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ClawMem

ClawMem is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. On-device memory layer for AI agents. Claude Code, OpenClaw and Hermes. It has 212 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y clawmem.

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Install ClawMem

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clawmem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "clawmem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio clawmem -- npx -y clawmem

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "clawmem": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "clawmem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "clawmem": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "clawmem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About ClawMem

On-device memory for Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes, and AI agents. Retrieval-augmented search, hooks, and an MCP server in a single local system. No API keys, no cloud dependencies.

  • ai-agent-memory
  • ai-agents
  • bun
  • claude-code
  • embeddings
  • hybrid-search
  • llama-cpp
  • local-first
  • mcp-server
  • mcp-tools

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FAQ

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How do I install the ClawMem MCP server?

Add the command npx -y clawmem to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is ClawMem free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is ClawMem actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 20, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.