YOUR SECOND BRAIN
Connect your AI with the Recall MCP
Most AI answers are the internet's best guess. The Recall MCP lets the assistant you already use answer from the articles, videos, PDFs, and notes you chose to save.
Grounded in trusted sources
Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, and more
Always free
URL and a login
No credit card · The MCP is free · 24 Hour Human Support
YOUR KNOWLEDGE
YOUR AI
Trusted by 700,000+ professionals
Why people make Recall part of their day
“Think of it as a library of everything you've read and watched, with an AI sitting on top that has read it too. Recall makes that easier than anything else we tried.”
“Recall works the way your brain works! Perfect for deep research or growing your knowledge on any topic.”
“I love [Recall’s] interface, its speed, and its overall user experience… it is scratching my web-hoarding itch unlike anything else has quite been able to do to date.”
“One of my favorite AI apps is Recall. I've used it constantly for almost a year to manage and transcribe all the videos we create and work with. It's the kind of AI app that's just become part of my daily workflow, the highest compliment you can pay a piece of software.”
“After just a few months, Recall has become one of my most-used apps on both desktop and mobile. Frankly, I'd rather give up Microsoft Word than Recall.”
“I've tried practically every AI tool out there, and Recall is among the very few that I've actually found myself using. It has completely changed the way I study.”
“I didn't expect much from Recall. But it completely blew me away. It does everything NotebookLM does and also fills in all its shortcomings.”
“I run two parallel careers, which means staying current across rapidly evolving topics. Recall is the front door to my entire knowledge workflow.”
Fernand
Head of Technology
“Recall has revolutionized how I manage information! As a power user, its AI-driven summarization and storage capabilities have boosted my productivity tenfold, allowing me to effortlessly access and recall key details whenever I need them.”
William Peltier
Senior Director at Moody's
“I use Recall on a daily basis to cultivate and build a hand-picked database of information. The end result is like having a personalized AI loaded with sources pre-screened for quality.”
Roses
Human Rights Worker
“I use Recall every day. It helps me quickly condense important information from thought leadership articles and educational YouTube videos. It's great to have a place where I can easily store this information knowing that I will come back to it again in the future. I've greatly developed as a founder and leader thanks to Recall.”
Jason Patel
Co-founder at Open Forge AI
“I've been building several second brains for years and whenever I see a new way to do it, I don't like changing because my other systems already work. But I'm always willing to try because you never know which one would be a drastic improvement on what you're already using. Recall is one of them.”
Dave Katague
AI Educator
“Recall has become an essential part of how I learn, think, and explore the world.”
Maire
Student, Data Analyst
NO API KEY
Paste a URL. Sign in.
Three steps in the client you already use. No API key, and no Docker.
1
Open Settings
In the Recall web app, go to Settings, then API & MCP.
2
Copy the URL
Copy the server URL from the MCP Server section.
3
Paste and sign in
Paste it into your client. A browser window finishes the connection.
https://backend.getrecall.ai/mcp/No API key. Sign-in happens in the browser. See the full setup
ANSWERS, NOT GUESSES
Grounded in What You Saved
Assistants cite pages you never vetted. The Recall MCP gives the AI you already use the sources you decided were worth keeping, so answers come back with a citation instead of a guess.
Free and hosted
The Recall MCP is free and runs in the cloud. No paid plan, and no Docker. Save a few sources and paste the MCP URL into the assistant you use.
Answers with citations
Ask about a paper, a video, or a note you saved last month. The answer comes from your library with the source attached, not a generic web snippet.
Search by meaning or keyword
Ask in plain language. Recall finds the cards that match, then the assistant reads them in the chat you already use.
Filters and a library overview
List cards by date, tag, or source. Or start with an overview of stats, tags, sources, and connections, so it knows where to look first.
Articles, videos, PDFs, and notes
Everything you captured in Recall, from YouTube and podcasts to PDFs and your own notes, becomes context for the assistant you already use.
Your library stays yours
Recall never trains on your content, and you can export everything anytime.
THREE KINDS OF WORK
One Library, Many Jobs
The same saved library answers different questions depending on the work. Start with the stack that matches how you already use AI.
Researchers and Learners
- Ask across papers, articles, and lectures you saved
- Get answers tied to sources you chose
- Keep a second brain the assistant can actually read
Developers
- Pull docs and tutorials into Cursor or Claude Code
- Keep GitHub and the browser for code and tests
- Use Recall when the answer lives in something you read
Marketers
- Brief from swipe files, research, and saved examples
- Stop re-pasting the same sources into every chat
- Pair Recall with live SEO and publishing tools
FROM SAVED TO ASKED
Save, Connect, Ask
An MCP server is a connector. You ask in your AI client, and Recall reaches the library you already built.
01
Save
Capture articles, videos, podcasts, PDFs, and notes in Recall. That library is the source of truth your AI will use.
Business
Design
Technology
Education
Culture
02
Connect
Copy the URL from Settings, then API & MCP. Paste it into Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini CLI, and sign in through your browser. No API key.
03
Ask
Ask in the assistant you already use. It can search by meaning or keyword, filter your library, read a saved card, and check an overview before it answers.
SEE IT CONNECTED
Connect Claude to Your Library
Watch the URL, the browser login, and a question answered from sources you saved. The MCP is free.
NOT THE SAME JOB
Recall vs. Memory MCP
The official Memory MCP stores a small graph of facts from chat. Recall connects the assistant to a library of sources you chose to save.
| Feature | Recall | Official Memory MCP |
|---|---|---|
| Job | ||
What it is for | A personal library of saved sources | A small graph of facts from chat |
| Sources | ||
What the AI can read | Articles, videos, podcasts, PDFs, and notes you saved | Entities and relations it stored from conversation |
| Search | ||
How answers are found | Search by meaning or keyword, filters, full card content, and a library overview | Lookup on the memory graph |
| Setup | ||
How you connect | Hosted URL plus a browser login | Local server you run yourself |
| Clients | ||
Where it works | Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini CLI | Any MCP client that runs the local server |
| Access | ||
Read and write | Read-only today. Write tools are coming. | The assistant can add and update memories |
| Cost | ||
Price of the MCP | Free | Free and open source |
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Choose the official Memory MCP if you only need a lightweight memory of the current chat. Choose Recall if you want your AI to search articles, videos, podcasts, PDFs, and notes you saved on purpose.
Ready to Connect Your AI to Recall?
Create your free Recall account, save a few sources, and connect the assistant you already use.
GET STARTED FOR FREENo API key · The MCP is free · Browser login
SECURITY POLICY
You're safewith us
We do not use your data for any other purpose than providing a service to you.
Data ownership
Your data is yours and you have full control over it. We do not use your data for any other purpose than providing a service to you.
Data portability
You can export all your data anytime in Markdown format, putting the power of portability and accessibility directly in your hands.
Privacy focused
Augmented browsing is local first, your knowledge base is stored safely in the cloud.
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