Gramps Evidence MCP

An MCP server providing read/write access to a self-hosted Gramps Web genealogy tree where every fact carries a citation. It includes 97 tools for evidence-disciplined genealogy, ensuring claims carry sources, and offers a read-only reference layer over legacy GEDCOM exports. It acts as a REST client for Gramps Web, handling privacy filtering and audit queries.

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Community listingLocal stdioSource reviewed; not executedPublished by ianderso

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What you can do with it

Read and write genealogy facts with attached citations
Query unsourced facts and find duplicates
Access legacy GEDCOM exports as read-only reference data
Manage parent-child links with independent citations

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 2.3.0MIT

mcp-registry: io.github.ianderso/gramps-evidence-mcp@2.3.0 Source repository

Last repository push: Nov 1, 2026, 1:11 AM UTC
Latest release: v2.3.0
Maintenance checked: Nov 2, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC

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gramps-evidence-mcp 2.3.0

pypiuvx

gramps-evidence-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "2.3.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "gramps-evidence-mcp",
  "runtimeHint": "uvx",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "registryBaseUrl": "https://pypi.org",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "Base URL of your Gramps Web API, e.g. http://gramps.example.org:5000."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "A dedicated Gramps Web user with at least the editor role."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD",
      "isRequired": true,
      "description": "That user's password."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG",
      "default": "./gramps_mcp.toml",
      "description": "Absolute path to the TOML file listing reference GEDCOMs and the privacy setting."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE",
      "default": "false",
      "description": "Set true to turn off living-person and private-record filtering of bulk output."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME",
      "description": "Optional. A Transkribus account (Scholar plan or above), for ocr_media's handwriting routes. Every page costs credits."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD",
      "description": "That Transkribus account's password."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET",
      "default": "0",
      "description": "Pages a calendar month ocr_media may send to Transkribus without the caller's per-call spend_credits. 0 asks every time."
    },
    {
      "name": "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL",
      "default": "https://transkribus.eu/processing/v1",
      "description": "Transkribus' processing API."
    }
  ]
}

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Nov 2, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
Nov 2, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-evidence-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gramps-evidence-mcp==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-evidence-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gramps-evidence-mcp==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "gramps-evidence-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gramps-evidence-mcp==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gramps-evidence-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "gramps-evidence-mcp==2.3.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_API_URL>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_CONFIG>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_EXPOSE_PRIVATE>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_USERNAME>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PASSWORD>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_PAGE_BUDGET>",
        "GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL": "<YOUR_GRAMPS_MCP_TRANSKRIBUS_API_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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