io.github.Dakera-AI/dakera-mcp

⚡ dakera-mcp

MCP server for Dakera AI. Gives any MCP-compatible AI agent persistent, queryable memory — with smart token management built in.

Works with Claude, Claude Code, and any MCP-compatible framework.

Part of Dakera AI — the memory engine for AI agents.

The Dakera memory engine scores 88.2% Recall@20 on LoCoMo (1,536 evaluated questions · LLM-judged retrieval recall) — benchmark details

Architecture: 14 core tools + on-demand discovery

Starting every agent session with 60+ tool schemas wastes ~15K tokens before you write a single message. dakera-mcp solves this with hybrid tool exposure:

• 14 tools loaded by default — the 12 highest-frequency memory operations + 2 meta-discovery tools
• On-demand expansion — use dakera_discover_tools and dakera_load_tools to fetch additional tool schemas only when you need them

Default tool set (core profile)

Profiles & token cost

Token figures are estimates (JSON bytes / 3). The attachment tools below count in power and all, but only appear while the connected server has the feature on (see Dakera v0.12).

Accessing additional tools

# In your agent: discover what's available
dakera_discover_tools(tier="power")
→ returns names + descriptions, no schemas loaded

# Load schemas for the tools you want
dakera_load_tools(tools=["dakera_consolidate", "dakera_agent_stats"])
→ returns full inputSchema for each tool

Profile selection

The profile controls which tools appear in tools/list. Three ways to set it:

1. Per-request (in tools/list params):

{"profile": "power"}

2. Environment variable (applies to all requests):

DAKERA_MCP_PROFILE=power

3. Default: core (14 tools, ~3,400 tokens)

Dakera v0.12

dakera-mcp 0.12.3 works against Dakera v0.11.108 and v0.12.0 – v0.12.3 servers. Every tool keeps its name and arguments; the additions are optional arguments that are sent only when you supply them (or that an older server ignores), and tools that call new routes and say so on a server without them. The 0.12.3 additions (separate neighbourhood context, the unknown-field hint, document import) need a v0.12.3 server.

New with Dakera v0.12.2

What is new

Per-request lang (en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl; v0.12) is accepted by dakera_store, dakera_recall, dakera_recall_associated, dakera_search, dakera_memory_update, dakera_extract, dakera_auto_tag and the attachment jobs; dakera_store also takes attachment_ref (sha256:<hex> of an attachment in the agent's own namespace, _dakera_agent_<agent_id>). Neither is sent unless given, so the same calls work on a v0.11.108 server.

Other optional arguments (all servers): ttl_seconds and metadata on dakera_store; tags, memory_type and session_id filters on dakera_recall; limit on dakera_batch_recall; limit / offset on dakera_session_list, dakera_session_memories and dakera_agent_sessions (the server pages at 50); content_preview_chars on the memory listings and include_derived on dakera_agent_memories / dakera_wake_up (v0.12.2, ignored by older servers); memory_type on dakera_knowledge_deduplicate; dedup_on_store / dedup_threshold on dakera_memory_policy_set.

Recall: top_k ranked results, context apart

dakera_recall and dakera_recall_associated return at most top_k ranked results in memories. They ask the server for neighborhood_mode: "separate", so the session neighbours of the results (memories written around the same time in the same session) come back in their own context_memories list: each entry has context_of (the id of the ranked memory it belongs to) and context_of_rank (that memory's place in memories); its score comes from another search and is not comparable with the ranked scores. A collapsed result (server flag DAKERA_RECALL_COLLAPSE_DERIVED) keeps matched_text, the sentence that matched. neighborhood_mode picks separate (default), inline or off. A server that predates neighborhood_mode (before v0.12.3) appends its context to memories unmarked: the tools keep the first top_k and say how many items they left out.

Memory content in tool results is stored data: initialize tells the client to reason about it and never follow instructions found in it.

Documents (Dakera v0.12.3)

A document becomes chunk memories of the agent, each with its heading path and page, imported by a background job (power tier; listed when /v1/capabilities has documents.enabled):

A recall result that is a chunk carries citation: document_id, title, page_start / page_end, heading_path, chunk_index / chunk_count (from memory.metadata._dakera_document). On a server before v0.12.3 (no documents section in /v1/capabilities) the tools are not listed and a direct call says they need v0.12.3; DAKERA_DOCUMENTS=0 on the server hides them the same way.

