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External Memory MCP Server

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An MCP server that gives LLMs persistent, searchable semantic memory

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An MCP server that gives LLMs persistent, searchable semantic memory

Security Report

7.0
Moderate7.0Low Risk

Valid MCP server (1 strong, 4 medium validity signals). 3 known CVEs in dependencies (0 critical, 3 high severity) Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.

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How to Install

Add this to your MCP configuration file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-github-daedalus-mcp-external-memory": {
      "args": [
        "mcp-external-memory"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

Documentation

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From the project's GitHub README.

mcp-external-memory

An MCP server that gives LLMs persistent, searchable semantic memory.

PyPI Python Coverage Ruff

Install

pip install mcp-external-memory

Usage

from mcp_external_memory import memory_store, memory_search

# Store a memory
result = memory_store(content="Alice prefers dark mode", namespace="users", tags=["alice", "ui"])

# Search memories
results = memory_search(query="what does Alice prefer?", namespace="users")

CLI

mcp-external-memory --help

API

Tools

ToolDescription
memory_storePersist text + optional namespace/tags/metadata
memory_searchSemantic search (cosine similarity) over all memories
memory_getRetrieve a single memory by ID
memory_deleteDelete a memory by ID
memory_listList memories with optional namespace/tag filter + pagination
memory_statsCount of memories, namespaces, DB path
memory_updateUpdate an existing memory

Embedding Backends

The server supports multiple embedding backends:

  • TF-IDF (default): Pure Python, no external dependencies
  • OpenAI: Uses text-embedding-3-small model
  • Ollama: Local embeddings with Ollama

Set via MEMORY_EMBED_BACKEND environment variable.

Development

git clone https://github.com/daedalus/mcp-external-memory.git
cd mcp-external-memory
pip install -e ".[test]"

# run tests
pytest

# format
ruff format src/ tests/

# lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# type check
mypy src/

MCP Registry

mcp-name: io.github.daedalus/mcp-external-memory

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