AI models are incredibly smart, but they suffer from one massive limitation: they don’t know who you are.
When you open a new session in Claude, you start with a blank slate. The AI has no access to your project ideas, your meeting summaries, or the notes you took yesterday. You have to manually paste context, which is slow and repetitive.
Working Memory has spoken the Model Context Protocol (MCP) natively since day one — a secure, read-write bridge between Claude and your personal memory graph. Until now, setting it up meant editing a config file and pasting in an access token.
As of this week, it’s one click.
Connect in under a minute
Working Memory’s MCP server now supports OAuth, the same “Sign in to allow access” flow you already know from connecting apps to your Google account. Here’s the entire setup:
- In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector and enter the server URL:
https://app.workingmemory.ai/mcp - Your browser opens a Working Memory consent screen. Sign in if you aren’t already, review the permissions, and click Allow.
- That’s it. You’re back in Claude, and your cobrain is connected.
No tokens to copy. No JSON files to edit. And if you ever change your mind, revoking access is one click under Settings → Integrations in the Working Memory app — the connected app loses access instantly.
Other MCP clients that support OAuth may also be able to connect the same way; Claude Desktop is the flow we’ve tested end to end.
What Claude can do once connected
The connection exposes two tools to your AI:
search_memory: Search your entire history of voice and text notes using natural language.save_memory: Capture a new note, task, or reminder directly from your chat session.
Now, Claude has a direct line to your cobrain. Try asking questions that draw on your history:
“What did I mention wanting to talk to Colin about next time we grab dinner?”
Claude will automatically call search_memory, find the voice notes you recorded while walking the dog last Tuesday, and answer:
“You mentioned wanting to talk to Colin about Han Dynasty’s back room and his thoughts on Sichuan food after 9 PM.”
You can also save new details in real-time:
“Save a note that Colin’s ears are sensitive to loud spaces.”
Claude will call save_memory, and it will immediately sync to your phone’s Working Memory timeline.
Using Claude Code, Cursor, or another client?
Manual setup with a Personal Access Token is still fully supported — it’s the documented path for Claude Code, Cursor, Continue, Zed, and any other MCP client that takes a server URL and an auth header. The complete walkthrough (including client-specific config snippets, token management, and troubleshooting) lives in our support guide:
Connect Working Memory to your AI assistant via MCP →
By connecting your notes directly to your workspace, you stop wasting time copy-pasting your thoughts, and let your AI do the heavy lifting of remembering.