🧠 Elasticsearch Memory MCP

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides persistent, intelligent memory using Elasticsearch with hierarchical categorization and semantic search capabilities.

✨ Features

🎯 V6.2 - Latest Release

• 🏷️ Hierarchical Memory Categorization

  • 5 category types: identity, active_context, active_project, technical_knowledge, archived

  • Automatic category detection with confidence scoring

  • Manual reclassification support

• 🤖 Intelligent Auto-Detection

  • Accumulative scoring system (0.7-0.95 confidence range)

  • 23+ specialized keyword patterns

  • Context-aware categorization

• 📦 Batch Review System

  • Review uncategorized memories in batches

  • Approve/reject/reclassify workflows

  • 10x faster than individual categorization

• 🔄 Backward Compatible Fallback

  • Seamlessly loads v5 uncategorized memories

  • No data loss during upgrades

  • Graceful degradation

• 🚀 Optimized Context Loading

  • Hierarchical priority loading (~30-40 memories vs 117)

  • 60-70% token reduction

  • Smart relevance ranking

• 💾 Persistent Memory

  • Vector embeddings for semantic search

  • Session management with checkpoints

  • Conversation snapshots

Related MCP server: Elasticsearch Knowledge Graph for MCP

🛠️ Installation

Quick Start (Recommended)

Install directly from PyPI:

pip install elasticsearch-memory-mcp

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8+

• Elasticsearch 8.0+

Step 1: Start Elasticsearch

# Using Docker (recommended)
docker run -d -p 9200:9200 -e "discovery.type=single-node" elasticsearch:8.0.0

# Or install locally
# https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/install-elasticsearch.html

Step 2: Configure MCP

For Claude Desktop

Add to ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elasticsearch-memory": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["elasticsearch-memory-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ELASTICSEARCH_URL": "http://localhost:9200"
      }
    }
  }
}

Note: If you don't have uvx, install with pip install uvx or use python -m elasticsearch_memory_mcp instead.

For Claude Code CLI

claude mcp add elasticsearch-memory uvx elasticsearch-memory-mcp \
  -e ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://localhost:9200

Alternative: Install from Source

If you want to contribute or modify the code:

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/fredac100/elasticsearch-memory-mcp.git
cd elasticsearch-memory-mcp

# Create virtual environment
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate

# Install in development mode
pip install -e .

Then configure MCP pointing to your local installation:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elasticsearch-memory": {
      "command": "/path/to/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "mcp_server"],
      "env": {
        "ELASTICSEARCH_URL": "http://localhost:9200"
      }
    }
  }
}

📚 Usage

Available Tools

1. save_memory

Save a new memory with automatic categorization.

{
  "content": "Fred prefers direct, brutal communication style",
  "type": "user_profile",
  "importance": 9,
  "tags": ["communication", "preference"]
}

2. load_initial_context (Resource)

Loads hierarchical context with:

• Identity memories (who you are)

• Active context (current work)

• Active projects (ongoing)

• Technical knowledge (relevant facts)

3. review_uncategorized_batch 🆕 V6.2

Review uncategorized memories in batches.

{
  "batch_size": 10,
  "min_confidence": 0.6
}

Returns suggestions with auto-detected categories and confidence scores.

4. apply_batch_categorization 🆕 V6.2

Apply categorizations in batch after review.

{
  "approve": ["id1", "id2"],           // Auto-categorize
  "reject": ["id3"],                    // Skip
  "reclassify": {"id4": "archived"}    // Force category
}

5. search_memory

Semantic search with filters.

{
  "query": "SAE project details",
  "limit": 5,
  "category": "active_project"
}

6. auto_categorize_memories

Batch auto-categorize uncategorized memories.

{
  "max_to_process": 50,
  "min_confidence": 0.75
}

🏗️ Architecture

┌─────────────────┐
│  Claude (MCP)   │
└────────┬────────┘
         │
         ▼
┌─────────────────────────────┐
│  MCP Server (v6.2)          │
│  ┌─────────────────────┐    │
│  │ Auto-Detection      │    │
│  │ - Keyword matching  │    │
│  │ - Confidence score  │    │
│  └─────────────────────┘    │
│                              │
│  ┌─────────────────────┐    │
│  │ Batch Review        │    │
│  │ - Review workflow   │    │
│  │ - Bulk operations   │    │
│  └─────────────────────┘    │
└──────────┬──────────────────┘
           │
           ▼
┌──────────────────────────────┐
│  Elasticsearch               │
│  ┌────────────────────────┐  │
│  │ memories (index)       │  │
│  │ - embeddings (vector)  │  │
│  │ - memory_category      │  │
│  │ - category_confidence  │  │
│  └────────────────────────┘  │
└──────────────────────────────┘

📊 Category System

🎯 Auto-Detection Examples

High Confidence (0.8-0.95)

"Fred prefere comunicação brutal" → identity (0.9)
"Refatoração do sistema SAE concluída" → archived (0.85)
"Próximos passos: implementar dashboard" → active_context (0.8)

Multiple Keywords (Accumulative Scoring)

"Fred prefere comunicação brutal. Primeira vez usando este estilo."
  → Match 1: "Fred prefere" (+0.9)
  → Match 2: "primeira vez" (+0.8)
  → Total: 0.95 (normalized)

🔄 Migration from V5

The v6.2 system includes automatic fallback for v5 memories:

1. Uncategorized memories → Loaded via type/tags fallback

2. Visual separation → Categorized vs. fallback sections

3. Batch review → Categorize old memories efficiently

# Review and categorize v5 memories
review_uncategorized_batch(batch_size=20)
apply_batch_categorization(approve=[...])

🚀 Performance

• Load initial context: ~10-15s (includes embedding model load)

• Save memory: <1s

• Search: <500ms

• Batch review (10 items): ~2s

• Auto-categorize (50 items): ~5s

🧪 Testing

# Run quick test
python test_quick.py

# Expected output:
# ✅ Elasticsearch connected
# ✅ Context loaded
# ✅ Identity memories found
# ✅ Projects separated from fallback

📝 Changelog

V6.2 (Latest)

• ✅ Improved auto-detection (0.4 → 0.9 confidence)

• ✅ 23 new specialized keywords

• ✅ Batch review tools (review_uncategorized_batch, apply_batch_categorization)

• ✅ Visual separation (categorized vs fallback)

• ✅ Accumulative confidence scoring

V6.1

• ✅ Fallback mechanism for uncategorized memories

• ✅ Backward compatibility with v5

V6.0

• ✅ Memory categorization system

• ✅ Hierarchical context loading

• ✅ Auto-detection with confidence

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository

2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)

3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')

4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)

5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🙏 Acknowledgments

• Built with Model Context Protocol (MCP)

• Powered by Elasticsearch

• Embeddings by Sentence Transformers

📞 Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues

• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

Made with ❤️ for the Claude ecosystem