> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.linksee.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configuration

> Environment variables and runtime options

## Environment variables

| Variable             | Default             | Description                            |
| -------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
| `LINKSEE_MEMORY_DIR` | `~/.linksee-memory` | Directory for the SQLite database file |

The database file is always named `memory.db` inside the configured directory.

## MCP client configuration

### Basic setup

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linksee-memory": {
      "command": "linksee-memory"
    }
  }
}
```

### Custom database location

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linksee-memory": {
      "command": "linksee-memory",
      "env": {
        "LINKSEE_MEMORY_DIR": "/path/to/custom/dir"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

### Multiple instances

You can run separate memory stores for different contexts:

```json theme={null}
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linksee-work": {
      "command": "linksee-memory",
      "env": {
        "LINKSEE_MEMORY_DIR": "~/.linksee-memory/work"
      }
    },
    "linksee-personal": {
      "command": "linksee-memory",
      "env": {
        "LINKSEE_MEMORY_DIR": "~/.linksee-memory/personal"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## MCP capabilities

### Server declares

```json theme={null}
{
  "tools": {},
  "resources": { "subscribe": false, "listChanged": false },
  "prompts": { "listChanged": false }
}
```

### Client capabilities used (optional)

| Capability               | Used by                                   | Fallback                |
| ------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| `sampling/createMessage` | `consolidate` with `use_llm: true`        | Heuristic summarization |
| `roots/list`             | `recall_file` with `scope_to_roots: true` | No filtering            |
| `elicitation/create`     | `forget` with `interactive: true`         | Skips confirmation      |

All three degrade gracefully when the client does not support them.