Server beta defaults to API-key auth. CLAUDE_MEM_AUTH_MODE=local-dev only enables the loopback development bypass when CLAUDE_MEM_ALLOW_LOCAL_DEV_BYPASS=1 is also set; do not use it behind a reverse proxy or on a publicly reachable bind address.
API keys are generated with the cmem_ prefix and displayed once. Claude-Mem stores only a SHA-256 hash, prefix metadata, scopes, status, and timestamps in SQLite.
BullMQ mode requires Redis or Valkey. Queue payloads are limited to work needed to resume observation processing; SQLite remains the canonical memory store. Use Redis persistence for deployable examples and avoid placing server ports on public networks without auth.