Memory MCP Server: Setup for Claude, Cursor and Other Apps

• Finds remembered people, things and facts that match a word or phrase

  Searches names, types and notes in the memory graph and returns the matches with the links between them.

  Try: “What do you remember about my Q3 launch plan?”

  Files · search_nodes

• Opens specific remembered items by name

  Returns the named items and the links between them. Names that do not exist are skipped without an error.

  Try: “Open what you stored about Maria and her team.”

  Files · open_nodes

• Reads everything the assistant has remembered

  Returns the whole memory graph: every item, note and link. Use it for a full review, since large graphs fill the chat quickly.

  Try: “Show me everything you have stored about me.”

  Files · read_graph

• Remembers new people, places, projects or things

  Adds new items to the memory, each with a name, a type and a list of notes. An item whose name already exists is skipped and the response says so.

  Try: “Remember that Maria is a designer who prefers morning meetings.”

  Write · create_entities

• Remembers how two things are connected

  Adds links such as 'Maria works at Acme'. Both items must already exist, and duplicate links are skipped.

  Try: “Note that Maria works at Acme.”

  Write · create_relations

• Adds new facts to something already remembered

  Appends notes to items that exist in the memory. It fails if the item is not there, so the assistant creates it first.

  Try: “Add that Maria moved to Lisbon in 2026.”

  Write · add_observations

• Forgets single facts about something

  Removes chosen notes from an item and leaves the item and its links in place. Missing notes are ignored and the response reports how many were removed.

  Try: “Forget that Maria prefers morning meetings.”

  Delete · delete_observations

• Forgets how two things were connected

  Removes the named links between items and keeps the items. The response reports how many links were removed.

  Try: “Remove the link saying Maria works at Acme.”

  Delete · delete_relations

• Forgets whole people or things along with their links

  Removes items and every link attached to them, notes included. Names that do not exist are reported, not treated as errors.

  Try: “Delete everything you know about the Acme project.”

  Delete · delete_entities

Watch out for

• It can delete what it has remembered

  Three tools remove facts, links or whole items, and there is no read-only mode. Back up the memory file now and then if the contents matter. github.com

• The assistant decides what gets saved

  Anything you say in a chat can end up in the memory file, personal details included. Open the file to check, and tell the assistant what not to store. github.com

• Several apps share one file safely

  Each app starts its own server, and writes take turns through a lock file next to the memory file. The folder must be writable, and network drives may not honour the lock. github.com

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