Ori Memory
Ori Memory is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Persistent memory infrastructure for AI agents. It has 330 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y ori-memory.
- AI & search
- Apache-2.0
- Actively maintained
Install Ori Memory
Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"ori-memory": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ori-memory"
]
}
}
}Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.
Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport stdio ori-memory -- npx -y ori-memoryCursor
{
"mcpServers": {
"ori-memory": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ori-memory"
]
}
}
}Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.
VS Code
{
"servers": {
"ori-memory": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ori-memory"
]
}
}
}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).
Tools (18)
Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.
ori_wakeSession boot: bounded briefing, plus onboarding on a fresh vault
ori_updateWrite to identity, goals, methodology, daily, or reminders
ori_update_decisionRecord the user's answer to an update notice
ori_whats_newRelease notes for the installed version, or any version
memory_sqlRead-only SQL over the index — anything the ranking tools cannot express
ori_healthFull diagnostics
ori_addCapture to inbox
ori_promotePromote with classification, linking, and area assignment
ori_validateSchema validation
ori_query_rankedFull retrieval with Q-value reranking, co-occurrence PPR, and stage meta-learning
ori_query_similarSemantic search (vector only, faster)
ori_warmthInspect the associative warmth field
ori_exploreRecursive graph traversal — PPR, sub-question decomposition, convergence detection
ori_pruneActivation topology analysis and archive candidates
ori_index_buildBuild/update embedding index and bootstrap co-occurrence edges
ori_statusSELECT COUNT() FROM vnote
ori_query_importantSELECT title, pagerank FROM vnote ORDER BY pagerank DESC
ori_query_fadingoriprune, which its own description already deferred to
About Ori Memory
Open-source persistent memory infrastructure for AI agents. Ori implements human cognition as mathematical models on a knowledge graph. Activation decay from ACT-R. Spreading activation along wiki-link edges. Hebbian co-occurrence from retrieval patterns. Reinforcement learning on retrieval itself. Recursive graph traversal with sub-question decomposition. The system learns what matters, forgets what doesn't, and optimizes its own retrieval pipeline.
- agent-memory
- ai-agent
- ai-memory
- knowledge-graph
- llm
- markdown
- mcp
- mcp-server
- model-context-protocol
- persistent-memory
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What is Ori Memory?
Ori Memory is an MCP server that adds search and knowledge tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Persistent memory infrastructure for AI agents. It has 330 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y ori-memory. The source code is at github.com/aayoawoyemi/Ori-Mnemos.
How do I install the Ori Memory MCP server?
Add the command npx -y ori-memory 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 Ori Memory free?
The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.
Is Ori Memory actively maintained?
The most recent commit was on Oct 1, 2026. The latest release is v0.8.1, published Oct 1, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.