Vestige MCP Server

Cognitive Deterministic Memory Security OS for Agentic AI. Your agent can think anything. Vestige decides what it is allowed to do. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with ai memory, fsrs and neuroscience and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Rust.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-18 · ★ 628 · #11 OF 304 MAINTAINED MEMORY · VERIFIED 2026-09-18

AGPL-3.0 · Rust servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Vestige

Claude Code

claude mcp add samvallad33-vestige -- npx -y vestige-mcp-server

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "samvallad33-vestige": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "vestige-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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 AGPL-3.0 - declared in the repository

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

registry namespace io.github.samvallad33 is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Vestige can do

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

Latest releases

whitepaper-tr-2026-01 · 2026-09-16

32-page whitepaper covering the fail-closed authority kernel, causal memory with retroactive salience backfill (Nature 2024), the Silent Rotation benchmark (246 agent transcripts), threat model, formal model, and…

vestige-subscription-is-out-20260915 · 2026-09-15

VESTIGE SUBSCRIPTION IS OUT!!!! 🚀🔥🛡️🧠 · FOUNDING OPERATOR, 49 dollars your first month 🚀 · The security kernel for AI agents. Your agent can think anything. Vestige decides what it is allowed to do. First 100…

launch-night-live-gate-20260914 · 2026-09-15

What this demo shows · An AI agent gets a real laptop running real software. It does its job. Then it decides to permanently purge its own memory trail so nobody can ever audit what it did. Watch what happens next.…

04 · Who maintains Vestige

Vestige is maintained by samvallad33. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Jan 2026.

05 · Facts

category
memory - ranked #11 of 304 actively-maintained memory servers as of 2026-09-18.
release cadence
10+ releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-16)
registry
io.github.samvallad33/vestige (active, first published 2026-05-28 · 11 versions)
packages
npm:vestige-mcp-server

06 · Vestige FAQ

What is Vestige?

Cognitive Deterministic Memory Security OS for Agentic AI. Your agent can think anything. Vestige decides what it is allowed to do. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

Is Vestige still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-18, its last commit was 2026-09-18 and it shipped 10+ releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

How do I install Vestige?

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

Does Vestige 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.

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