dfrancislyondflabc-tech/agentic-recall

Overview

An MCP server for Claude Desktop and Claude Code that provides long-term memory for agentic tasks. It performs hybrid retrieval over your own markdown memories and returns an explicit absence verdict when no relevant information exists, rather than forcing a least-bad match.

Best for

Best for
Developers building Claude-based agents that need honest, retrievable long-term memory from markdown notes.

Use cases

• Store and retrieve markdown-based knowledge for Claude agents
• Give Claude a reliable memory layer that admits when it lacks context
• Combine semantic and keyword search over personal or project notes

How to use

Install

npx -y agentic-recall@2 --version     # optional: fetch it now rather than on first launch

Tools exposed

• cat-file
• merge-base
• rev-list

Tested with

Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT

Notes

An MCP server for Claude Desktop and Claude Code that provides long-term memory for agentic tasks. It performs hybrid retrieval over your own markdown memories and returns an explicit absence verdict when no relevant information exists, rather than forcing a least-bad match.

0 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-09-12. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Store and retrieve markdown-based knowledge for Claude agents
• Give Claude a reliable memory layer that admits when it lacks context
• Combine semantic and keyword search over personal or project notes

Pros

• Explicit absence verdict prevents hallucinated or forced answers
• Hybrid retrieval improves recall across different query styles
• Integrates directly with Claude Desktop and Claude Code via MCP

Cons

• Zero stars and no community validation yet
• JavaScript only, limiting language ecosystem reach
• Requires maintaining markdown memories as the source of truth

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