Memos MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for integrating Memos with AI assistants that support the MCP protocol, such as Claude.

✨ Features

• Search memos using keywords
• Create new memos with customizable visibility settings and tags
• Retrieve specific memos by ID
• Get user information

🚀 Installation

Claude Desktop Setup

1. Install Claude Desktop

   • Download Claude Desktop
   • Ensure you have the latest version (Menu: Claude -> Check for Updates...)

2. Configure MCP Server

   {
     "mcpServers": {
       "memos": {
         "command": "npx",
         "args": [
           "memos-mcp-server"
         ],
         "env": {
           "MEMOS_URL": "https://your-memos-instance.com",
           "MEMOS_API_KEY": "your_api_key"
         }
       }
     }
   }
   

🛠️ Available Tools

search_memo

Search for memos using keywords.

Parameters:

• key_word (string): The keywords to search for in memo content
• state (string, optional): The state of memos to list (default: "NORMAL", can also be "ARCHIVED")

create_memo

Create a new memo.

Parameters:

• content (string): Memo content
• visibility (string, optional): Visibility setting (default: "PRIVATE", options: "PUBLIC", "PROTECTED", "PRIVATE")
• tags (array of strings, optional): List of tags for the memo

get_memo

Retrieve a specific memo by its ID.

Parameters:

• name (string): Memo name, format is memos/{id} or just the ID number

get_user

Get current user information.

🧪 Development

This project uses TypeScript with the FastMCP framework for MCP server development.

Setup

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Create .env file and set environment variables
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env file with your Memos API details

Development Mode

npm run dev

Build

npm run build

Run Production Server

npm start

Test with mcp-cli

The fastest way to test and debug your server is with fastmcp dev:

npx fastmcp dev src/server.ts

This will run your server with mcp-cli for testing and debugging your MCP server in the terminal.

Inspect with MCP Inspector

You can also use the official MCP Inspector to inspect your server with a Web UI:

npx fastmcp inspect src/server.ts

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome! Visit the issues page.

📄 License

MIT License - Copyright (c) 2025 Stephen J. Li