§ Connect a client

Claude Desktop. Two paths in.

Claude Desktop connects to OctaMem either via the Settings → Connectors UI (recommended) or through a config file on disk. Both work on Mac and Windows.

Base URL: platform.octamem.com
Auth: Bearer API key
Primitives: details / search / add

OctaMem and Claude Desktop logos side by side, illustrating the OctaMem MCP memory server connected to Claude.

OctaMem × Claude

Claude that remembers your organisation

Connected over MCP, OctaMem exposes remember, recall, and forget as native tools. Claude reaches for them the way it reaches for any other tool — so a conversation started last quarter picks up with full context, and every answer it gives can be traced to the document it came from.

Settings → Connectors (recommended)

1Step

Open Connectors

In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors. Click Add custom connector.

2Step

Paste the connector URL

Name: OctaMem
URL: https://mcp.octamem.com
Auth: bearer token from platform.octamem.com.

3Step

Save and restart

Click Save. Restart Claude Desktop. OctaMem appears in the tools menu, try “remember that I prefer dark mode”.

Config file (advanced)

For locked-down environments or scripted provisioning, you can edit Claude Desktop’s config file directly.

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the OctaMem server entry:

claude_desktop_config.json

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octamem": {
      "url": "https://mcp.octamem.com",
      "auth": {
        "type": "bearer",
        "token": "oct_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json (legacy)

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "octamem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@octamem/mcp-bridge"],
      "env": {
        "OCTA_API_KEY": "oct_live_..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Verify the connection

After restarting, you should see octamemin Claude’s tools list. Run “remember the launch date is March 20”, then in a new conversation ask “when is the launch?”. If Claude recalls it, the connector works.

Still stuck? Open Troubleshooting. The most common failure is a stale config file path.