Montycat MCP - Shared Memory for AI Agents
local MCP serverMontycat MCP - Shared Memory for AI Agents is a local MCP server: Shared, persistent memory for AI agents, with semantic recall and live updates. Install it from pypi as montycat-mcp.
Installation
Terminal
claude mcp add montycat-mcp -e MONTYCAT_URI=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS_VERIFY=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT=... -- uvx montycat-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": {
"montycat-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"montycat-mcp"
],
"env": {
"MONTYCAT_URI": "...",
"MONTYCAT_TLS": "...",
"MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH": "...",
"MONTYCAT_TLS_VERIFY": "...",
"MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
What you need
- Runtime: Python with uv (runs with uvx) or Docker.
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
- Environment variables:
MONTYCAT_URI,MONTYCAT_TLS,MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH,MONTYCAT_TLS_VERIFY,MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT
Summary
Shared, persistent memory for AI agents, with semantic recall and live updates.
Montycat MCP - Shared Memory for AI Agents vs similar servers
| Server | Stars | Type | API key | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montycat MCP - Shared Memory for AI Agents | 65 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| YourMemory | 270 | Local | Yes | pypi |
| neural-memory | 240 | Local | No | npm |
| DeepMem | 114 | Hosted | Yes | None |
| Pensyve | 87 | Hosted | No | None |
Questions
It reads 5 environment variables: MONTYCAT_URI, MONTYCAT_TLS, MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH, MONTYCAT_TLS_VERIFY, MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.
Python with uv (runs with uvx) or Docker, plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
Montycat MCP - Shared Memory for AI Agents is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package montycat-mcp.
Run: claude mcp add montycat-mcp -e MONTYCAT_URI=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS_VERIFY=... -e MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT=... -- uvx montycat-mcp
Run: codex mcp add montycat-mcp --env MONTYCAT_URI=... --env MONTYCAT_TLS=... --env MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_PATH=... --env MONTYCAT_TLS_VERIFY=... --env MONTYCAT_TLS_CERTIFICATE_FINGERPRINT=... -- uvx montycat-mcp
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