What is Lians?
Lians is a MCP server by Lians-ai that bitemporal agent memory with deterministic fact supersession, point-in-time recall, memory lineage, conflict tracking and tamper-evident audit trails. It is listed under Knowledge & memory and has 16 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | Lians-ai |
| Repository | Lians-ai/Lians |
| Popularity | 16 GitHub stars |
| Category | Knowledge & memory |
| Security | Low risk (96/100) |
| Rank | #1,438 of 4,418 MCP servers; #161 in Knowledge & memory |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Runs | Locally |
| Language | Python |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux |
Is Lians safe to install?
Lians scores 96/100 on the MCPMods security check: Low risk. No checks raised a concern. It passed 5 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Runs on your machine only | Pass |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Read-only by description | Pass |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install Lians?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/Lians-ai/Lians
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add lians -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http lians <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs Lians for you:
Add the "Lians" MCP server from https://github.com/Lians-ai/Lians to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.