Configuration

mor is configured via ~/.config/mor/config.json, auto-created on first run. Override the config directory with the MOR_HOME environment variable.

Full example

{
  "memoryDir": "~/.config/mor/memories",
  "dbPath": "~/.config/mor/index.db",
  "autosync": true,
  "threshold": 0.3,
  "embedding": {
    "provider": "openai",
    "model": "text-embedding-3-small",
    "dimensions": 1536,
    "baseUrl": "https://api.openai.com/v1",
    "apiKey": "sk-..."
  },
  "server": {
    "url": "https://mor.example.com",
    "token": "your-secret"
  },
  "serve": {
    "port": 7677,
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "token": "your-secret",
    "mcp": true
  }
}

Core

Key	Type	Default	Description
memoryDir	string	~/.config/mor/memories	Directory where memory markdown files are stored
dbPath	string	~/.config/mor/index.db	Path to the SQLite search index
autosync	boolean	false	Auto git pull/commit/push after every add, update, or remove
threshold	number	0.3	Minimum relevance score (0–1) for find results. Override per-query with -s

Embedding

Optional vector embeddings to augment FTS search. See Embeddings for details.

Key	Type	Required	Description
embedding.provider	string	yes	openai, azure-openai, ollama, or none
embedding.model	string	yes	Model name (e.g. text-embedding-3-small)
embedding.dimensions	number	yes	Vector dimensions (e.g. 1536)
embedding.baseUrl	string	no	Custom API base URL
embedding.apiKey	string	no	API key (falls back to OPENAI_API_KEY env var)
embedding.deployment	string	no	Azure OpenAI deployment name (defaults to model)
embedding.apiVersion	string	no	Azure OpenAI API version

Remote server (client)

Connect the CLI and MCP tools to a remote mor server. When server is configured, all operations proxy over HTTP.

Key	Type	Required	Description
server.url	string	yes	Server URL (e.g. https://mor.example.com)
server.token	string	no	Bearer token (falls back to MOR_TOKEN env var)

HTTP server

Defaults for mor serve. CLI flags override these.

Key	Type	Default	Description
serve.port	number	7677	Port to listen on
serve.host	string	127.0.0.1	Host to bind to
serve.token	string	—	Bearer token (falls back to MOR_TOKEN env var)
serve.mcp	boolean	false	Enable MCP endpoint at /mcp

Environment variables

Variable	Description
MOR_HOME	Override the config directory (default ~/.config/mor)
MOR_TOKEN	Bearer token for server/client auth (overrides config file, overridden by --token flag)
OPENAI_API_KEY	OpenAI API key (used when embedding.apiKey is not set)
AZURE_OPENAI_API_KEY	Azure OpenAI API key
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