# semantic-memory-mcp

> Single-file, self-hosted semantic memory MCP server for AI coding agents

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/semantic-memory-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Michael Logies
- homepage: https://github.com/Michael-Logies/semantic-memory-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/Michael-Logies/semantic-memory-mcp
- version: 1.0.4
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:semantic-memory-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Semantic Memory MCP

**Persistent, semantic memory for AI coding agents — a single Python file, entirely local.**

`semantic-memory-mcp` is a self-hosted [Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) server that gives AI coding agents a durable, searchable memory across sessions. It is built as one Python file, stores everything in a single local SQLite database, and needs no cloud service and no API key.

## What it is

- **Cross-session memory:** notes survive between sessions; the agent searches its own memory at the start of every task instead of relying on the user to re-explain context.
- **Hybrid retrieval:** keyword full-text search (SQLite FTS5) and semantic vector search (sqlite-vec) are combined through Reciprocal Rank Fusion — a note can be found by exact wording *or* by meaning.
- **Multilingual embeddings:** quantized ONNX model (`Xenova/multilingual-e5-small`, ~113 MB) runs locally on CPU. English and German work equally well; no OpenAI key required.
- **Trivially auditable:** the whole server is a single readable file (`memory_server.py`, ~1,100 lines). There is no hidden state beyond the SQLite file.

### Tools

| Tool | Purpose |
|------|---------|
| `memory_store` | Save a note (with tags and source) |
| `memory_search` | Hybrid search (semantic + full-text), optional token budget |
| `memory_get` / `memory_recent` | Read one note by ID / list recent notes |
| `memory_update` / `memory_delete` | Edit or remove a note |
| `memory_status` | Database statistics |
| `memory_zotero_sync` | Optional: back up memory content into a Zotero library |

## Why

AI coding agents forget everything between sessions. File-based memory (markdown indexes that get reloaded) is keyword-based: it has no semantic recall and no ranking — a note saved as *"embedding model comparison"* will not be found when the agent later asks *"which embedding did we test?"*.

This server was built as a working reference implementation and **measured, not assumed** — see…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- knowledge.memory (1, derived)
- data.vector-search (0.825, derived)
- data.database (0.802, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/semantic-memory-mcp/ (first seen 2026-10-12T14:25:46.025Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/semantic-memory-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/semantic-memory-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:semantic-memory-mcp