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telemem

local MCP server

telemem is a local MCP server: Long-term and multimodal memory for AI agents - character-aware, mem0-compatible, fully-local option. Install it from pypi as telemem.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add telemem -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e TELEMEM_CONFIG=... -e TELEMEM_DEFAULT_USER_ID=... -- uvx telemem

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": {
    "telemem": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "telemem"
      ],
      "env": {
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "...",
        "TELEMEM_CONFIG": "...",
        "TELEMEM_DEFAULT_USER_ID": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

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.
  • Environment variables: OPENAI_API_KEY, TELEMEM_CONFIG, TELEMEM_DEFAULT_USER_ID

Summary

Long-term and multimodal memory for AI agents - character-aware, mem0-compatible, fully-local option

telemem vs similar servers

ServerStarsTypeAPI keyRuntime
telemem492LocalYespypi
Persome1,324LocalNopypi
deja-vu1,076LocalNonpm
Vestige638LocalNonpm
Nautilus Compass Memory622HostedYesNone

Questions

It reads 3 environment variables: OPENAI_API_KEY, TELEMEM_CONFIG, TELEMEM_DEFAULT_USER_ID. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Python with uv (runs with uvx), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.

telemem is a local MCP server distributed as the pypi package telemem.

Run: claude mcp add telemem -e OPENAI_API_KEY=... -e TELEMEM_CONFIG=... -e TELEMEM_DEFAULT_USER_ID=... -- uvx telemem

Run: codex mcp add telemem --env OPENAI_API_KEY=... --env TELEMEM_CONFIG=... --env TELEMEM_DEFAULT_USER_ID=... -- uvx telemem

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