Coding agents
OpenCode
Give OpenCode memory that survives the session. Add the Korely MCP server to one config file: no package to install, just your API key in a header.
Connect Korely's MCP server and OpenCode can ask Korely for the current facts and the relevant memories before it answers, and save new ones as you work. Korely does the heavy part on its own servers: it reads each memory, writes the facts, closes an older fact when a newer one contradicts it, and keeps both dates of a fact (bi-temporal). OpenCode only calls the tools.
Prerequisites
- A Korely API key (
kor_live_...) from agent signup. The hobby plan is free; Pricing lists its limits. - OpenCode installed (
opencode --version).
Add the Korely MCP server
Korely's agent memory is a remote MCP server at
https://api.korely.ai/agent/mcp, authenticated with your key in a
header, no browser login. OpenCode configures MCP servers in
opencode.json, so add the server under mcp with type: "remote" and a
static bearer header:
{ "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json", "mcp": { "korely": { "type": "remote", "url": "https://api.korely.ai/agent/mcp", "enabled": true, "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer kor_live_..." } } }}
Put this in your global config at
~/.config/opencode/opencode.json, or in a project-local
opencode.json at the repo root. Replace
kor_live_... with the real key from
agent signup. The
"type": "remote" transport is Streamable HTTP, matching Korely's
agent endpoint. JSONC comments are supported if you prefer to annotate the
block.
To keep the key out of the file, write
"Authorization": "Bearer {env:KORELY_API_KEY}" and export
KORELY_API_KEY before you start OpenCode. If you keep the key in
a project-local opencode.json, do not commit that file.
Restart OpenCode so that it reads the file. A call without a valid key gets
a 401, and OpenCode answers a 401 by starting a
browser sign-in. If you see a sign-in prompt, check that the key is correct
and not revoked. To stop OpenCode from ever starting one for this server,
add "oauth": false to the entry. Both options are described in
OpenCode's MCP docs.
Korely MCP also supports OAuth, so OpenCode can sign you in instead of using a key. The OpenCode documentation describes OAuth for remote MCP servers. Korely has not tested OAuth with OpenCode. See Connect with OAuth.
What OpenCode can do
The Korely server offers six memory tools:
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
korely_get_context | The recall call: returns the current facts plus the most relevant memories as one block of text, ready to put in a prompt (the context block). It does not call a language model. |
korely_add | Store a memory. Korely writes facts from it on its servers, each as (subject, predicate, object), and closes an earlier fact, with its end date, when a model decides a new one replaces it. |
korely_search | Search by meaning over the stored memories, best match first. |
korely_get_facts | The facts known about an end user, with point-in-time queries: as_of (what was true then) and known_as_of (what the store knew then). |
korely_correct_fact | Fix or end one fact by its id. Give a new subject, predicate or object and the old fact is closed and a corrected one is written, both kept in history. With close=true the fact is only closed, which is how you forget a fact. Needs a key with the memories:write permission. |
korely_forget_memory | Forget one memory by its id. It drops out of every read and the facts only it stated are closed; with erase=true it is removed for good. Needs memories:write. |
Use it
Korely MCP sends its client short instructions: call korely_get_context before answering, and korely_add once a decision or preference is settled. If OpenCode follows them, a session looks like this (an example, not a recording):
You › Remember that this repo deploys to Hetzner, not Render. → korely_add("This repo deploys to Hetzner, not Render")
# next session, days laterYou › How do we deploy this? → korely_get_context("deploy") → "This repo deploys to Hetzner..."OpenCode › This repo deploys to Hetzner (you told me earlier), not Render. ...Scoping
The four tools korely_get_context, korely_add,
korely_search and korely_get_facts accept an
optional user_id so one key can serve many
end users: a read that names
"user-b" never returns a memory written for
"user-a". Omit it on a write and the memory belongs to no end user (a key
confined to one end user writes to that one). Omit it on a read and the
read covers every end user the key can see. korely_add and the
three read tools also accept an optional
agent_id.
korely_correct_fact and korely_forget_memory take
the id of a fact or a memory instead, and treat an id from another project
(or, for a confined key, from another end user) as not found. The
Korely MCP page lists every argument.
Why this is more than a notepad. Korely keeps each memory's
text as written and also extracts typed facts with
bi-temporal validity from it. When something changes ("this repo now deploys to Hetzner, not Render"), Korely closes the old fact with its end date instead of overwriting it, so korely_get_context returns
what's true now, and as_of can still replay what was
true before. The Cloud runs on servers in Helsinki; Data and governance says where text is processed.
Related
- Korely MCP, the full MCP surface and other clients.
- Get context, the call behind
korely_get_context. - Memory as a tool, the same pattern when you build the agent loop yourself.