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Muninn guides

How-tos and explainers for MCP, Claude, and ChatGPT

Muninn is a private notes workspace that connects to AI assistants over the Model Context Protocol. These guides cover the setup steps, the moving parts of MCP, and the memory questions that come up most often.

• Connect Muninn to Claude and ChatGPT

  Authorize Muninn as a remote MCP server in Claude Desktop and ChatGPT in about five minutes.

• What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)?

  The open standard AI assistants use to reach outside tools and data, explained in plain language.

• What is an MCP server?

  How MCP servers, clients, and tools fit together — and what a hosted MCP server like Muninn actually does.

• How to add an MCP server to Claude

  Add a remote MCP server to Claude Desktop from the Connectors screen. No config file required.

• How to add an MCP server to Claude Code

  Wire an MCP server into the Claude Code CLI with claude mcp add, including remote HTTP servers.

• How to connect an MCP server to Claude Desktop

  Both remote (Connectors) and local (claude_desktop_config.json) options, side by side.

• How to create a Claude MCP server

  Build your own MCP server that Claude and other clients can call — starter code and design tips.

• The claude_desktop_config.json file, explained

  Where the file lives, what its schema looks like, and how to configure local MCP servers.

• ChatGPT memory is full — what to do

  Why ChatGPT tells you saved memory is full, how to clear it, and how to stop losing context.

• How to transfer ChatGPT memory to Claude

  Export what ChatGPT remembers about you and get Claude to use it — via Muninn or a plain paste.

• Does Claude have memory like ChatGPT?

  What Claude actually remembers, how it compares to ChatGPT's memory, and how MCP fills the gap.

• Claude memory: how it works and how to extend it

  Turn it on, clear it, and give Claude persistent memory that isn't capped by Anthropic.

• claude.md, explained

  The project context file Claude Code reads — and how to make it a networked memory across assistants.

• Claude Code + Muninn: portable CLAUDE.md via MCP

  Connect Claude Code to Muninn's MCP and pull any note into a repo's CLAUDE.md.

• claude-mem alternative

  When claude-mem is the right tool, and when a hosted MCP notes workspace beats it.

• Notion MCP alternative

  Honest comparison of Notion MCP and a purpose-built AI-memory workspace.

• Obsidian MCP alternative

  Local vault + community MCP servers vs. a hosted, cross-device notes workspace.

• Standard Notes alternative

  Zero-knowledge encryption vs. AI-accessible memory — pick the one that matches how you work.

• A private markdown notes app for the AI era

  Plain markdown, real folders, and one memory for Claude, ChatGPT, and Codex.