To run

0. Install dependencies

   npm install @modelcontextprotocol/sdk zod@3
   npm install -D @types/node typescript

1. [Optional] Set Configuration Options:

   • MEMORY_FILE_PATH: Path to the memory.json file for knowledge graph storage
   • ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES: Comma-separated list of directories the server can access, or JSON array format like ["C:/path1", "C:/path2"]

   Run these directly in the Powershell terminal. For example:

   "MEMORY_FILE_PATH": "/Users/saskiagilmer/Documents/custom_vs_code/test0/memory.json",

2. Build the project

   npm run build
   npm start

   Or use the combined script:

   npm run dev

   The server is now running.

3. Connect to the client of your choice

Option A: Use VSCode client

1. Navigate to MCP config update file

   For VSCode:

     C:\Users\saskiagilmer\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\mcp.json

2. Paste this text

   {
     "servers": {
   		"open-context": {
   			"type": "http",
   			"url": "http://localhost:3000/mcp"
          },
       }
   }

Option B: Use Custom Vis client

Follow instructions in https://github.com/nicobburbano/mcp-vis

Appendix

For STDIO servers, follow the same steps in VCCode but paste this text instead: { "mcpServers": { "weather-memory-server": { "command": "node", "args": ["C:/Users/saskiagilmer/source/repos/mcp-server/build/index.js", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-memory"], "env": { "MEMORY_FILE_PATH": "/Users/saskiagilmer/Documents/custom/memory.json", "ALLOWED_DIRECTORIES": "C:/Users/saskiagilmer/Documents,C:/Users/saskiagilmer/source/repos" } } } For Claude Desktop, you can find the config file here (only STDIO supported):

     C:\Users\saskiagilmer\AppData\Roaming\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

For any updates, kill all Claude Desktop processes

 Do this in Task Manager so you can kill background processes too