Cursor

Add persistent memory to Cursor with the Mem0 plugin. Cursor captures completed work in the background, and its agent can search relevant project context in later sessions. You can also connect only the hosted MCP server when you do not need lifecycle capture.

Current plugin version: 0.3.1.

Prerequisites

Before setting up Mem0 with Cursor, ensure you have:

A Mem0 Platform account and API key:
- Sign up at app.mem0.ai
- Get your API key (starts with m0-)
Cursor installed (cursor.com)
Python 3.10 or newer available as python3
Your API key added to your shell profile (persists across sessions):

echo 'export MEM0_API_KEY="m0-your-api-key"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

echo 'export MEM0_API_KEY="m0-your-api-key"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Already have mem0 configured as an MCP server in Cursor? Remove the existing entry from your Cursor MCP settings before installing to avoid duplicate tools.

Installation

Option A: Full Plugin (Recommended)

Add the Mem0 marketplace:

cursor-agent plugin marketplace add https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0

Open Cursor’s Customize page or run /plugins, select the Mem0 Plugins marketplace, and install Mem0 at user or project scope. Enter your Mem0 API key when Cursor asks for the plugin configuration, then restart Cursor. The full plugin includes automatic capture, the search_memories recall tool, lifecycle hooks, a sidekick agent, and six memory skills.

Option B: One-Click Deeplink (MCP Only)

The fastest way to get started. Click the link below to install the Mem0 MCP server directly in Cursor: Install Mem0 MCP in Cursor

Option C: npx (MCP Only)

npx mcp-add \
  --name mem0-mcp \
  --type http \
  --url "https://mcp.mem0.ai/mcp/" \
  --clients "cursor"

Option D: Manual Configuration (MCP Only)

Add the following to your .cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mem0": {
      "url": "https://mcp.mem0.ai/mcp/",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Token ${env:MEM0_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Start a new Cursor session and ask: “List my mem0 entities” or “Search my memories for hello”. If the mem0 tools appear and respond, you’re all set.

What’s included

Component	Full plugin	MCP only
Memory tools	`search_memories`	9 CRUD tools
Automatic capture	Yes	No
Recall	`search_memories`	MCP search tools
Lifecycle hooks	Yes	No
Memory skills	6	No
Sidekick agent	Yes	No

MCP-only tools

Options B, C, and D expose the following hosted tools. The full plugin uses the focused search_memories tool and captures writes through lifecycle hooks.

Tool	Description
`add_memory`	Save text or conversation history for a user/agent
`search_memories`	Semantic search across memories with filters
`get_memories`	List memories with filters and pagination
`get_memory`	Retrieve a specific memory by ID
`update_memory`	Overwrite a memory’s text by ID
`delete_memory`	Delete a single memory by ID
`delete_all_memories`	Bulk delete all memories in scope
`delete_entities`	Delete a user/agent/app/run entity and its memories
`list_entities`	List users/agents/apps/runs stored in Mem0

Lifecycle hooks

The full plugin translates Cursor’s native events into the shared Mem0 memory lifecycle:

Cursor event	What Mem0 does
`sessionStart`	Initializes the project session and recovers pending capture
`beforeSubmitPrompt`	Observes the submitted prompt; recall stays tool-driven because this event cannot inject context
`postToolUse` / `postToolUseFailure`	Records useful tool results and failures
`subagentStart` / `subagentStop`	Records the Mem0 Sidekick lifecycle and completed result
`afterAgentResponse` / `stop`	Captures the completed exchange
`preCompact` / `sessionEnd`	Flushes pending capture in the background

Cursor’s beforeSubmitPrompt hook can allow or block a prompt, but it cannot add context to that prompt. The plugin therefore gives the agent search_memories and a memory-aware sidekick for recall instead of claiming automatic per-prompt injection.

Cursor’s subagentStart hook also cannot inject parent context. The bundled Sidekick searches Mem0 itself, while the lifecycle hooks correlate its start and completion for later capture.

Example Workflow

# Session 1: Debugging a performance issue
You: The API endpoint /users is taking 3 seconds. Help me optimize it.

# Cursor agent searches memories, proceeds with investigation.
# Mem0 stores what you said as yours:
#   - Your preference: "Prefers query-level fixes over caching"
# ...and what the agent did as the assistant's:
#   - Learning: "N+1 query in UserService.getAll(): fixed with eager loading"
#   - Decision: "Added database index on users.email column"

# Session 2 (next week): Similar issue
You: The /orders endpoint is also slow, same pattern as before.

# Agent searches memories, retrieves the optimization learnings.
# Immediately checks for N+1 queries and missing indexes.

Troubleshooting

“Connection failed”: Verify MEM0_API_KEY is set: echo $MEM0_API_KEY
Duplicate tools: Do not combine the full plugin with an MCP-only option. Remove the standalone mem0 MCP entry before installing the plugin.
No tools appearing: Go to Cursor Settings > MCP and verify the mem0 server shows as connected

Mem0 MCP Setup

Detailed MCP configuration for all clients

Claude Code Integration

Add Mem0 memory to Claude Code workflows

Using Mem0? Star us on GitHub to help more developers discover memory for AI apps.

Coding Agents

Agent Harness

Prerequisites

Installation

Option A: Full Plugin (Recommended)

Option B: One-Click Deeplink (MCP Only)

Option C: npx (MCP Only)

Option D: Manual Configuration (MCP Only)

What’s included

MCP-only tools

Lifecycle hooks

Example Workflow

Troubleshooting

Mem0 MCP Setup

Claude Code Integration

​Prerequisites

​Installation

​Option A: Full Plugin (Recommended)

​Option B: One-Click Deeplink (MCP Only)

​Option C: npx (MCP Only)

​Option D: Manual Configuration (MCP Only)

​What’s included

​MCP-only tools

​Lifecycle hooks

​Example Workflow

​Troubleshooting

Mem0 MCP Setup

Claude Code Integration

Prerequisites

Installation

Option A: Full Plugin (Recommended)

Option B: One-Click Deeplink (MCP Only)

Option C: npx (MCP Only)

Option D: Manual Configuration (MCP Only)

What’s included

MCP-only tools

Lifecycle hooks

Example Workflow

Troubleshooting