hypermnesia-mcp
local MCP serverhypermnesia-mcp is a local MCP server: Persistent memory for AI agents — 36 cited neuroscience mechanisms, local-first, hybrid retrieval. Install it from pypi as hypermnesia-mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add hypermnesia-mcp -- uvx hypermnesia-mcp
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": {
"hypermnesia-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"hypermnesia-mcp"
]
}
}
}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.
Summary
Persistent memory for AI agents — 36 cited neuroscience mechanisms, local-first, hybrid retrieval.
hypermnesia-mcp vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hypermnesia-mcp | 73 | Local | No | pypi |
| PMB AI | 280 | Local | No | pypi |
| core | 218 | Local | No | pypi |
| OMEGA Memory | 218 | Local | No | pypi |
| SAME - Stateless Agent Memory Engine | 23 | Local | Yes | npm |
Questions
No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.
Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
hypermnesia-mcp is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package hypermnesia-mcp.
Run: claude mcp add hypermnesia-mcp -- uvx hypermnesia-mcp
Run: codex mcp add hypermnesia-mcp -- uvx hypermnesia-mcp
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- Persomeio.github.Intuition-Lab/personal-model1,324
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