Provena Agent Memory runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 211 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.
Self-hosted MCP memory for AI agents: persistent context with evidence-backed claims.
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Today is the operative word: we check Provena Agent Memory every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add provena-memory -e 'PROVENA_API_KEY=<PROVENA_API_KEY>' -e 'PROVENA_SCOPE_ID=<PROVENA_SCOPE_ID>' -- uvx provena-agent-memory{
"mcpServers": {
"provena-memory": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"provena-agent-memory"
],
"env": {
"PROVENA_API_KEY": "<PROVENA_API_KEY>",
"PROVENA_SCOPE_ID": "<PROVENA_SCOPE_ID>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.provena-memory]
command = "uvx"
args = ["provena-agent-memory"]
env = { PROVENA_API_KEY = "<PROVENA_API_KEY>", PROVENA_SCOPE_ID = "<PROVENA_SCOPE_ID>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"provena-memory": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"provena-agent-memory"
],
"env": {
"PROVENA_API_KEY": "<PROVENA_API_KEY>",
"PROVENA_SCOPE_ID": "<PROVENA_SCOPE_ID>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"provena-memory": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"provena-agent-memory"
],
"env": {
"PROVENA_API_KEY": "<PROVENA_API_KEY>",
"PROVENA_SCOPE_ID": "<PROVENA_SCOPE_ID>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<PROVENA_API_KEY> (Agent credential issued by the Provena service), <PROVENA_SCOPE_ID> (Exact project or branch scope used for memory).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
PROVENA_API_URL (Base URL of the Provena REST API).
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Provena Agent Memory — questions
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