mcp-mem0

An MCP server for mem0 (self-hosted / open source) backed by Qdrant. Each request targets a Qdrant collection named by an HTTP header, so clients that send the same name share memories and different names stay isolated.

Tools

Related MCP server: mem0-open-mcp

How collection routing works

• The collection name is read from an HTTP header (X-Collection by default) and mapped to the Qdrant collection mem0_<name> (prefix configurable; set it empty to use the value verbatim). The header value is validated against ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$.

• Sharing: any clients that send the same collection name share the same memories. Different names are isolated.

• One AsyncMemory instance is built and cached per collection.

• The collection is chosen solely by the header — user_id / agent_id / run_id never affect which collection is used; they only narrow within a collection and are optional. Searching / listing without any of them spans the whole collection.

• add_memory still needs one id to store (mem0 requirement); a default user_id (MEM0_DEFAULT_USER_ID) is applied when the caller omits all three on a write.

Quick start

# 1. Start Qdrant
docker compose up -d qdrant

# 2. Configure
cp .env.example .env
# edit .env: set OPENAI_API_KEY (or switch to the Ollama block for a key-free setup)

# 3. Run the server (streamable-HTTP on :8080/mcp)
uv run -m mcp_mem0

Health check: curl localhost:8080/health

Docker

The Dockerfile is multi-stage with two targets: runtime (the server) and test (the suite).

With docker compose (recommended)

cp .env.example .env          # set OPENAI_API_KEY (or the Ollama block)

# Qdrant + server together
docker compose up -d --build qdrant server
curl localhost:8080/health

# Run unit tests (no Qdrant / keys needed)
docker compose run --rm tests

# End-to-end smoke against the running server (needs an embedder key)
docker compose run --rm tests python tests/smoke.py

Inside the compose network the server reaches Qdrant at QDRANT_HOST=qdrant (set automatically); tests reach the server at MCP_URL=http://server:8080/mcp.

With plain docker

# Service image
docker build --target runtime -t mcp-mem0 .
docker run --rm -p 8080:8080 --env-file .env -e QDRANT_HOST=host.docker.internal mcp-mem0

# Test image
docker build --target test -t mcp-mem0-test .
docker run --rm mcp-mem0-test            # pytest -q

Verify

# Unit tests (no Qdrant needed)
uv run pytest -q

# End-to-end smoke test (server + Qdrant + embedder must be running)
uv run python tests/smoke.py

# Confirm per-client collections were created
curl localhost:6333/collections

Configuration

All settings come from environment variables / .env — see .env.example. Key ones: MEM0_COLLECTION_HEADER, MEM0_COLLECTION_PREFIX, QDRANT_HOST/QDRANT_PORT (or QDRANT_URL+QDRANT_API_KEY), MEM0_EMBEDDING_DIMS (must match the embedder), and the MEM0_LLM_* / MEM0_EMBEDDER_* provider blocks (openai / ollama / …).