10th tool) - promote a personal scar into a community submission: re-sanitizes, generalizes to the community shape, and returns a prefilled GitHub issue URL + gh fallback. The tool…

04 · Who maintains Kira

kira is maintained by aibenyclaude-coder. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Apr 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/aibenyclaude-coder/kira
website: https://github.com/aibenyclaude-coder/Kira
category: memory - ranked #180 of 304 actively-maintained memory servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence: 5 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-07-08)
registry: io.github.aibenyclaude-coder/kira (active, first published 2026-07-05 · 5 versions)
packages: npm:kira-mcp

06 · Kira FAQ

Is Kira still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-08-05 and it shipped 5 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Kira do?

How do I install Kira?

Run `npx -y kira-mcp`. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Kira run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Kira

Alternatives to Kira

Maintained memory servers if Kira isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Kira doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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