2.3 Verify the install ¶

Once sql/smoke_test.sh reports success, your server is working. The next step is to point a client at it.

From the command line. Build the CLI (see The Command-Line Client) and try:

ownsona add "I started using OwnSona today." --tags meta
ownsona query "when did I start using OwnSona"

You should see your newly stored fact come back as the top recall hit.

From Claude Desktop. Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or the Windows equivalent, and add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ownsona": {
      "url": "https://your.host/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer <your-token>" }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop. Ask it “what tools do you have?” You should see remember, recall, remember_batch, build_context_prompt, list_memories, update_memory, forget, text_search, and confirm.

From ChatGPT (Responses API). See Connecting OpenAI.