Project Memory
What it does
Local decisions, evidence, outcomes and reviewed lessons with bounded retrieval and an HTML viewer.
- Connects Runs on your computer
- Account or key No key needed
- Category Search & AI memory
Install
Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.
Passed 3/3 checks · Runs on your computer · ✓ Commands checked Nov 14, 2026
First: which AI do you use?
Pick your app and the steps appear below.
Works with Claude, with some setup first
Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time) · Only the Claude desktop app (Windows or Mac), not the web or phone
Let AI install it
Copy this message into a Claude chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.
Please install the MCP server Project Memory for Claude on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): { "mcpServers": { "project-memory": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "project-memory-mcp", "serve", "--project", "{project_path}" ] } } } 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the Project Memory tools really show up.This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number:
uv --versionInstall once; it works for everything that needs uv
Open the Claude desktop app’s settings file
SettingsDeveloperEdit Config
Paste these settings and save the file
{ "mcpServers": { "project-memory": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "project-memory-mcp", "serve", "--project", "{project_path}" ] } } }Quit Claude and open it again
Try it
Use Project Memory and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing✓ If Claude says it is using Project Memory or shows a Project Memory tool in the answer, you are connected
Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version
ChatGPT cannot connect Project Memory yet
Project Memory runs on your computer, but ChatGPT can only connect servers that run on the web
What you can do instead
A · Use an app that can connect Project Memory
- Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time) · Only the Claude desktop app (Windows or Mac), not the web or phone
- Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
- Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
- Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
Works with Claude Code, with some setup first
Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
Let AI install it
Copy this message into a Claude Code chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.
Please install the MCP server Project Memory for Claude Code on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): claude mcp add --scope user project-memory -- uvx project-memory-mcp serve --project '{project_path}' 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the Project Memory tools really show up.This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number:
uv --versionInstall once; it works for everything that needs uv
Open Terminal
Mac: press Command+Space and type Terminal · Windows: open PowerShell
Paste this command and press Enter
claude mcp add --scope user project-memory -- uvx project-memory-mcp serve --project '{project_path}'Type /mcp in Claude Code
You should see Project Memory listed as connected
Try it
Use Project Memory and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing✓ If Claude Code says it is using Project Memory or shows a Project Memory tool in the answer, you are connected
Menu names checked against Anthropic’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version
Works with Cursor, with some setup first
Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
Let AI install it
Copy this message into a Cursor chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.
Please install the MCP server Project Memory for Cursor on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): { "mcpServers": { "project-memory": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "project-memory-mcp", "serve", "--project", "{project_path}" ] } } } 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the Project Memory tools really show up.This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number:
uv --versionInstall once; it works for everything that needs uv
Open the AI chat in Cursor in Agent mode
Try it
Use Project Memory and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing✓ If Cursor says it is using Project Memory or shows a Project Memory tool in the answer, you are connected
Menu names checked against Cursor’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version
Works with VS Code, with some setup first
Install Python (uv) on your computer first (one time)
Let AI install it
Copy this message into a VS Code chat. The AI checks your computer, tells you which file it will change, and waits for your OK every time.
Please install the MCP server Project Memory for VS Code on this computer, in this order: 1) Check uv with uv --version. If it is missing, tell me to install it from https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/; do not install it yourself. 2) Use only this config (already checked by PopNx MCP): { "servers": { "project-memory": { "type": "stdio", "command": "uvx", "args": [ "project-memory-mcp", "serve", "--project", "{project_path}" ] } } } 3) Tell me the full path of the file you will change, or the command you will run, and wait for my OK. 4) No key is needed. 5) Do what we agreed, then check that the Project Memory tools really show up.This message has no key in it. If a key is needed, the AI will ask you to paste it yourself into the file or the app’s field.
Install uv (if you don’t have it)
Already installed? Check first · Open Terminal, type this command and press Enter
uv --version- A version number such as uv … = installed, skip this step
- "command not found" (on Windows: "is not recognized") = not installed yet, or installed but Terminal needs to be closed and reopened
How to open Terminal
Mac: press ⌘ + Space, type Terminal, press Enter
Windows: open Start, type Windows PowerShell, then Open
Not installed: uv has no click-through installer. Copy the one-line command for your system (macOS or Windows) from uv’s official page into Terminal · no separate Python install needed; uv downloads it when required
When it’s done, close Terminal, open it again and run the same command. You should see a version number:
uv --versionInstall once; it works for everything that needs uv
Open the AI chat in VS Code in Agent mode
Try it
Use Project Memory and tell me what you can do for me, then show me one thing✓ If VS Code says it is using Project Memory or shows a Project Memory tool in the answer, you are connected
Menu names checked against VS Code’s help page on Nov 11, 2026 · your screen may differ slightly by app version
For developers: Terminal commands and JSON settings
Installed on your computer
Claude Code
claude mcp add --scope user project-memory -- uvx project-memory-mcp serve --project '{project_path}'Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"project-memory": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"project-memory-mcp",
"serve",
"--project",
"{project_path}"
]
}
}
}Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"project-memory": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"project-memory-mcp",
"serve",
"--project",
"{project_path}"
]
}
}
}VS Code (mcp.json)
{
"servers": {
"project-memory": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"project-memory-mcp",
"serve",
"--project",
"{project_path}"
]
}
}
}These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.
