Install a-mem-mcp for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- 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.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"diaaaj-a-mem-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"a-mem"
],
"env": {
"LLM_BACKEND": "openai",
"LLM_MODEL": "gpt-4o-mini",
"OPENAI_API_KEY": "YOUR_OPENAI_API_KEY",
"EMBEDDING_MODEL": "all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
"CHROMA_DB_PATH": "./chroma_db"
}
}
}
}