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Search Memory MCP Server

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Search Memory runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 471 installs a week from npm. Last commit 12 Oct 2026.

Free web search and long-term memory for AI assistants. No API keys; data stays local.

Installs per day peak 337 · avg 11
a month agotoday
471
Installs / week
npm · search-memory-mcp
0
Stars
1 open issue
12 Oct 2026
Last commit
4 releases in 90 days
ISC
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 7 h ago · rules ccca72095570

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: playwright install chromium || node -e "process.exit(0)"

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

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 search-memory-mcp -- npx -y search-memory-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-memory-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-memory-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.search-memory-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "search-memory-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-memory-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-memory-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-memory-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "search-memory-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: SEARCH_PROVIDERS (Comma-separated search provider order, for example duckduckgo,marginalia,bing), CACHE_DB_PATH (Path of the local SQLite database for cache, memory, and index), INGEST_ALLOWED_DIRS (Comma-separated directories whose files ingest_document may read; local file reading is off when unset), SEARXNG_BASE_URL (Base URL of a SearXNG instance with JSON output, used by the searxng provider), BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY (Optional Brave Search API key; the brave provider then uses the official API instead of scraping), READER_FALLBACK_URL (Optional reader service (for example https://markdown.new/) used when a page cannot be fetched directly; sends the page URL to that service). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Search Memory — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Search Memory?
Search Memory 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 search-memory-mcp was installed 471 times last week.
How do I connect Search Memory?
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 search-memory-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Search Memory?
The npm package search-memory-mcp was installed 471 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Search Memory open source?
Yes — it is published under the ISC licence, written in TypeScript, 0 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.