Persistent memory for Claude Desktop

Claude Desktop forgets everything between sessions. Connect it to Kit for AI and it saves what matters as it works — and recalls it in any later session, on any machine.

Why Claude Desktop forgets

Claude Desktop forgets each conversation the moment you close it, and Claude Projects keep knowledge locked inside one project in one app. A persistent memory layer gives Claude Desktop remember and recall tools it calls itself — and the same memory is readable from Claude Code, Cursor, and your scripts.

What you get

• remember / recall as tools the agent calls on its own — no manual note-keeping.
• Retrieval by meaning: "what did we decide about auth?" finds the JWT decision.
• One shared store: what this tool learns, Claude, Cursor, and your code can recall too.
• Near-duplicate detection and versioning keep months of memories clean.
• Same account ingests documents and URLs — memory and knowledge in one retrieval system.

Set it up in about 2 minutes

1. 1Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit config.
2. 2Add the kit-for-ai block to mcpServers (config below).
3. 3Create a free API key at kitforai.com/app/settings and replace YOUR_API_KEY.
4. 4Restart Claude Desktop — the memory tools appear automatically.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kit-for-ai": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://kitforai.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

FAQ

How is this different from Claude's built-in Projects?

Projects are a per-app silo: knowledge lives inside one Claude project and nothing else can read it. Kit for AI memory is one cloud store shared by every MCP client and your own code over REST.

Does Claude Desktop save memories automatically?

Yes — once connected, the agent has remember and recall as callable tools and uses them on its own: it saves decisions and preferences mid-conversation and retrieves them when they're relevant. You can also tell it explicitly to remember something.

Is my data private?

Memories are owner-scoped to your account, served over HTTPS, with encryption at rest for stored content and an audit trail of what agents wrote. You can review, edit, and delete every memory from the dashboard.

Can my other AI tools share this memory?

Yes — that's the point. The same store is reachable from every MCP client and over REST, so what Claude Desktop learns, Claude, Cursor, and your own code can recall too.

Is it free?

There's a free plan — an account and API key cost nothing, and setup takes about two minutes. Paid plans add higher quotas and team features.