mnemograph 0.3.0

Event-sourced knowledge graph memory for AI coding agents (MCP server)

Mnemograph

A persistent, event-sourced knowledge graph for AI coding agents. Unlike simple key-value memory, Mnemograph captures entities, relations, and observations — enabling semantic search, tiered context retrieval, and git-based version control of your AI's memory.

Works with: Claude Code, opencode, codex CLI, Zed, Continue.dev, and any MCP-compatible agent.

Why Mnemograph?

AI coding sessions are ephemeral. Mnemograph gives your AI partner persistent memory that:

• Survives across sessions — decisions, patterns, learnings persist
• Supports semantic search — find relevant context by meaning, not just keywords
• Provides tiered retrieval — shallow summaries to deep subgraphs based on need
• Versions like code — branch, commit, diff, revert your knowledge graph
• Enables collaboration — share memory repos across users or projects

Memory Scope: Local vs Global

Before using mnemograph, decide where to store memory:

Scope	Path	Use When
Project-local	./.claude/memory	Knowledge specific to this repo (architecture, decisions, patterns)
Global	~/.claude/memory	Cross-project knowledge (personal learnings, universal patterns, preferences)
Custom	Any path via MEMORY_PATH	Shared team memory, org-wide knowledge bases

Important: Agents should ask the user which scope to use when first setting up mnemograph for a project. This affects where knowledge is stored and whether it's shared across projects.

# Project-local (default)
MEMORY_PATH=".claude/memory"

# Global (cross-project)
MEMORY_PATH="$HOME/.claude/memory"

# CLI: use --global flag
mg --global status
mg --global graph

Quick Start

Option 1: Let Claude Code install it

Give Claude Code this repo URL and ask it to set up mnemograph:

https://github.com/tm42/mnemograph

Or point Claude to the setup instructions directly:

Read https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tm42/mnemograph/main/SETUP_CLAUDE_CODE.md and follow them

Option 2: Manual installation

# Install from PyPI
pip install mnemograph

# Add to Claude Code (global, available in all projects)
claude mcp add --scope user mnemograph \
  -e MEMORY_PATH="$HOME/.claude/memory" \
  -- uvx mnemograph

# Initialize memory directory
mkdir -p ~/.claude/memory

Option 3: Other MCP Clients

Each MCP client has a different configuration format. See UNIVERSAL_MCP_COMPATIBILITY.md for copy-paste configs for:

• opencode — ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json
• Codex CLI — ~/.codex/config.yaml
• Zed — ~/.config/zed/settings.json
• Continue.dev — ~/.continue/config.json

The key environment variable is MEMORY_PATH — set it to where you want the knowledge graph stored.

Option 4: Install from source

git clone https://github.com/tm42/mnemograph.git
cd mnemograph
uv sync

# Add to Claude Code (or adapt for your MCP client)
claude mcp add --scope user mnemograph \
  -e MEMORY_PATH="$HOME/.claude/memory" \
  -- uv run --directory /path/to/mnemograph mnemograph

Usage

MCP Tools (used by any agent)

Mnemograph exposes these tools via MCP:

Tool	Description
remember	Primary storage: Store knowledge atomically (entity + observations + relations in one call)
recall	Primary retrieval: Get relevant context with auto token management (shallow/medium/deep). Returns structure-only if results too large.
open_nodes	Get full data for specific entities (after recall)
create_entities	Create entities (auto-blocks duplicates >80% match)
create_relations	Link entities with typed edges (implements, uses, decided_for, etc.)
add_observations	Add facts/notes to existing entities
read_graph	Get the full knowledge graph (warning: may be large)
delete_entities	Remove entities (cascades to relations)
delete_relations	Remove specific relations
delete_observations	Remove specific observations
find_similar	Find entities with similar names (duplicate detection)
find_orphans	Find entities with no relations
merge_entities	Merge duplicate entities (consolidates observations, redirects relations)
get_graph_health	Assess graph quality: orphans, duplicates, overloaded entities
suggest_relations	Suggest potential relations based on semantic similarity
get_state_at	Time travel: view graph state at any point in history
diff_timerange	Show what changed between two points in time
get_entity_history	Full changelog for a specific entity
get_relation_weight	Get weight breakdown (recency, co-access, explicit)
set_relation_importance	Set explicit importance weight (0.0-1.0)
get_strongest_connections	Find entity's most important connections
get_weak_relations	Find pruning candidates (low-weight relations)
clear_graph	Clear all entities/relations (event-sourced, can rewind)
create_entities_force	Create entities bypassing duplicate check

