Guided install cockpit · source-bounded recipes

Memory you can install. Proof you can inspect.

Choose the host you already use. The cockpit gives you the published path, the runtime checks that matter, and the boundary the integration does not cross.

Local-first Fail-open Receipt-aware No hidden claims

01 · CHOOSE A HOST

Use the narrowest integration that fits.

Hook-capable hosts can participate in lifecycle events. MCP-and-rules hosts expose explicit tools and guidance without pretending a rules file is a hidden hook.

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02 · GUIDED EXECUTION

Generic MCP client

Install the exact server package, select one canonical local store, and expose the bounded agent profile over MCP stdio.

BEST FITPortable server boundary

01Portable stdio02Profile-bounded tools03Local SQLite04Witnessed search

STEP 01 / CONNECT

Prepare the environment. Then change it once.

Choose the environment that will actually launch Generic MCP client. The selector never invents an unsupported translation.

Operating system

Shell

MCP client

A host that can launch a local stdio server and pass arguments.

Rust + cargo

Stable toolchain with ~/.cargo/bin or its platform equivalent on PATH.

Local storage

Choose one canonical memory directory and back it up according to your own policy.

Model cache

The first embedding run may download roughly 550 MB; subsequent use is local.

BASH

Install and start over stdio

The version pin is the current published server version represented by this site.

cargo install semantic-memory-mcp --locked --version '=0.5.4'
semantic-memory-mcp \
  --memory-dir "$HOME/.local/share/semantic-memory" \
  --tool-profile agent

JSON

Equivalent client configuration

Adapt the outer shape to your client and replace ABSOLUTE_MEMORY_PATH. MCP clients do not universally expand ~ or shell variables in argument arrays.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "semantic-memory": {
      "command": "semantic-memory-mcp",
      "args": [
        "--memory-dir",
        "ABSOLUTE_MEMORY_PATH",
        "--tool-profile",
        "agent"
      ]
    }
  }
}

RESOLVING ROUTEFollowing the evidence boundary…

{ "mcpServers": { "semantic-memory": { "command": "semantic-memory-mcp", "args": [ "--memory-dir", "ABSOLUTE_MEMORY_PATH", "--tool-profile", "agent" ] } } }