Persistent memory for Cursor with Slowave

Give Cursor a local memory that carries across sessions. Slowave connects over MCP; you paste one block into Rules for AI.

Slowave lets Cursor reuse project decisions and constraints across sessions. Setup needs one manual paste.

What you get

• Setup adds the Slowave server to ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Cursor then shows the memory tools.
• You paste Slowave’s instructions into Cursor yourself. They tell the agent when to use those tools.
• Memory stays on your machine.

Set up

1. Install Slowave

   pipx install slowave
   
2. Preview and run setup

   slowave setup --dry-run
   slowave setup --client cursor
   

   Setup prints Slowave’s instruction block in your terminal.

3. Paste the instructions

   In Cursor, open Settings then Rules for AI. Paste the block that setup printed.

   You can also add the block to a .cursorrules file in your project.

4. Restart Cursor

   Restart or reload Cursor.

Cursor shows the tools but doesn’t tell the agent when to call them. The pasted rules do that.

Check that it works

Start a conversation with a model that supports tool use. The slowave_* tools should appear. Run this in a terminal:

slowave doctor

Good to know

• Setup detects Cursor when ~/.cursor/ exists.
• Slowave runs on macOS, Linux and Windows.
• Use a model that supports tool use.
• Recalled context goes to your model provider through Cursor.

Troubleshooting

The tools don't appear

Run slowave status --services and restart Cursor.

The tools appear but memory isn't used

The rules paste is probably missing. Add the Slowave block to Rules for AI or .cursorrules.

I lost the instruction block

Run slowave setup --client cursor again. Setup prints the current block.

Quickstart

Install Slowave and see your first memory.

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