CLI Tools

mnemograph-cli — Event-level operations:

mnemograph-cli status              # Show entity/relation counts, recent events
mnemograph-cli log                 # View event history
mnemograph-cli log --session X     # Filter by session
mnemograph-cli revert --event ID   # Undo specific events
mnemograph-cli revert --session X  # Undo entire session
mnemograph-cli export              # Export graph as JSON

mg (or claude-mem) — Git-based version control:

mg init                  # Initialize memory as git repo
mg status                # Show uncommitted changes
mg commit -m "message"   # Commit current state
mg log                   # View commit history
mg graph                 # Open interactive graph viewer
mg graph --watch         # Live reload mode (refresh button)
mg --global graph        # Use global memory (~/.mnemograph/memory)
mg --memory-path ~/.opencode/memory graph  # Custom memory location

# Graph health and maintenance
mg health                # Show graph health report (orphans, duplicates, etc.)
mg health --fix          # Interactive cleanup mode
mg similar "React"       # Find entities similar to "React" (duplicate check)
mg orphans               # List entities with no relations
mg suggest "FastAPI"     # Suggest relations for an entity
mg clear                 # Clear all entities and relations (with confirmation)
mg clear -y -m "reason"  # Clear without confirmation, record reason

Note: Global options (--global, --memory-path) come before the subcommand.

Running from anywhere (without activating the venv):

# Using uv (recommended)
uv run --directory /path/to/mnemograph mg graph

# Using uvx (if installed from PyPI)
uvx mnemograph-cli status

Graph Visualization — Interactive D3.js viewer:

• Layout algorithms: Force-directed, Radial (hubs at center), Clustered (by component)
• Color modes: By entity type, connected component, or degree centrality
• Edge weight slider: Filter connections by strength
• Live refresh: --watch mode with Refresh button for real-time updates

Architecture

~/.mnemograph/memory/    # or ~/.claude/memory, ~/.opencode/memory, etc.
├── events.jsonl         # Append-only event log (source of truth)
├── state.json           # Cached materialized state (derived)
├── vectors.db           # Semantic search index (derived)
└── .git/                # Version history

Event sourcing means all changes are recorded as immutable events. The current state is computed by replaying events. This enables:

• Full history of all changes
• Revert any operation
• Branch/merge knowledge graphs
• Audit trail of what Claude learned and when

Two-layer versioning:

• mnemograph-cli revert — fine-grained, undo specific events via compensating events
• claude-mem commit/revert — coarse-grained, git-level checkpoints

Entity Types

Type	Purpose	Example
concept	Ideas, patterns, approaches	"Repository pattern", "Event sourcing"
decision	Choices with rationale	"Chose SQLite over Postgres for simplicity"
project	Codebases, systems	"auth-service", "mnemograph"
pattern	Recurring code patterns	"Error handling with Result type"
question	Open unknowns	"Should we add real-time sync?"
learning	Discoveries	"pytest fixtures simplify test setup"
entity	Generic (people, files, etc.)	"Alice", "config.yaml"

Topic Convention

Use topic entities as entry points for browsing related knowledge:

# Create topic entry points
create_entities([
    {"name": "topic/projects", "entityType": "entity"},
    {"name": "topic/decisions", "entityType": "entity"},
    {"name": "topic/patterns", "entityType": "entity"},
])

# Link entities to their topics
create_relations([
    {"from": "auth-service", "to": "topic/projects", "relationType": "part_of"},
    {"from": "Decision: Use Redis", "to": "topic/decisions", "relationType": "part_of"},
])

Standard topics:

• topic/projects — Project entities
• topic/decisions — Architectural decisions
• topic/patterns — Patterns and practices
• topic/learnings — Key discoveries
• topic/questions — Open questions

This makes it easy to query "what decisions have we made?" by exploring topic/decisions.

Development

git clone https://github.com/tm42/mnemograph.git
cd mnemograph
uv sync                    # Install dependencies
uv run pytest              # Run tests
uv run ruff check .        # Lint
uv run mnemograph          # Run MCP server directly

Based On

Mnemograph builds on MCP server-memory — Anthropic's official memory server

License

MIT