MCP Server for hierarchical intelligent memory system with persistent, indexed and cached context
A sophisticated MCP (Model Context Protocol) server implementation that provides advanced memory management capabilities for AI applications with parallel processing, global installation, and multi-path monitoring support.
# Install dependencies
npm install
# Build the project
npm run build
# Start with cluster mode (default)
npm start
# Install globally
npm link
# Use anywhere as global command
memcp --help
# Initialize memory system for current directory
memcp init --project-path $(pwd)
# Start with automatic heartbeat monitoring (10s interval)
memcp
# Start with custom heartbeat interval
memcp --heartbeat 5
# Monitor multiple directories
memcp --paths "/home/user/project1,/home/user/project2"
# Create a new memory
memcp memory create --context "project" --subcontext "tasks" --title "Feature Implementation" --content "Implement user authentication system"
# Search memories
memcp search --query "authentication"
# Get system statistics
memcp stats
MCP_SERVER_PORT: Server port (default: 3000)MCP_LOG_LEVEL: Logging level (debug, info, warn, error)MCP_PROJECT_PATH: Default project path for memory operationsMCP_MONITORING_PATHS: Comma-separated paths for multi-directory monitoringMCP_HEARTBEAT_INTERVAL: Heartbeat interval in seconds (default: 10)memcp [options]
Options:
--parallel Enable parallel processing (default: true)
--workers <number> Number of worker threads (default: 4)
--heartbeat <seconds> Heartbeat interval in seconds (default: 10)
--paths <paths> Comma-separated paths to monitor
--project-path <path> Project path for memory operations
--help Display help information
src/
├── index.ts # Main server implementation with heartbeat integration
├── types.ts # TypeScript type definitions
├── tools/ # MCP tool implementations
│ ├── parallel-memory.tool.ts # Parallel processing tools
│ └── ... # Other tool implementations
├── utils/ # Utility functions
│ ├── background-tasks.ts # Background task management
│ ├── heartbeat-monitor.ts # Single-path heartbeat monitoring
│ ├── multi-path-heartbeat.ts # Multi-path heartbeat monitoring
│ └── file-system.ts # File system utilities
├── workers/ # Worker thread implementations
│ └── search-worker.ts # Search worker pool
├── cluster/ # Cluster management
│ └── cluster-manager.ts # MCP cluster manager
├── validation/ # Data validation system
├── cache/ # Memory caching layer
└── indexing/ # Search indexing system
bin/
├── memory-mcp.mjs # Original MCP server launcher
├── memory-mcp-parallel.mjs # Parallel MCP server launcher
└── memcp-global.mjs # Global executable entry point
The system creates ia-memory/heartbeat.log files in monitored directories with entries like:
2025-09-01T11:17:08.486Z - STARTED - PID:151868
2025-09-01T11:17:11.491Z - RUNNING - PID:151868
2025-09-01T11:17:14.494Z - RUNNING - PID:151868
2025-09-01T11:17:16.328Z - STOPPED - PID:151868
# Monitor single path heartbeat
tail -f ia-memory/heartbeat.log
# Monitor multiple paths (in separate terminals)
tail -f /path/to/project1/ia-memory/heartbeat.log
tail -f /path/to/project2/ia-memory/heartbeat.log
# Check heartbeat status
memcp heartbeat_status --project-path /path/to/project
memory_create: Create a new memory entrymemory_read: Read memory by pathmemory_main_get: Get main memory or specific sectionmemory_main_update: Update main memory sectionmemory_main_add_context: Add new context to main memorysearch_memories: Full-text search across memoriesget_memory_tree: Get memory tree structureget_filesystem_tree: Get file system treelinks_create: Create new link between memorieslinks_read: Read links for context/subcontextinit: Initialize memory systemstats: Get system statisticsvalidate_system: Validate system integrityheartbeat_status: Get heartbeat monitor statusparallel_memory_tools: Access to parallelized memory operations# Start in current directory with default settings
memcp
# Custom heartbeat interval
memcp --heartbeat 3
# Monitor multiple projects
memcp --paths "/home/user/project1,/home/user/project2,/home/user/project3"
# Via environment variable
export MCP_MONITORING_PATHS="/path1,/path2"
memcp
# Initialize new project
cd /path/to/new/project
memcp init
# Start monitoring with faster heartbeat for development
memcp --heartbeat 2
# Check system health
memcp stats
memcp heartbeat_status
# Run integration tests
npm test
# Test heartbeat functionality
node test-heartbeat.mjs
# Test multi-path monitoring
MCP_MONITORING_PATHS="/path1,/path2" node test-multi-path-heartbeat.mjs
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')git push origin feature/amazing-feature)This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
project/
├── .memory/
│ ├── main.sjson # Configuração principal e contextos
│ ├── context1/
│ │ ├── links.csv # Links para submemórias
│ │ ├── subcontext1/
│ │ │ ├── submemory.json5 # Metadados da submemória
│ │ │ └── memories/ # Arquivos de memória
│ │ │ ├── memory1.md
│ │ │ └── memory2.md
│ │ └── subcontext2/
│ │ └── ...
