Honcho
remote (hosted) MCP serverHoncho is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Memory that reasons: continual learning for stateful agents. Better context, fewer tokens. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.honcho.dev.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add --transport http honcho https://mcp.honcho.dev --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop
Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.honcho.dev.
Cursor & other clients
Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.
{
"mcpServers": {
"honcho": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.honcho.dev"
}
}
}Needs an API key or token in the request headers. Get one from the vendor first.
What you need
- Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.
- Credentials: a bearer token or API key from the vendor, sent in the Authorization header.
Summary
Memory that reasons: continual learning for stateful agents. Better context, fewer tokens.
Honcho vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honcho | 7,369 | Hosted | Yes | None |
| Codebase Memory | 45K | Local | No | npm |
| Entroly | 470 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| shodh-memory | 294 | Local | Yes | npm |
| OMEGA Memory | 218 | Local | No | pypi |
Questions
Yes. The hosted endpoint expects a token in the Authorization header.
Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. Honcho is hosted, so there is nothing to install.
Honcho is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.honcho.dev.
Run: claude mcp add --transport http honcho https://mcp.honcho.dev --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
Run: codex mcp add honcho --url https://mcp.honcho.dev --bearer-token-env-var TOKEN
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