synapse mcp server

Basic MCP server that connects AI clients to your Synapse backend API.

tools exposed

• health_check
• search_memories
• list_recent_memories
• get_memory
• create_memory
• ask_synapse

setup

1. Install dependencies

cd /home/pranav/work/synapse/mcp
pip install -r requirements.txt

1. Configure environment

cp .env.example .env

Set values in .env:

• SYNAPSE_API_URL: backend URL, example http://localhost:8000
• SYNAPSE_API_TOKEN: user JWT token from Synapse login
• SYNAPSE_API_TIMEOUT: optional, default 15 seconds

1. Run server

python server.py

basic manual verification

After attaching this MCP server in your client (Claude/Cursor/VS Code), call tools in this order:

1. health_check

• Expected: backend ok and token_configured true.

1. list_recent_memories with limit 3

• Expected: ok true and memory list in data.

1. search_memories with a known query

• Expected: ok true and search results in data.

1. create_memory

• Example inputs:
• memory_type: text
• title: MCP smoke memory
• text_content: created from mcp
• Expected: ok true and created memory in data.

1. get_memory with the id returned from create_memory

• Expected: same memory details.

1. ask_synapse with a simple question

• Expected: ok true and reply payload in data.

You can also call ask_synapse with use_internet: true to let the backend add web context to the answer when needed.

If any tool returns ok false:

• Check SYNAPSE_API_URL
• Check SYNAPSE_API_TOKEN validity
• Check backend logs for endpoint errors

claude desktop config example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "synapse": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["/home/pranav/work/synapse/mcp/server.py"]
    }
  }
}