Install Memory Vault in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with. - Your own values for
YOUR_DB_HOST,YOUR_DB_PORT,YOUR_DB_NAME,YOUR_DB_USER,YOUR_DB_PASSWORD.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --env DB_HOST=YOUR_DB_HOST --env DB_PORT=YOUR_DB_PORT --env DB_NAME=YOUR_DB_NAME --env DB_USER=YOUR_DB_USER --env DB_PASSWORD=YOUR_DB_PASSWORD --transport stdio memory-vault -- docker run -i --rm -e DB_HOST -e DB_PORT -e DB_NAME -e DB_USER -e DB_PASSWORD ghcr.io/mihaibuilds/memory-vault-mcp:1.6.1 - Replace
YOUR_DB_HOST,YOUR_DB_PORT,YOUR_DB_NAME,YOUR_DB_USER,YOUR_DB_PASSWORDwith your own values. - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of memory-vault.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.
- The server starts, but its tools fail
- A
YOUR_…placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.