Lore vs Claude Find

In-depth architectural comparison of the Lore and Claude Find MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.

Which MCP Server Should You Choose?

Choose Lore when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• You have access to required keys: LORE_DIR, LORE_DB, CLAUDE_PROJECTS_DIR.
• Primary tools included: manage_projects, index, status.

Explore Lore Details

Choose Claude Find when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
• Primary tools included: Indexes raw JSONL session transcripts from Claude Code, Uses GPU-accelerated qwen3 embeddings via Ollama, Hybrid semantic and keyword search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Lore hyunjae-labs Knowledge & Memory	Claude Find Cavinooo Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Semantic search across Claude Code conversations. Hybrid vector + keyword search with Reciprocal Rank Fusion, fully local, background indexing, project-selective.	Pull Deep Memory from across your Claude Code Sessions — when you need it.
Category & Scope	Knowledge & Memory

Tools & Capabilities Breakdown

Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations

Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hyunjae-labs-lore": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "getlore"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LORE_DIR": "YOUR_LORE_DIR_HERE",
        "LORE_DB": "YOUR_LORE_DB_HERE",
        "CLAUDE_PROJECTS_DIR": "YOUR_CLAUDE_PROJECTS_DIR_HERE"
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cavinooo-claude-find": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": [
        "claude-find"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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