search_nodes — Memory MCP Tool Read-only

search_nodes (search nodes) is one of 9 tools on the Memory MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.

by client

How to call search_nodes from your client

Claude Code Memory search_nodes run in your project directory
Claude Desktop Memory search_nodes ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Cursor Memory search_nodes ~/.cursor/mcp.json
VS Code Memory search_nodes .vscode/mcp.json
Zed Memory search_nodes ~/.config/zed/settings.json
Windsurf Memory search_nodes ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
Cline Memory search_nodes ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
Gemini CLI Memory search_nodes ~/.gemini/settings.json
Grok Memory search_nodes .mcp.json (in your project root)
LangChain Memory search_nodes pip install langchain-mcp-adapters

Fastest route

claude mcp add server-memory -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory

Other tools on this server

create_entities
create_relations
add_observations
delete_entities
delete_observations
delete_relations
read_graph
open_nodes

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.

Memory MCP server