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MCP server for Memos built with FastMCP - self-hosted note-taking tool

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Memos MCP Server

PyPI Python License

MCP server for Memos - the open-source, self-hosted note-taking tool. Built with FastMCP.

Features

Tools

Memo CRUD:

  • create_memo - Create a new memo with content, visibility, and tags
  • get_memo - Get a memo by ID
  • update_memo - Update memo content, visibility, or pinned status
  • delete_memo - Delete a memo
  • list_memos - List memos with filters (state, custom filter)
  • search_memos - Search memos by content or tags

Tag Management:

  • list_tags - List all tags with usage counts
  • rename_tag - Rename a tag across all memos
  • delete_tag - Delete a tag from all memos

Visibility Control:

  • set_visibility - Set memo visibility (PRIVATE, PROTECTED, PUBLIC)
  • list_public_memos - List all public memos
  • list_private_memos - List all private memos

Resources

  • memos://list - Recent 20 memos summary (ID, title, tags, time, visibility)
  • memos://{memo_id} - Full details of a specific memo
  • memos://tags - All tags with usage counts
  • memos://stats - Statistics (total memos, by visibility/state, tags count, pinned)

Prompts

  • search_by_tag - Quick search for memos with a specific tag
  • create_quick_note - Create a simple memo with optional tag
  • find_recent_notes - Find memos from past N days
  • organize_by_visibility - Review and organize memos by visibility
  • update_memo_prompt - Update a specific memo's content with verification

Installation

# Using pip
pip install memos-fastmcp

# Using uvx (recommended)
uvx memos-fastmcp

Configuration

Get API Token

  1. Open your Memos instance
  2. Go to Settings > API Keys
  3. Generate a new API token

Environment Variables

MEMOS_URL=http://your-memos-instance:5230
MEMOS_TOKEN=your-api-token

Optional:

MEMOS_API_VERSION=v1          # Default: v1
MEMOS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT=30.0    # Default: 30.0 seconds

Usage with MCP Clients

Claude Desktop / Claude Code

Add to your MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memos": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["memos-fastmcp"],
      "env": {
        "MEMOS_URL": "http://your-memos-instance:5230",
        "MEMOS_TOKEN": "your-api-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

For Claude Desktop, place this in:

  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

For Claude Code, place this in .claude/settings.json in your project.

Other MCP Clients

# Run directly with environment variables
MEMOS_URL=http://your-memos-instance:5230 \
MEMOS_TOKEN=your-api-token \
uvx memos-fastmcp

Example Usage

Once configured, you can interact with Memos through Claude:

User: "Create a memo about my project plan with tag 'work'"
Claude: [Uses create_memo tool] "Created memo with ID: abc123..."

User: "Search for all memos tagged 'work'"
Claude: [Uses search_memos tool] "Found 5 memos tagged 'work'..."

User: "What are my most used tags?"
Claude: [Uses memos://tags resource] "Your top tags are: work (12), ideas (8)..."

User: "Show me recent memos from the past week"
Claude: [Uses find_recent_notes prompt] "Here are 7 memos from the past week..."

User: "Pin memo abc123"
Claude: [Uses update_memo tool] "Successfully pinned memo abc123"

Development

Local Setup

git clone https://github.com/Jiraiya8/memos-mcp.git
cd memos-mcp

# Install dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

# Run tests
pytest

# Run locally
MEMOS_URL=http://localhost:5230 MEMOS_TOKEN=your-token python -m memos_mcp.server

Build & Publish

python -m build
twine upload dist/*

API Compatibility

Compatible with Memos API v1. Requires Memos 0.22.0 or later.

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

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