At a glance
Which apps can use it
Based on how this server connects and on each app’s own docs, checked Nov 10, 2026.
Run on your computer in
ClaudeGooseLM StudioMsty StudioCherry StudioCursorVS Code + GitHub CopilotVisual StudioWindsurf (Devin Desktop)ZedKiroClineContinueJetBrains AI AssistantClaude CodeCodex CLIGemini CLIOpenCodenodecodeWarpLibreChatRaycast
Related guides
What it can do
Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.
Basic checksi
We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 15, 2026
- ✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account Dankaro-projects, which owns the repo
- ✓ Pass
Still maintained
Code last changed 38 days ago
- ✓ Pass
Has a licence
Uses MIT
- – Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
- – Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
- … Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints
Published vulnerabilities (OSV.dev)
Not checked yet
Makers: ask for a re-check or report wrong info
Discussion
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User reviews
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Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi
- More stars than 0% of the other 6147 servers in this category
- Published to the registry more recently than 38% of the other 6147 servers in this category
- Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 6147 servers in this category
Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.
Common questions
Is Project Memory safe?
It passed 3 of 3 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.
What keys or codes does it need?
The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.
Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?
It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).
Is it still maintained?
The GitHub repo last changed 38 days ago, and the latest version (0.5.0b9) reached the registry 2 months ago.
Which apps can use it?
Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Python (uv) on your computer.
What can I use instead?
In the same category: OpenSEO, Exa, Mockserver, Microsoft Learn MCP, Docs
Similar alternatives
Same category, other makers, commands already checked. Official ones first, then by stars.
Reading a card:↓ Downloads per weeki★ GitHub starsiThree pillars: reviews · checks · usageiUpdated = latest version published to the registryi
Exa
Connect AI agents to Exa for web search, content fetching, and multi-step research.
Mockserver
Mock, record/replay, verify and chaos-test any HTTP, REST, gRPC or LLM dependency over MCP.
Microsoft Learn MCP
Official Microsoft Learn MCP Server – real-time, trusted docs & code samples for AI and LLMs.
Docs
Search and read Empryo's documentation. Read-only, no auth, no local access.
- OpenSEO — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed
- Exa — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed · In Claude’s directory
- Mockserver — Installs on your computer · No key needed
- Microsoft Learn MCP — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed · In Claude’s directory
- Docs — Runs in the cloud, nothing to install · No key needed
README from the maker
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Project Memory
Project Memory keeps the plan, the evidence, the decisions, the outcomes and the accepted lessons of one project in a local SQLite database. Your assistant reads and writes those records through three MCP tools. You follow the same records in a local control panel, which is read only, and you decide in the chat what is approved, accepted and merged.
It works for a software product, a consulting engagement and a workflow automation built in n8n. Work items can be code, documents, deliverables or exported workflows.
Public beta. Python 3.11 or newer is required. The runtime uses only the Python standard library. There is no telemetry, no hosted database and no account. Agent checks and delegated work run through the Codex or Claude Code CLI that you already have installed, and they consume that account's usage.
Install
Install uv, then run this inside the project you want to remember:
uvx project-memory-mcp@0.6.0b16 setup --client codex --trustFor Claude Code, replace --client codex with --client claude. Setup preserves existing records and settings, connects the MCP server and the lifecycle hooks, and opens the control panel. --trust approves the project integration in that client; omit it to approve the connection yourself. Start a new assistant session afterwards. Add --no-view for a headless installation.
For a permanent command:
uv tool install project-memory-mcp==0.6.0b16project-memory doctor project-memory view
To install the published wheel directly from GitHub instead of PyPI:
uvx --from https://github.com/Dankaro-projects/project-memory/releases/download/v0.6.0b16/project_memory_mcp-0.6.0b16-py3-none-any.whl project-memory setup --client claude --trustOther local MCP clients use setup --client mcp and the stdio server. Setup and lifecycle covers client configuration, the plugins, upgrades, backups and removal.
Start a project
A new project starts from one of three templates:
project-memory init ~/projects/pricing-tool --template product --client codex| Template | For | Starter documents | Phases |
|---|---|---|---|
product | A software product | docs/brief.md, docs/research.md, docs/architecture.md, docs/stories.md | Goals and brief, Research, Requirements approval, Architecture, User stories and acceptance, Build, Review and release |
engagement | A consulting engagement | engagement/brief.md, engagement/stakeholders.md, engagement/research.md, engagement/findings.md, deliverables/README.md | Scope and brief, Stakeholders and hypotheses, Research and evidence, Analysis and synthesis, Recommendations and deliverables, Client review, Handover |
automation | A workflow automation, with n8n exports in workflows/ | automation/process.md, automation/systems.md, automation/solution-design.md, workflows/README.md | Process discovery, Systems and credentials inventory, Solution design, Workflow stories and test data, Build workflows, Test with sample data, Deployment and handover |
init creates the folder, initialises git unless you pass --no-git, writes any starter document that does not exist yet, connects the clients you name and records each phase as a work item. Running it again creates nothing a second time and never overwrites a document you have edited.
