{"name":"Memory MCP","tagline":"Official MCP memory server — a local entity graph the agent can read and write.","url":"https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/memory","category":"mcp","pricing":"free","price_note":"MIT reference; npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory","free_tier":true,"open_source":true,"api":false,"self_host":true,"verdict":"situational","verdict_text":"A local knowledge graph (entities, relations, observations) on disk. Fine as the reference memory, and still the snippet tutorials copy. If you want a product on this job, that is Cogni, not this demo.","limitations":["Teaching graph, not a managed memory product.","Lives in the reference-servers repo; no support desk.","Effectiveness is whether the agent actually writes and recalls."],"strengths":["Official reference graph with entities, relations, and atomic observations.","Local, MIT, npx — no hosted memory leaving the machine."],"use_for":["A first persistent-memory MCP on one machine, one agent.","Demos of graph memory without a vendor account."],"skip_when":["You need hosted, multi-client memory — use Cogni.","The agent already has project memory (Claude Code, Cursor, Noemium).","You expected search quality beyond exact entity names."],"receipts":["https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/memory"],"affiliate":"none","evidence_tier":"source-verified","momentum":"steady","featured":false,"data_sensitivity":{"trains_on_inputs":"no","local_processing":true},"last_verified":"2026-08-26","observed_by":"whysanesanders","slug":"memory-mcp","canonical_url":"https://noemium.com/tools/memory-mcp/","attribution":"Noemium catalog data is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See https://noemium.com/method/ for how entries are verified."}