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Does Engram work with Claude Desktop?

Yes. Engram passed every step of our test in Claude Desktop on Oct 21, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed
Date testedOct 21, 2026
Plan tested onNot recorded for this run
App versionClaude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0)
Server packageserver reported v3.5.2
Connect timeconnected in 0.0s

Steps

  1. install OK
  2. connect OK
  3. tools visible OK
  4. agent task: recall across sessions OKstore in session 1, recall in a fresh session 2 (the token only appears in session 1's prompt)

Test note: server wrapped in harness/scripts/mcp_tee.py to record JSON-RPC; prompts typed via xdotool; tool Allow pop-ups approved by the operator for test servers only; model = app default

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

Versions tested

Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta, Electron 44.7.0) · server reported v3.5.2 · connected in 0.0s · tested Oct 21, 2026

Server package and resolved dependency versions: not recorded for these runs (our harness records them from Oct 19, 2026 on).

What happened in this run

Install config we used

{
 "command": "engram",
 "args": [
  "mcp",
  "--tools=agent"
 ]
}

Connection check

initialize seen in tee log after app restart

Tools check

tools/list answered (tee log)

Agent task: recall across sessions

  • 3 calls reached the server
  • Agent’s answer (excerpt): Engram has two different toolpassed test codes, so I can't give you a single answer with confidence: TP-ECEFC2: saved Oct 21, 2026 at 22:44 in the toolpassed pr…

Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.

Set it up in Claude Desktop

Copy-paste config for every app is on the Engram page. Not connecting? Claude Desktop MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (partial) · Cursor (partial) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).

All MCP servers tested in Claude Desktop

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