The Model Context Protocol is an open standard for connecting AI assistants to external capabilities — tools they can call and data they can read. Because it is a shared protocol, one server can serve many clients, and one client can talk to many servers.
A memory server exposes "remember this" and "recall what is relevant" over MCP. Any MCP-compatible client can then store and retrieve memory through it. The memory lives in the server, not in the model, so it is the same memory no matter which client you open.
Alma ships an MCP server (available on every paid plan) that connects Claude Desktop, Cursor and Windsurf to your Alma memory. Save a preference while chatting in Alma, and it is there when you ask Claude Desktop later — no copy-paste, no re-explaining.