The kickoff conversation
Each template carries seven kickoff questions. Your assistant reads them with memory_get kickoff and asks you, for example what problem the product solves, who the stakeholders are, or which systems the process uses. It records your answers with memory_write answer_kickoff, fills the starter documents from those answers and proposes requirements. Only you approve the requirements baseline. Until that approval exists, the control panel opens on a kickoff checklist that shows the open questions, the research still needed, the starter documents that are still empty and the phases.
The everyday loop
Tell the assistant the result you want, the constraints and what would count as complete. It then records a work item with its objective, its completion criterion, the next action and the files it may change, continues from that record in later sessions, and records each decision with its evidence, alternatives, uncertainty and expected consequence. After acting, it records what actually happened. A failure stays visible after a later success.
You approve requirements, accept or reject proposed lessons, widen the allowed paths, and decide what is merged. Capturing a document does not approve its contents, and a plan does not authorise work.
The control panel
Run project-memory view in the project, or ask the assistant to open Project Memory. The panel reads the same database and refreshes while it is open. It is laid out as a Notion workspace: a sidebar of views, database tables with views, filters, sorting and grouping, and each item opening as a page beside the list, in a light or a dark theme.
| View | Content |
|---|---|
| Now | One sentence on the project position, the kickoff checklist, and the work in progress, paused, ready and done with the next step of each, and recent decisions |
| Plan | The hierarchy of phases, epics, stories, research items, deliverables and workflows as an outline with nested sub-items and progress, and a gallery of the phases |
| Work | A table and a board of work items, and a page for each with the plan, the allowed paths, dependencies, agent runs, lineage and history |
| Architecture | Components from source code, exported n8n workflows and authored items such as systems, stakeholders and deliverables |
| Dependencies | The work dependency graph with blocked chains, and the declared package table |
| Decisions | Decisions with their outcomes, and the lineage from requirement to outcome |
| Learning | Accepted guards and their recurrences, lessons awaiting your acceptance, failures without a lesson and scope widenings |
| Agents | Host availability, agent checks, delegated runs, and the merge or discard decision |
| Records | Search across every record kind, captured documents and host receipts |
| Requirements | The current requirements, their version and their approval evidence |
project-memory view --output review.html --include-bodies --no-open writes an offline snapshot instead. See the control panel guide.
Read the records in Obsidian
project-memory export --obsidian writes the records as a folder of Markdown notes with frontmatter and wikilinks, which Obsidian opens as a vault. A work item is a folder holding its own decisions, outcomes and plans, and sources, lessons and requirement revisions sit in shared folders beside it. The graph, the backlinks and the search of Obsidian then work on the project history, while the panel stays the place where you decide.
The export runs in one direction. The database is the source of truth, the export owns one folder inside the vault and touches nothing outside it, and a note edited inside that folder is lost on the next run. After a session that wrote records, the session stop hook refreshes the vault in a separate process.
Agent checks and delegated work
When Codex or Claude Code is configured, Project Memory can start short, separate host processes. An agent check reads the records and the project and reports on an outcome, on the current intent or on an unconfirmed execution. Delegated work runs a work item in its own git worktree, limited to the paths in its plan, and a second host reviews the resulting diff before you merge it. If one host reports a usage limit or a rate limit, the run reroutes once to the other configured host.
These runs use your installed Codex or Claude Code account and consume that account's usage. A reviewer cannot edit plans, accept lessons or merge anything. See agent checks and delegated work.
Guards and scope
An accepted lesson with a trigger becomes a guard. When a guard matches the paths or the wording of a work item, a decision must list that lesson in lessons_considered with an explicit yes or no and a reason, otherwise the decision is rejected. When a work item has allowed paths, the lifecycle hooks block an edit outside them, record the block and ask you to extend the scope in the chat. The record fields document defines the pattern rules.
Honest boundaries
- A recorded plan is not permission. Autonomy and scope are advisory records; your host's own permissions and your current instructions decide what may run.
- The scope guard reads the file paths of edit tools, patch markers and the targets of MCP write tools. It does not parse shell redirection or other indirect writes inside shell commands.
- Hooks record events mechanically. Only the assistant can record what those events meant, and a connected panel does not prove that the recording is complete.
- An agent verdict is an interpretation. A passing check does not prove that the work is correct, and an empty findings list is not proof either.
- Architecture is read statically from imports, manifests and exported workflow files. Dynamic loading is not detected.
- Bounded retrieval limits the characters a call returns. It cannot control the complete model input of the host.
- Daily productivity, token usage, correction rates and human task time are not measured, and this project makes no claim about them. Testing and limitations states what is verified and what is not.
Documentation
- User guide, from the first conversation to delivery
- Control panel and agent checks and delegated work
- Setup and lifecycle and record fields
- Testing and limitations, contributing, security and releasing
Packages are published on PyPI and in GitHub Releases.