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Install Project Brain in LM Studio

What you need first

  • LM Studio, installed.
  • Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
  • Your own values for YOUR_PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST,YOUR_PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR.

Steps

  1. In LM Studio, open the Program tab and choose Install › Edit mcp.json.
  2. Add this block. If the file already has mcpServers, add only the entry inside it.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "project-brain": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST", "-e", "PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR", "ghcr.io/gentleelephant/project-brain:v2.0.3"],
      "env": { "PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST": "YOUR_PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST", "PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR": "YOUR_PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Replace YOUR_PROJECT_BRAIN_REPO_LIST,YOUR_PROJECT_BRAIN_STATE_DIR with your own values.
  2. Save the file and restart LM Studio.

Check it worked

Ask LM Studio: List the tools of project-brain.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
Docker is not running. Start it, then restart LM Studio.
The server starts, but its tools fail
A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.
Nothing changes after a restart
The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.

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