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MCP Memory Service

MCP Memory Service is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Open-source persistent memory for AI agent pipelines (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen) and Claude. It has 1,988 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx mcp-memory-service.

github.com/doobidoo/mcp-memory-service (opens in a new tab)

Install MCP Memory Service

Generated from the server's published package. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-memory-service": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-memory-service"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio mcp-memory-service -- uvx mcp-memory-service

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-memory-service": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-memory-service"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-memory-service": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-memory-service"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About MCP Memory Service

Open-source memory backend for AI agents — REST API, MCP, OAuth, CLI, dashboard. One self-hosted service, every transport. Agents store decisions, share causal knowledge graphs, and retrieve context in 5ms — without cloud lock-in or API costs.

  • mcp
  • memory
  • semantic-search
  • vector-database
  • claude
  • vector-storage
  • sqlite-vec
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • agent-memory

FAQ

MCP Memory Service FAQ

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What is MCP Memory Service?

MCP Memory Service is an MCP server that adds database tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Open-source persistent memory for AI agent pipelines (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen) and Claude. It has 1,988 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with uvx mcp-memory-service. The source code is at github.com/doobidoo/mcp-memory-service.

How do I install the MCP Memory Service MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-memory-service to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is MCP Memory Service free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is MCP Memory Service actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 7, 2026. The latest release is v11.15.0, published Oct 3, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.