brainllm

Name: brainllm
Author: miisodev

miisodev

Give Claude a memory that survives the conversation - an MCP server that turns TriliumNext into a persistent, graph-structured second brain. MIT.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add brainllm --env TRILIUM_BASE_URL='<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>' --env TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN='<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>' --env TRILIUM_PASSWORD='<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>' --env BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD='<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>' --env BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET='<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>' -- npx -y brainllm

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.brainllm]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "brainllm"]
env = { TRILIUM_BASE_URL = "<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>", TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN = "<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>", TRILIUM_PASSWORD = "<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>", BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD = "<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>", BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET = "<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>" }

# codex mcp add brainllm --env TRILIUM_BASE_URL='<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>' --env TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN='<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>' --env TRILIUM_PASSWORD='<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>' --env BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD='<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>' --env BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET='<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>' -- npx -y brainllm

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brainllm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brainllm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_BASE_URL": "<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN": "<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_PASSWORD": "<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD": "<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET": "<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "brainllm": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brainllm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_BASE_URL": "<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN": "<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_PASSWORD": "<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD": "<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET": "<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brainllm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brainllm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_BASE_URL": "<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN": "<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_PASSWORD": "<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD": "<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET": "<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brainllm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brainllm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_BASE_URL": "<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN": "<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_PASSWORD": "<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD": "<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET": "<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brainllm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brainllm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRILIUM_BASE_URL": "<TRILIUM_BASE_URL>",
        "TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN": "<TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN>",
        "TRILIUM_PASSWORD": "<TRILIUM_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD": "<BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD>",
        "BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET": "<BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

TRILIUM_BASE_URL
TRILIUM_ETAPI_TOKEN
TRILIUM_PASSWORD
BRAINLLM_OWNER_PASSWORD
BRAINLLM_OAUTH_SECRET

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Environment variables

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