Local Memory for VS Code

io.github.studiomeyer-io/local-memory-mcp

Persistent local AI memory. SQLite + FTS5 + vector search, knowledge graph. No cloud, no API keys.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Local Memory in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "memory-db-path",
      "description": "MEMORY_DB_PATH",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "memory-embed-disabled",
      "description": "MEMORY_EMBED_DISABLED",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "memory-embed-model",
      "description": "MEMORY_EMBED_MODEL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "memory-embed-cache-dir",
      "description": "MEMORY_EMBED_CACHE_DIR",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "local-memory-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@studiomeyer/local-memory-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MEMORY_DB_PATH": "${input:memory-db-path}",
        "MEMORY_EMBED_DISABLED": "${input:memory-embed-disabled}",
        "MEMORY_EMBED_MODEL": "${input:memory-embed-model}",
        "MEMORY_EMBED_CACHE_DIR": "${input:memory-embed-cache-dir}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

Local Memory in other clients

Local Memory MCP server