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project-brain-mcp

by pym2282

Project Brain MCP

Engineering memory for Claude Code — prevents re-investigating solved problems and repeating rejected architectural decisions across sessions and projects.

What it does

  • Prevent re-investigating: Answered questions are recorded as findings. Future sessions skip re-investigation.

  • Prevent repeating rejected architectures: validate_plan checks your proposal against past decisions and mistakes before you proceed.

  • Cross-project learning: Decisions from other projects appear as soft references, not hard blocks.

  • Persistent memory: Survives across sessions, stored in ~/.project-brain/memory.json.

Related MCP server: rawthink

Installation

pip install git+https://github.com/pym2282/project-brain-mcp
claude mcp add project-brain project-brain-mcp --scope user

Restart Claude Code. The MCP server is now active in all your projects.

Uninstall

pip uninstall project-brain-mcp
claude mcp remove project-brain --scope user

Memory location

Memory is stored at ~/.project-brain/memory.json — shared across all projects, never committed to any repo.

To use a custom path:

export PROJECT_BRAIN_MEMORY_PATH=/path/to/memory.json

Tools

Tool

When to call

get_context()

Session start — returns slim index

get_context(focus=[...])

When index shows relevant entries — returns full content

validate_plan(plan, current_project)

Before any architectural proposal

add_decision(title, reason, tags, project)

When a decision is confirmed

add_finding(question, conclusion, tags, project)

When an investigation question is answered

add_mistake(description, lesson, tags, project)

When a wrong approach is identified

update_entry(id, updates)

To correct an existing entry

delete_entry(id)

To remove an outdated entry

update_open_questions(questions)

To track unresolved questions

How validate_plan works

validate_plan("use sqlite for storage", current_project="my-app")
→ conflicts:  [entries from "my-app" that match — must resolve]
→ references: [entries from other projects — consider as context]

Same project matches are hard conflicts. Other project matches are soft references.

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