Cline Memory Bank MCP Server

A memory system for Cline that tracks progress between conversations.

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What is the Cline Memory Bank MCP server?

Cline Memory Bank MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Cline Memory Bank directly instead of describing what you should do. A memory system for Cline that tracks progress between conversations.

What you get

This project is still in development but is mostly working.

The Memory Bank MCP server helps maintain consistent project context across development sessions by providing structured tools and resources for managing:

What the assistant can call

Once Cline Memory Bank is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Prerequisites — The Prerequisites tool exposed by this server
  • Tools — After installation and building, initialize the memory bank for your project by running this command in the project's root directory: bash node
  • Resources — 1. memory://project/context - Project overview and technical stack - Architecture principles and guidelines

Configuration and credentials

  • Node.js (v16 or later) - VS Code with Cline extension installed - TypeScript (for development)

Setting it up

Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client.

Choosing this one

Among the knowledge and memory options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Cline Memory Bank's toolset — Prerequisites, Tools, Resources — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by dazeb; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the cline memory bank mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
PrerequisitesThe Prerequisites tool exposed by this server.
ToolsAfter installation and building, initialize the memory bank for your project by running this command in the project's root directory: bash node /path/to/cline-mcp-memory-bank/build/index.js initialize_memory_bank . (Repl
Resources1. memory://project/context - Project overview and technical stack - Architecture principles and guidelines

Configuration

  • Node.js (v16 or later) - VS Code with Cline extension installed - TypeScript (for development)

Example prompts to try

  • Use Cline Memory Bank to Prerequisites.
  • Use Cline Memory Bank to Tools.
  • Use Cline Memory Bank to Resources.

Frequently asked questions

It creates four markdown files: activeContext.md (current session/tasks), progress.md (milestones/status), decisionLog.md (technical decisions with rationale), and projectContext.md (overview, stack, architecture).