Being vs Deja Vu

In-depth architectural comparison of the Being and Deja Vu 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 Being when:

• You need dedicated capabilities in the Knowledge & Memory domain.
• You prefer remote streaming HTTP/SSE transport architecture.
• Your security boundary fits: API Key required (BYOK (Pay Provider Direct)).
• You have access to required keys: SUPABASE_URL, SUPABASE_SERVICE_ROLE_KEY, ENCRYPTION_KEY.
• Primary tools included: Structured SOUL personality definitions, Scene-based episodic memory with decay and consolidation, Patrol background reflection and memory processing.

Explore Being Details

Choose Deja Vu 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: deja.

Feature & Specification Comparison

Specification	Being wnbhr Knowledge & Memory	Deja Vu vshulcz Knowledge & Memory
Summary	Personality Runtime for AI agents — persistent memory, identity (SOUL), and relationships that travel across Claude, OpenClaw, Mistral, and any MCP client.	Local memory layer over the session histories coding agents already write (Claude Code, Codex CLI, opencode): lexical search, recall tools, session-start auto-recall, secret redaction at index time, cross-machine sync over SSH.
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": {
    "wnbhr-being": {
      "url": "https://being.ruddia.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vshulcz-deja-vu": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vshulcz/deja-vu"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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