Install guide · Claude Desktop
Install memory-arbiter-mcp for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
Add to Cursor: memory-arbiter-mcpInstall in VS Code: memory-arbiter-mcpInstall in VS Code Insiders: memory-arbiter-mcp
Needs Cursor or VS Code installed on this device. The button opens the app and asks you to confirm before it adds the server.
Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
Paste the JSON config below.
Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
{ "mcpServers": { "billy12151-memory-arbiter-mcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "memory-arbiter-mcp" ], "env": { "MEMORY_ARBITER_CONFIG": "", "MEMORY_ARBITER_CLIENT": "", "MEMORY_ARBITER_AGENT_ID": "", "MEMORY_ARBITER_DB_PATH": "", "MEMORY_ARBITER_BACKUP_JSONL": "", "MEMORY_ARBITER_MCP_TRANSPORT": "" } } }}
Where the config lives
| System | Path |
|---|---|
| macOS | ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json |
| Windows | %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json |
| Linux | ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json |