Every AI conversation starts from zero. You re-explain your stack, your preferences, your project conventions — over and over, across every tool, every session.

Eden fixes this. Install once, and every AI tool you use knows you instantly.

Eden is an MCP server that scans your local dev environment, builds a persistent developer profile, and serves it to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP-compatible tool — automatically.

Install

npx eden-ai

That's it. No config files. No API keys for the core experience. No manual setup.

What happens

$ npx eden-ai

  ✦ Eden — initializing your AI identity

  Scanning projects...
    Found 12 projects across ~/code, ~/work
    Detected: TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go
    Frameworks: React, FastAPI, Axum

  Building profile...
    Analyzed 847 recent commits
    Mapped active vs dormant projects
    Indexed coding patterns

  Connecting to AI tools...
    ✓ Claude Code — connected (claude mcp add eden)
    ✓ Cursor — config written
    ✓ Windsurf — config written

  ✦ Done. Open Claude Code — it already knows you.

How it works

┌──────────────┐   ┌──────────────┐   ┌──────────────┐
│  Claude Code  │   │    Cursor    │   │   Windsurf   │
└──────┬───────┘   └──────┬───────┘   └──────┬───────┘
       │                  │                   │
       └──────────┬───────┴───────────────────┘
                  │ MCP (Model Context Protocol)
            ┌─────┴──────┐
            │    Eden    │
            │   server   │
            └─────┬──────┘
                  │
   ┌──────────────┼──────────────┐
   │              │              │
┌──┴───┐   ┌─────┴─────┐   ┌───┴────┐
│ Dev  │   │    Git    │   │ Memory │
│ Env  │   │  History  │   │ Store  │
└──────┘   └───────────┘   └────────┘

Eden runs locally. AI tools connect via MCP and receive your full developer context — tech stack, active projects, recent work, accumulated preferences, and cross-session continuity.

When you finish a session in Claude Code and open Cursor the next day, Cursor knows what you were working on and where you left off.

MCP tools

These tools are automatically available to any connected AI agent:

| Tool | What it does | |------|-------------| | eden_get_user | Returns your full developer profile: tech stack, active projects, recent sessions, coding patterns, preferences. Agents call this at conversation start. | | eden_remember | Stores a categorized observation about you (preference, pattern, decision, skill, context). Builds your profile over time. | | eden_search_memory | Searches Eden's memory by keyword and optional category. Finds past decisions, preferences, context. | | eden_log_session | Records what was accomplished in a session — enables cross-tool continuity. Tracks unfinished work for follow-up. | | eden_get_project | Returns everything Eden knows about a specific project: profile, related memories, session history, unfinished tasks. | | eden_weekly_report | Generates a narrative weekly insight report — not just stats, but patterns, reflections, and behavioral trends. |

CLI commands

| Command | Description | |---------|-------------| | eden | Interactive mode (runs init on first use) | | eden init | Scan your environment and create your identity | | eden start | Start the Eden daemon | | eden stop | Stop the daemon | | eden status | Check daemon status and connected tools | | eden connect | Auto-connect to Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf | | eden mcp | Start MCP server directly (used by AI tools) | | eden journal | View Eden's journal entries | | eden config | Configure API key and model |

Privacy

Eden is local-first by design.

• All data stays on your machine in ~/.eden/
• No cloud sync, no telemetry, no external calls (except the AI tools you already use)
• You control exclusions — skip specific directories or projects
• The MCP server only responds to local tool connections
• Memory is plain JSON — fully inspectable and deletable

Comparison

| | Eden | Mem0 | OneContext | |---|---|---|---| | Runs locally | Yes | Cloud-first | Cloud only | | MCP native | Yes | No | No | | Auto-connects to tools | Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf | Manual integration | Manual integration | | Dev environment scanning | Yes — projects, git, stack | No | No | | Cross-tool continuity | Yes — sessions tracked across tools | Single-tool memory | Context retrieval | | Setup | npx eden-ai | API key + SDK setup | API key + SDK setup | | Privacy | All local | Data on their servers | Data on their servers |

Eden is purpose-built for developers who use multiple AI coding tools and want persistent context without sending their data to another cloud service.

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18

License

MIT