From 09429eec3a6016b2dd87da4d894be4f5dfc38165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cal Corum <calcorum@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:11:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Auto-log episode entries on MCP memory_store (default true)

MCP store was missing the --episode behavior that the CLI had,
so episodes stopped being logged when sessions switched to using
MCP tools. Now defaults to true with opt-out via episode=false.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 skills/cognitive-memory/mcp_server.py | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/skills/cognitive-memory/mcp_server.py b/skills/cognitive-memory/mcp_server.py
index 3cd5b48..06bdc1f 100644
--- a/skills/cognitive-memory/mcp_server.py
+++ b/skills/cognitive-memory/mcp_server.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def create_tools() -> list:
                         "type": "number",
                         "description": "Importance score from 0.0 to 1.0 (default 0.5)",
                     },
+                    "episode": {
+                        "type": "boolean",
+                        "description": "Also log an episode entry for this memory (default true)",
+                    },
                 },
                 "required": ["type", "title", "content"],
             },
@@ -408,14 +412,32 @@ def handle_tool_call(
 
     try:
         if tool_name == "memory_store":
+            mem_type = arguments["type"]
+            title = arguments["title"]
+            tags = arguments.get("tags")
             memory_id = client.store(
-                type=arguments["type"],
-                title=arguments["title"],
+                type=mem_type,
+                title=title,
                 content=arguments["content"],
-                tags=arguments.get("tags"),
+                tags=tags,
                 importance=arguments.get("importance", 0.5),
             )
-            return ok({"success": True, "memory_id": memory_id})
+            # Auto-log episode entry (default true, opt-out with episode=false)
+            episode_logged = False
+            if arguments.get("episode", True):
+                client.episode(
+                    type=mem_type,
+                    title=title,
+                    tags=tags,
+                )
+                episode_logged = True
+            return ok(
+                {
+                    "success": True,
+                    "memory_id": memory_id,
+                    "episode_logged": episode_logged,
+                }
+            )
 
         elif tool_name == "memory_recall":
             results = client.recall(