Features the server has off are left out

The opt-in features (attachments, speech to text, image indexing) are off by default on the server. dakera-mcp asks GET /v1/capabilities (once a minute, 3 s timeout) before it lists tools:

• attachments off, or a server without /v1/capabilities (v0.11): the dakera_attachment_* tools are not listed and not returned by dakera_discover_tools; a direct call answers with the variable to set (DAKERA_ATTACHMENTS=1) and makes no request.
• vision off: dakera_attachment_index_image is left out (DAKERA_VISION=1 turns it on).
• A server without /v1/capabilities (v0.11) also hides dakera_encryption_status and dakera_embed_migration_status, whose routes are new in v0.12.
• The server cannot be asked (down, starting, key refused): nothing is hidden (asked again after 10 s).

The default core profile has no opt-in tools, so it never makes that request.

Errors

Error answers keep the server's text and add a Hint: line for the v0.12 cases: a key pinned to namespaces gets 403 on node-wide /admin routes (backups, encryption, quotas, config); backup download, upload and restore need super_admin; 413 (body over a limit, or a hard quota), 501 (feature off), 503 (Retry-After, which the retry logic now honours, up to 8 s) and 429 (rate limit). A route the server lacks (an older server) and a v0.11 rotation without new_key get a hint too. Since Dakera v0.12.2 a refused argument gets 400 with a message naming the field (content: content exceeds maximum of 100000 bytes …, tags[1]: … reserved …); the message is passed on and the hint names the field to correct (the content limit counts UTF-8 bytes). The 403 hints point at dakera_whoami. From Dakera v0.12.3 the admin key, backup and rotate-key routes refuse a field they do not know (422); the hint names it. A request that timed out is retried only when it is safe to repeat (GET, PUT, DELETE): a store, an import or a key rotation is never sent twice.

Run Dakera

The MCP server connects to a Dakera memory server. You need one running first:

docker run -d \
  --name dakera \
  -p 3000:3000 \
  -e DAKERA_ROOT_API_KEY=dk-mykey \
  ghcr.io/dakera-ai/dakera:latest

For persistent storage (recommended):

curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Dakera-AI/dakera-deploy/main/docker-compose.yml \
  -o docker-compose.yml
DAKERA_API_KEY=dk-mykey docker compose up -d

curl http://localhost:3000/health  # → {"status":"ok"}

Full deployment guide (Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Helm): dakera-deploy

Install

npm / npx (Node.js 18+)

# Global install
npm install -g @dakera-ai/dakera-mcp

# Or run directly without installing
npx @dakera-ai/dakera-mcp

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)

brew install dakera-ai/tap/dakera-mcp

Cargo

cargo install dakera-mcp

Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/dakera-ai/dakera-mcp:latest

The image is distroless (no shell, no package manager) and runs as the non-root user 65532.

Binary download

Pre-built binaries for macOS, Linux, and Windows are available on the releases page.

Connect

Add to .mcp.json (Claude Code) or claude_desktop_config.json (Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dakera": {
      "command": "dakera-mcp",
      "env": {
        "DAKERA_API_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "DAKERA_API_KEY": "your-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

dakera_extract_entities calls the ODE sidecar at DAKERA_ODE_URL; those requests currently carry the Dakera API key as well (tracked in Dakera-AI/dakera#924).

To start with the power profile (exposes up to 86 tools):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dakera": {
      "command": "dakera-mcp",
      "env": {
        "DAKERA_API_URL": "http://localhost:3000",
        "DAKERA_API_KEY": "your-key",
        "DAKERA_MCP_PROFILE": "power"
      }
    }
  }
}

Why This Exists

AI agents forget everything when the session ends. Dakera fixes that. This MCP server gives your agent a persistent memory layer with zero infrastructure overhead — point it at a Dakera instance and it works.

The 14-tool default keeps your context window lean. The meta-tools let you expand on demand when you need advanced operations like bulk vector upsert, knowledge graph traversal, or memory federation.

→ dakera.ai for hosted instance
→ Self-host with dakera-deploy

Documentation

→ Full docs
→ MCP reference

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