Local Memory

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add local-memory-mcp -e MEMORY_DB_PATH=... -e MEMORY_EMBED_DISABLED=... -e MEMORY_EMBED_MODEL=... -e MEMORY_EMBED_CACHE_DIR=... -- npx -y @studiomeyer/local-memory-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": {
    "local-memory-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@studiomeyer/local-memory-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEMORY_DB_PATH": "...",
        "MEMORY_EMBED_DISABLED": "...",
        "MEMORY_EMBED_MODEL": "...",
        "MEMORY_EMBED_CACHE_DIR": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Persistent local AI memory. SQLite + FTS5 + vector search, knowledge graph. No cloud, no API keys.

Questions

Local Memory is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @studiomeyer/local-memory-mcp.

Run: claude mcp add local-memory-mcp -e MEMORY_DB_PATH=... -e MEMORY_EMBED_DISABLED=... -e MEMORY_EMBED_MODEL=... -e MEMORY_EMBED_CACHE_DIR=... -- npx -y @studiomeyer/local-memory-mcp

Run: codex mcp add local-memory-mcp --env MEMORY_DB_PATH=... --env MEMORY_EMBED_DISABLED=... --env MEMORY_EMBED_MODEL=... --env MEMORY_EMBED_CACHE_DIR=... -- npx -y @studiomeyer/local-memory-mcp

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