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hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents MCP Server

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hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 207 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Jul 2026.

Persistent 5-level hierarchical memory for AI agents. SQLite-backed, lazy-loaded.

Installs per day peak 218 · avg 39 · -78% w/w
a month agotoday
207
Installs / week
npm · hmem-mcp
23
Stars
0 open issues
21 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 20 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Runs a command on install [пакет] package.json:1
postinstall: node scripts/use-prebuild.cjs && node -e "try{require('child_process').execSync('node dist/cli.js update-skills',{stdio:'ignore'})}catch(e){}"
    const child = spawn(process.execPath, [process.argv[1], "sync", ...args], {
Dumps the whole environment hmem-reader.py:51
        env = dict(os.environ)
  <script src="https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-0.20.3/package/dist/xlsx.full.min.js" integrity="sha384-EnyY0/GSHQGSxSgMwaIPzSESbqoOLSexfnSMN2AP+39Ckmn92stwABZynq1JyzdT" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>

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This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add hmem-mcp -- npx -y hmem-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hmem-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hmem-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.hmem-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "hmem-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hmem-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hmem-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hmem-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "hmem-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: HMEM_STORAGE_DIR (Directory where .hmem SQLite databases are stored. Defaults to ~/.hmem/). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents?
hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package hmem-mcp was installed 207 times last week.
How do I connect hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls hmem-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents?
The npm package hmem-mcp was installed 207 times in the last week. Week over week that is -78%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is hmem — Humanlike Memory for AI Agents open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 23 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.