Octopus Blackboard MCP
A shared memory, attribution & governance layer for AI coding agents. It provides a passive, local-first blackboard for coordination, allowing agents to read, write, leave messages, and attach evidence without an orchestrator. It maintains a tamper-evident, hash-chained append-only timeline for auditability and replay.
Package and access
Local package with source-attributed installation metadata. Koskamo does not execute packages during review.
Checks and signals
Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.
- Popularity 7 GitHub stars
What you can do with it
- Coordinate shared cognition for coding agents
- Maintain an auditable history of changes and decisions
- Manage handoffs and messages between agents
- Attach tamper-evident evidence to agent actions
Source and maintenance
- Last repository push
- Latest release
- v0.2.4
- Maintenance checked
Packages and installation
Source-provided package data. Koskamo has not executed or live-probed this package.
octopus-blackboard 0.3.1
{
"version": "0.3.1",
"transport": "stdio",
"identifier": "octopus-blackboard",
"registryType": "npm",
"environmentVariables": [
{
"name": "OCTOBOARD_AGENT",
"description": "Identity the server writes under, e.g. \"cursor\" or \"claude-code\". Defaults to \"anon\"."
},
{
"name": "OCTOBOARD_DIR",
"description": "Explicit board directory. Omitted → the server discovers the nearest .octoboard/ by walking up from the working directory."
}
]
}Tools
Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.
Maintenance history
Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.
- · repository · passed · metadata changed · updated
- · backfill · recorded · Pre-expansion baseline; unobserved rich metadata remains unknown
Connect from your client
Each snippet configures the same source-provided package; replace placeholders before use.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"octopus-blackboard-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"octopus-blackboard@0.3.1"
],
"env": {
"OCTOBOARD_AGENT": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_AGENT>",
"OCTOBOARD_DIR": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Cline
{
"mcpServers": {
"octopus-blackboard-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"octopus-blackboard@0.3.1"
],
"env": {
"OCTOBOARD_AGENT": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_AGENT>",
"OCTOBOARD_DIR": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_DIR>"
}
}
}
}VS Code
{
"servers": {
"octopus-blackboard-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"octopus-blackboard@0.3.1"
],
"env": {
"OCTOBOARD_AGENT": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_AGENT>",
"OCTOBOARD_DIR": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_DIR>"
}
}
}
}Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"octopus-blackboard-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"octopus-blackboard@0.3.1"
],
"env": {
"OCTOBOARD_AGENT": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_AGENT>",
"OCTOBOARD_DIR": "<YOUR_OCTOBOARD_DIR>"
}
}
}
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