Is Basic Memory MCP server safe?
Yes, with the usual care.
Safe to use. Minor gaps such as a missing repository or slower maintenance.
What to know before installing
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
How Basic Memory compares
Against every graded AI and agents MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 75/100
- higher than 45% of 4,461 AI and agents servers
- Tools that change things
- 23%
- typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
What its tools let an agent do: 10 read · 3 change
Release history: 3 versions in the registry since 2026-08-25, latest 2026-10-29, typically one every 58 days.
Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-31 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
1 high
- Code scan719 source files scanned13/25
- –Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
- Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
- Maintenancelast push 1 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year9/10
Findings (1)
- highShell command built from a string (injection risk)
exec.shell-concatbasic_memory-1.0.0/integrations/openclaw/commands/slash.ts: …}`) try { const output = execSync(`bash "${scriptPath}"`, { encoding: "ut…
Overall 75/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.RubricAppeal a findingJSON
Other servers that do what Basic Memory does
- IWE (iwe.md)Markdown knowledge base as agent memory. Runs against the notes directory it is started in.not reviewedEstablishedA
- Agent RecallCorrection-first agent memory. Precision KPI tracks if agents heed warnings. 5 layers, local-only.not reviewedEstablishedA
Total Agent MemoryPersistent local memory for coding agents: temporal knowledge graph, procedural and episodic recallnot reviewedEstablishedA
