a-mem-mcp

How to start

1. Run the command in your terminal, in the project where you want it.
2. Set OPENAI_API_KEY with --env or in your shell.
3. Check it: run /mcp in Claude Code and look for it in the list.

What it needs

• LLM_BACKENDOptional. LLM backend to use (openai, ollama, sglang, or openrouter)
• LLM_MODELOptional. LLM model name (e.g., gpt-4o-mini, llama2, etc.)
• OPENAI_API_KEYRequired. Secret: keep it out of your repo. OpenAI API key (required if LLM_BACKEND=openai)
• EMBEDDING_MODELOptional. Sentence transformer model for embeddings
• CHROMA_DB_PATHOptional. ChromaDB storage directory path

Environment variables as listed in the server's MCP Registry entry.