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tether for Claude Desktop

io.github.sidyellur/tether

Local-first agent memory over SQLite: remember, recall, link, forget. Degrades, never fails.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install tether in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tether": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tether-memory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TETHER_DB": "<TETHER_DB>",
        "TETHER_SEMANTIC": "<TETHER_SEMANTIC>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_URL": "<TETHER_SYNC_URL>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN": "<TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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