Claude, Codex, or Cursor connected in 30 seconds. No Python, no JSON, no terminal. **$15.00/mo locked in for life** (12.50/mo yearly pricing). 7-day
If you already use Basic Memory, the basic memory mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Claude, Codex, or Cursor connected in 30 seconds. No Python, no JSON, no terminal. $15.00/mo locked in for life (12.50/mo yearly pricing). 7-day free trial — cancel any time before day 7 if it's not for you. Beta pricing — sign up now.
Because this one is hosted, setup is mostly authentication — you point your client at the endpoint and approve access. Nothing runs on your machine, so there is no runtime to keep patched.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Content — ** write_note, read_note, edit_note, move_note,Projects — ** list_memory_projects, list_workspaces,Schema — ** schema_infer, schema_validate, schema_diffClient — TransportPricing — Start your 7-day free trial →Hermes — Hermes keeps its native plugin shape under integrations/hermes:OpenClaw — OpenClaw stays package-native and publishes from integrations/openclaw:Cursor — The Cursor tool exposed by this serverChatGPT — Basic Memory exposes OpenAI-compatible search and fetch tools for Custom GPT actions. See the [ChatGPT integrationObsidian — No setup. Point Obsidian at ~/basic-memory (or your project folder) and the same wikilinks, frontmatter, and Markdown your AI writes appear in yourFrontmatter — The Frontmatter tool exposed by this serverObservations — Facts about the entity. Categories in [brackets], tags with #, optional context in parensConfiguration is passed through the environment: BASIC_MEMORY_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_ENABLED, BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_ENABLED, BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_PROVIDER, BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_MODEL, COHERE_API_KEY, BASIC_MEMORY_NO_PROMOS. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of AI and media services servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Basic Memory's toolset — Content, Projects, Schema and 10 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by basicmachines-co; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Content | ** write_note, read_note, edit_note, move_note, |
| Projects | ** list_memory_projects, list_workspaces, |
| Schema | ** schema_infer, schema_validate, schema_diff |
| Client | Transport |
| Pricing | [**Start your 7-day free trial →**](https://basicmemory.com?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme&utm_content=cloud-section) |
| Hermes | Hermes keeps its native plugin shape under [integrations/hermes](integrations/hermes): |
| OpenClaw | OpenClaw stays package-native and publishes from [integrations/openclaw](integrations/openclaw): |
| Cursor | The Cursor tool exposed by this server. |
| ChatGPT | Basic Memory exposes OpenAI-compatible search and fetch tools for Custom GPT actions. See the [ChatGPT integration guide](https://docs.basicmemory.com/integrations/chatgpt/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=referral&utm_campa |
| Obsidian | No setup. Point Obsidian at ~/basic-memory (or your project folder) and the same wikilinks, frontmatter, and Markdown your AI writes appear in your graph view. Edit either side — sync handles the rest. |
| Frontmatter | The Frontmatter tool exposed by this server. |
| Observations | Facts about the entity. Categories in [brackets], tags with #, optional context in parens. |
| Relations | Wiki-style links that form the graph. Single-token relation types, or quote multi-word ones. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"basic-memory": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "skills"],
"env": {
"BASIC_MEMORY_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_ENABLED": "your-value",
"BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_ENABLED": "your-value",
"BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_PROVIDER": "your-value",
"BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_MODEL": "your-value",
"COHERE_API_KEY": "your-value",
"BASIC_MEMORY_NO_PROMOS": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| BASIC_MEMORY_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_ENABLED | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_ENABLED | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_PROVIDER | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_MODEL | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| COHERE_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| BASIC_MEMORY_NO_PROMOS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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