MCP server for Ossian — ask your own documents with citations, and give an agent memory that persists
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add ossian --env OSSIAN_API_KEY='<OSSIAN_API_KEY>' -- npx -y ossian-mcp~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.ossian]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "ossian-mcp"]
env = { OSSIAN_API_KEY = "<OSSIAN_API_KEY>" }
# codex mcp add ossian --env OSSIAN_API_KEY='<OSSIAN_API_KEY>' -- npx -y ossian-mcp~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ossian": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ossian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OSSIAN_API_KEY": "<OSSIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"ossian": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ossian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OSSIAN_API_KEY": "<OSSIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ossian": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ossian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OSSIAN_API_KEY": "<OSSIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ossian": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ossian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OSSIAN_API_KEY": "<OSSIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"ossian": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ossian-mcp"
],
"env": {
"OSSIAN_API_KEY": "<OSSIAN_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
OSSIAN_API_KEY
Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.