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ZenBrain Memory

ZenBrain Memory is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Agent memory: working, episodic, semantic, procedural and core layers. It has 27 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @zensation/mcp.

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Install ZenBrain Memory

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zenbrain-memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@zensation/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENBRAIN_DB": "your-value",
        "ZENBRAIN_CONTEXTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env ZENBRAIN_DB=your-value --env ZENBRAIN_CONTEXTS=your-value --transport stdio zenbrain-memory -- npx -y @zensation/mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zenbrain-memory": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@zensation/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENBRAIN_DB": "your-value",
        "ZENBRAIN_CONTEXTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "zenbrain-memory": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@zensation/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ZENBRAIN_DB": "your-value",
        "ZENBRAIN_CONTEXTS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

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).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
ZENBRAIN_DBNoPath to the SQLite file that holds the memory. A leading ~/ means your home directory; a relative path depends on where the client starts the server (some…
ZENBRAIN_CONTEXTSNoComma-separated context domains, passed to the cross-context layer. No tool uses that layer yet, so the value currently has no effect.

About ZenBrain Memory

Status: early release. The tool surface is small on purpose and may still change before 1.0. The memory layers underneath it are the same ones the ZenBrain paper describes and the benchmarks measure.

  • fsrs
  • hebbian-learning
  • neuroscience
  • spaced-repetition
  • agent-memory
  • long-term-memory
  • ai-memory
  • cognitive-architecture
  • forgetting-curve
  • llm-memory

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How do I install the ZenBrain Memory MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @zensation/mcp 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 ZenBrain 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 ZenBrain Memory actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 18, 2026. The latest release is v0.6.0, published Oct 17, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.