---
name: MemPalace dev tooling
description: MemPalace installed as dev context tool — venv in _Dev/mempalace, MCP wired at user scope, 6134 drawers from thinking docs
type: reference
---

## MemPalace — Dev Tooling Setup

**Location:** `~/_Dev/mempalace/` (git clone, MIT license)
**Data:** `~/_Dev/mempalace/.local-data/palace/` (ChromaDB + SQLite, ~36MB)
**Venv:** `~/_Dev/mempalace/.venv/`
**MCP:** Wired at user scope via `run-mcp.sh`

**What's ingested:**
- `CapableMind-AI/docs/thinking/David/` — 191 files, 6,134 drawers, wing: `capablemind-thinking`
- Rooms: l2_constitution (67), chamber (43), observer_problem (21), methodology (12), l1_reliability (11), architecture (11), concepts (9), amendments (7), general (6), issues (3), reviews (1)

**Not yet ingested:**
- Specs (`CapableMind-AI/docs/specs/`)
- Chamber library (`chamber-library/`)
- Session transcripts
- Obsidian vault

**CLI usage:**
```bash
cd ~/_Dev/mempalace && source .venv/bin/activate
MEMPALACE_PALACE_PATH=.local-data/palace python -m mempalace.cli search "query"
MEMPALACE_PALACE_PATH=.local-data/palace python -m mempalace.cli search "query" --wing capablemind-thinking --room observer_problem
```

**MCP tools available in Claude Code:**
mempalace_search, mempalace_status, mempalace_list_wings, mempalace_list_rooms, mempalace_get_taxonomy, mempalace_check_duplicate, mempalace_add_drawer, mempalace_delete_drawer

**Cleanup:** `rm -rf ~/_Dev/mempalace/` removes everything. Also remove MCP: `claude mcp remove mempalace`

**Note:** MemPalace artifacts (`mempalace.yaml`, `entities.json`) added to CapableMind-AI `.gitignore`.