MEMCORD (mcp server) This privacy-first, self-hosted MCP server helps you organize chat history, summarize messages, search across past chats with AI — and keeps everything secure and fully under your control.

Features

Never Lose Context Again

Transform your Claude conversations into a searchable, organized knowledge base that grows with you

Core Benefits

• 🧠 Infinite Memory - Claude remembers everything across unlimited conversations with intelligent auto-summarization
• 🔒 Your Data, Your Control - 100% local storage with zero cloud dependencies or privacy concerns
• 📚 Universal Knowledge Import - Pull in PDFs, research papers, web articles, and data files instantly
• ⚡ Lightning Search - Ask questions in plain English: "What did we decide about the API design?"
• 🎯 Effortless Organization - Smart tags and folders that organize themselves around your workflow
• 🔗 Intelligent Merging - Automatically combines related conversations while eliminating duplicates
• 🤖 AI-Powered Intelligence - Advanced search algorithms that understand context, not just keywords
• ⚙️ Set-and-Forget Setup - Configure once, works invisibly forever

The Bottom Line

Stop losing brilliant ideas in chat history. Turn every Claude conversation into permanent, searchable knowledge that compounds over time.

Perfect for: Researchers, consultants, developers, and anyone who has important conversations with Claude that they can't afford to lose.

Quick Start

# First time installation
git clone https://github.com/ukkit/memcord.git
cd memcord
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install -e .

Add to Claude Desktop

Basic Mode (Default - 8 Tools)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memcord": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/path/to/chat-memory-mcp",
        "run",
        "memcord"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PYTHONPATH": "/path/to/chat-memory-mcp/src"
      }
    }
  }
}

📚 Complete Installation Guide - Detailed setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and other MCP applications.

Basic Usage

# Create a memory slot and save conversation
memcord_name "project_meeting"
memcord_save "Our discussion about the new API design..."
memcord_save_progress

# Privacy control - activate zero mode (no saving)
memcord_zero  # No memory will be saved until switched to another slot

# Search and query your memories
memcord_search "API design decisions"
memcord_query "What did we decide about authentication?"

🔧 Basic Mode (Default)

Core Tools

• memcord_name - Create/select memory slots
• memcord_save - Save conversations manually
• memcord_read - Retrieve stored content
• memcord_save_progress - Auto-summarize and append
• memcord_list - List all memory slots

Privacy Control

• memcord_zero - Activate zero mode - no memory will be saved

Search & Intelligence

• memcord_search - Full-text search with Boolean operators
• memcord_query - Natural language questions about memories

Refer to 📖 Complete Tools Reference for Advance Mode and detailed documentation for all 17 tools with examples and parameters.

Documentation

• 📚 Installation Guide - Complete setup instructions for all MCP applications
• 📃 Feature Guide - Complete list of features
• 📖 Tools Reference - Detailed documentation for all 14 tools
• 📥 Import & Merge Guide - Comprehensive guide for Phase 3 features 🆕
• 🔍 Search & Query Guide - Advanced search features and natural language queries
• 🗂️ Usage Examples - Real-world workflows and practical use cases
• ⚙️ Data Format Specification - Technical details and file formats
• 🛠️ Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions

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MIT License - see LICENSE file for details.

Issues & Feature Requests: Use the GitHub issue tracker

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