│ ├── context2/
│ │ └── ...
│ ├── .index/ # Índices SQLite FTS5
│ │ ├── main.db
│ │ └── search.db
│ └── .cache/ # Cache de performance
│ ├── main.json
│ ├── links.json
│ └── memories.json
└── .memoryignore # Arquivos Git a ignorar
# Clone o projeto
git clone <repository-url>
cd memcp
# Instale dependências
pnpm install
# Compile o projeto
pnpm build
# Torne o binário executável
chmod +x bin/memcp.mjs
# Inicializar sistema de memória em um projeto
./bin/memcp.mjs init /path/to/project
// Criar um contexto principal
{
"name": "memory_main_add_context",
"arguments": {
"project_path": "/path/to/project",
"name": "desenvolvimento",
"description": "Contexto para desenvolvimento de software",
"priority": 8
}
}
// Criar uma memória
{
"name": "memory_create",
"arguments": {
"project_path": "/path/to/project",
"context": "desenvolvimento",
"subcontext": "backend",
"title": "Arquitetura API REST",
"content": "# Arquitetura API REST\n\nDescrição da arquitetura...",
"tags": ["api", "rest", "arquitetura"],
"importance": "high"
}
}
// Buscar memórias
{
"name": "search_memories",
"arguments": {
"project_path": "/path/to/project",
"query": "arquitetura api",
"options": {
"contexts": ["desenvolvimento"],
"tags": ["api"],
"limit": 10
}
}
}
init - Inicializar sistema de memóriavalidate_system - Validar integridade do sistemamemory_main_get - Obter memória principal ou seçãomemory_main_update - Atualizar seção da memória principalmemory_main_add_context - Adicionar novo contextolinks_create - Criar novo linklinks_read - Ler links para contexto/subcontextolinks_search - Buscar links com correspondência fuzzylinks_validate - Validar links em contextomemory_create - Criar nova memóriamemory_read - Ler memória por caminhomemory_update - Atualizar conteúdo e/ou frontmattermemory_delete - Deletar memóriamemory_move - Mover memória para diferente contexto/subcontextosearch_memories - Busca full-text de memóriasfind_similar - Encontrar memórias similaresreindex_all - Reindexar todas as memóriasget_memory_tree - Obter estrutura em árvore de memóriasget_related_memories - Obter memórias relacionadasget_memory_graph - Obter representação em grafo de memóriasget_recent_memories - Obter memórias recentesget_important_memories - Obter memórias importantescleanup_broken_links - Limpar links quebradosoptimize_index - Otimizar índice de buscacompact_cache - Compactar cachestats - Obter estatísticas do sistemaexport_to_json - Exportar sistema para JSONimport_from_json - Importar sistema de JSONO servidor disponibiliza recursos via MCP:
memory://main - Configuração da memória principalmemory://tree - Visão hierárquica da estrutura de memóriamemory://stats - Estatísticas do sistema e informações de saúdeMCP Client → Server → Tool Class → Cache → FileSystem
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SearchIndex
MEMORY_PROJECT_PATH - Caminho padrão do projeto para recursos MCPNODE_ENV - Ambiente de execução (development/production)O sistema automaticamente cria .memoryignore para excluir arquivos temporários do Git:
.memory/.cache/
.memory/.index/
# Executar testes
pnpm test
# Executar testes com coverage
pnpm test:coverage
# Executar testes em modo watch
pnpm test:watch
git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)Este projeto está licenciado sob a MIT License - veja o arquivo LICENSE para detalhes.
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MCP Server for hierarchical intelligent memory system with persistent, indexed and cached context
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