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genesys-memory

local MCP server

genesys-memory is a local MCP server: Open-source causal memory for AI agents: persistent, explainable, MCP-native memory (13 tools). Install it from pypi as genesys-memory.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add genesys-memory -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... -e GENESYS_EMBEDDER=... -- uvx genesys-memory

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients

Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "genesys-memory": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "genesys-memory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "...",
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "...",
        "GENESYS_EMBEDDER": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

What you need

  • Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx).
  • MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
  • Environment variables: OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GENESYS_EMBEDDER

Summary

Open-source causal memory for AI agents: persistent, explainable, MCP-native memory (13 tools).

genesys-memory vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
genesys-memory29LocalYespypi
neural-memory240LocalNonpm
OMEGA Memory218LocalNopypi
enquire-mcp33LocalNonpm
SAME - Stateless Agent Memory Engine23LocalYesnpm

Questions

It reads 3 environment variables: OPENAI_API_KEY, ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, GENESYS_EMBEDDER. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

genesys-memory is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package genesys-memory.

Run: claude mcp add genesys-memory -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... -e GENESYS_EMBEDDER=... -- uvx genesys-memory

Run: codex mcp add genesys-memory --env OPENAI_API_KEY=... --env ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=... --env GENESYS_EMBEDDER=... -- uvx genesys-memory

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NameStars
  1. neural-memoryio.github.nhadaututtheky/neural-memory240
  2. OMEGA Memoryio.github.omega-memory/omega-memory218
  3. enquire-mcpio.github.oomkapwn/enquire-mcp33
  4. SAME - Stateless Agent Memory Engineio.github.sgx-labs/same23
  5. Synapse Layer — Trust Infrastructure for AI Agentsio.github.SynapseLayer/synapse-layer13
  6. blitzio.github.blitzdotdev/blitz1,751
  7. CRW Web Scraperio.github.us/crw1,079
  8. ori-memoryio.github.aayoawoyemi/ori-memory325