Memory Vault

io.github.MihaiBuilds/memory-vault · v1.6.1

Local-first AI memory layer with hybrid search. Postgres + pgvector. Self-hosted, MIT.

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Terminal

claude mcp add memory-vault -e DB_HOST=<DB_HOST> -e DB_PORT=<DB_PORT> -e DB_NAME=<DB_NAME> -e DB_USER=<DB_USER> -e DB_PASSWORD=<DB_PASSWORD> -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.1

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory-vault": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DB_HOST": "<DB_HOST>",
        "DB_PORT": "<DB_PORT>",
        "DB_NAME": "<DB_NAME>",
        "DB_USER": "<DB_USER>",
        "DB_PASSWORD": "<DB_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "memory-vault": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DB_HOST": "<DB_HOST>",
        "DB_PORT": "<DB_PORT>",
        "DB_NAME": "<DB_NAME>",
        "DB_USER": "<DB_USER>",
        "DB_PASSWORD": "<DB_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "memory-vault": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DB_HOST": "<DB_HOST>",
        "DB_PORT": "<DB_PORT>",
        "DB_NAME": "<DB_NAME>",
        "DB_USER": "<DB_USER>",
        "DB_PASSWORD": "<DB_PASSWORD>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

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Environment variables

Name	Description
`DB_HOST` Required	Hostname of the Postgres+pgvector instance Memory Vault connects to (e.g. 'host.docker.internal' when Postgres runs on the host, 'localhost' when running natively, or the service name when both run in compose)
`DB_PORT` Required	Postgres port
`DB_NAME` Required	Postgres database name
`DB_USER` Required	Postgres user with read/write access to the memory vault database
`DB_PASSWORD` Required, secret	Postgres password for DB_USER

Details

Package	`ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.1` (OCI, stdio)
First published	9 Oct 2026
Last updated	9 Oct 2026
Registry name	`io.github.MihaiBuilds/memory-vault`

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