Memi MCP Server

Memi is the read-only design engineering audit and skill layer for coding agents.

Local serverstdio

What is the Memi MCP server?

Most payments and commerce work still happens through a UI a human drives. Memi MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Memi is the read-only design engineering audit and skill layer for coding agents.

The short version

Start with your next interface · Get Memi Studio · Read the research

Getting it running

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @memi-design/cli on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

The tools it exposes

The server publishes 5 tools. What each one is for:

  • uses — actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
  • Surface — What it is
  • Need — Start with
  • Goal — Copy-paste prompt
  • Studio — brew install --cask memi-design/memi/memi-studio

Things to watch

  • 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.
  • Keep per-call confirmation enabled while you learn its behaviour; it is the cheapest safeguard you have.

How it compares

Among the payments and commerce 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. Memi's toolset — uses, Surface, Need and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by memi-design; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

This entry was verified against Memi's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
usesactions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
SurfaceWhat it is
NeedStart with
GoalCopy-paste prompt
Studiobrew install --cask memi-design/memi/memi-studio

How to install the Memi MCP server

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memoire": {
      "command": "memi",
      "args": ["mcp", "start", "--no-figma"]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Memi to uses.
  • Use Memi to Surface.
  • Use Memi to Need.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Memi to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 5 tools (uses, Surface, Need, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Memi directly.