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Engram memory server
by kael-bit
Give your AI a long-term memory that keeps what matters and lets the rest fade.
Engram is a memory helper for your AI. Normally your AI forgets everything the moment a chat ends. With Engram connected, it can save notes, look them up later, and slowly build a picture of your work. It is handy if you use an AI assistant every day and are tired of repeating yourself.
What is an MCP server? The 30-second version
On its own, your AI can only chat. It has no place to keep things between conversations. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill. This one gives your AI a memory: a place to store notes, lessons and preferences, and to look them up again when they are relevant.
What this MCP server does
You tell your AI something worth remembering, like a rule or a lesson learned. The AI sends it to Engram, which saves it in a small local database on your computer. Over time Engram sorts these notes by importance: fresh ones sit in a short-term area, useful ones get promoted to a long-term area, and ones you never use slowly fade. When you ask a question, the AI searches your saved notes by meaning, not just by exact words, and brings back the most relevant ones. At the start of a new session, the AI can ask Engram for a quick summary of what it already knows.
Click to zoomWhat you can do with it
- Save rules, lessons and preferences your AI should remember
- Recall past notes by meaning, even if you use different words
- Get a short summary of everything your AI knows at the start of a session
- Browse related notes grouped into topics automatically
- Tag notes so they come back before risky actions like a deploy
- Keep separate memory for different projects
- View and manage your memories in a small web page on your computer
Try asking your AI
- “Remember that we always run tests before deploying.”
- “What do I know about how we handle authentication?”
- “Give me a summary of everything you remember before we start.”
- “Show me my notes about deployment procedures.”
What it gives back to you
You get back short lists of matching notes, each with its text and a relevance score. Sometimes you get a summary grouped by topic, like a table of contents of what your AI knows. When the AI saves something, it just confirms it was stored. The web page at localhost:3917/ui lets you browse everything yourself.
Before you start
What you need
- A Mac, Linux or Windows computer
- Permission to run a small install script in your terminal
- Optional: an API key from an AI provider like OpenAI or Anthropic to turn on the smarter sorting features
Good to know
Engram saves notes about your work on your computer, so avoid storing passwords or private details you would not want in a local file.
Install it with your AI
Add Engram memory server to your AI, no technical skills needed
You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.
Sign in to get the install prompt
Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Engram memory server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.
Who it's for
People who use an AI assistant every day for work and want it to stop forgetting what they told it.
