Configuration - mcp-prose-memory

Storage path

Default storage path:

~/.mcp-prose-memory/memory.json

Override it with MEMORY_PATH:

MEMORY_PATH=/path/to/memory.json npx mcp-prose-memory

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-prose-memory"]
    }
  }
}

With a custom memory file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["mcp-prose-memory"],
      "env": {
        "MEMORY_PATH": "/path/to/your/memory.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Migrating older memory files

If an older release used a client-specific default memory location, move that JSON file to the default path or set MEMORY_PATH to the existing file. The server normalizes older documents with missing known sections, but it will not recover invalid JSON automatically. Fix invalid JSON by hand before starting the server.