Memory Vault

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add memory-vault -e DB_HOST=... -e DB_PORT=... -e DB_NAME=... -e DB_USER=... -e DB_PASSWORD=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.0

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": {
    "memory-vault": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DB_HOST": "...",
        "DB_PORT": "...",
        "DB_NAME": "...",
        "DB_USER": "...",
        "DB_PASSWORD": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Local-first AI memory layer with hybrid search. Postgres + pgvector. Self-hosted, MIT.

Questions

Memory Vault is a local MCP server distributed as the oci package ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.0.

Run: claude mcp add memory-vault -e DB_HOST=... -e DB_PORT=... -e DB_NAME=... -e DB_USER=... -e DB_PASSWORD=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.0

Run: codex mcp add memory-vault --env DB_HOST=... --env DB_PORT=... --env DB_NAME=... --env DB_USER=... --env DB_PASSWORD=... -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.0

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