memex MCP Server
Zettelkasten-based agent memory system with bidirectional links
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Published as @touchskyer/memex on npm. Runs locally.
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Memex and Codex
Heya,
I want to share some experience from my try-outs with memex. In my personal use, I do use github, VSC, Codex Extension in VSC on a Windows computer.
I have memex installed successfully. The MCP is available in the Codex VSC Extension. When interacting with codex, I see the Used Memex when Codex begins to work. So this connection is correct.
I have added this to my AGENTS.md:
## Memex MCP Usage
For every new request anywhere under `D:\Hold\VS Code`, use the Memex MCP
server as
[Read the thread](https://github.com/iamtouchskyer/memex/issues/151) · 2026-05-14 · open · external user · 21 comments
### SessionStart hook requires global npm install -g — should use ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} like other plugins
Problem
The memex plugin's SessionStart hook (hooks/hooks.json) runs command -v memex to check for a globally installed CLI. When not found, it prints a warning asking users to run npm
install -g @touchskyer/memex. This makes the plugin non-functional without a manual global install step.
How other Claude Code plugins solve this
Every other plugin with hooks avoids global install requirements by using ${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT} — an environment variable that Claude Code sets at runtime, po
[Read the thread](https://github.com/iamtouchskyer/memex/issues/48) · 2026-04-10 · closed · external user · 5 comments
### VS Code Extension Does Not Register MCP Server for Claude Code
Heya @iamtouchskyer,
I finally made the move from Codex to Claude in my personal setup and now start using memex together with Claude. As always, I want to share my experience and want to help to make the product better :)
## Summary
Installing the `Memex - Agent Memory` VS Code extension does **not** make the memex MCP server available in Claude Code. The extension registers its MCP server exclusively via VS Code's `vscode.lm` API, which serves GitHub Copilot only. Claude Code maintains its
[Read the thread](https://github.com/iamtouchskyer/memex/issues/168) · 2026-06-09 · closed · external user · 3 comments
### Memex MCP Timeout Bug Report
## Summary
`memex_retro` and `memex_write` can time out in the MCP client after 120 seconds even when the underlying card store is healthy. The most likely cause is that `@touchskyer/memex` version `0.2.0` performs blocking Git sync operations during MCP tool execution without any command-level timeout or non-interactive Git/SSH safeguards.
This is amplified by an implementation mismatch:
- `memex_retro` runs `autoFetch` before writing and `autoSync` after writing.
- `writeCommand()` also run
[Read the thread](https://github.com/iamtouchskyer/memex/issues/157) · 2026-05-16 · closed · external user · 3 comments
### `memex_write` / `memex_retro` (MCP) doesn't trigger `autoSync` push when remote uses SSH
### Summary
With `.sync.json` configured as `{"adapter": "git", "auto": true, "remote": "git@github.com:<user>/<cards-repo>.git", ...}`, calling `memex_write` (or `memex_retro`) via the **MCP server** writes the card file to `~/.memex/cards/` but does **not** commit/push it — the file is left untracked in the local git repo, with no error surfaced to the agent or user.
Running `memex sync` manually from an interactive shell immediately commits and pushes successfully ("Pushed."), so the git re
[Read the thread](https://github.com/iamtouchskyer/memex/issues/169) · 2026-06-10 · closed · external user · 1 comment
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