diff --git a/packages/memory/src/entrypoint.ts b/packages/memory/src/entrypoint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b0294db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/memory/src/entrypoint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { realpathSync } from "fs";
+import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+
+// npx and global installs launch the bin symlink, so argv[1] is the link while
+// import.meta.url is the resolved file. Compare real paths.
+export function isMainModule(argv1: string | undefined, moduleUrl: string): boolean {
+  if (!argv1) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  try {
+    return realpathSync(argv1) === realpathSync(fileURLToPath(moduleUrl));
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/memory/src/index.ts b/packages/memory/src/index.ts
index 2ab33334..a8fc866b 100644
--- a/packages/memory/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/memory/src/index.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { isMainModule } from "./entrypoint.js";
 import { runServer } from "./server.js";
 
 export * from "./api.js";
 
 // Only start MCP server when this file is run directly as a binary
 // Not when imported as a library (e.g., by CLI commands)
-if (process.argv[1] === fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)) {
+if (isMainModule(process.argv[1], import.meta.url)) {
   runServer().catch((error: Error) => {
     console.error("Failed to start server:", error);
     process.exit(1);
diff --git a/packages/memory/tests/unit/entrypoint.test.ts b/packages/memory/tests/unit/entrypoint.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a85b9ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/memory/tests/unit/entrypoint.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, symlinkSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "os";
+import { join } from "path";
+import { pathToFileURL } from "url";
+import { isMainModule } from "../../src/entrypoint";
+
+describe("isMainModule", () => {
+  let dir: string;
+  let modulePath: string;
+  let moduleUrl: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    dir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "memory-entrypoint-"));
+    modulePath = join(dir, "index.js");
+    writeFileSync(modulePath, "");
+    moduleUrl = pathToFileURL(modulePath).href;
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    rmSync(dir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  it("returns true when argv[1] is the module file", () => {
+    expect(isMainModule(modulePath, moduleUrl)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns true when argv[1] is a bin symlink to the module file", () => {
+    const binPath = join(dir, "ai-devkit-memory");
+    symlinkSync(modulePath, binPath);
+
+    expect(isMainModule(binPath, moduleUrl)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false when argv[1] is a different file", () => {
+    const otherPath = join(dir, "cli.js");
+    writeFileSync(otherPath, "");
+
+    expect(isMainModule(otherPath, moduleUrl)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false when argv[1] is undefined", () => {
+    expect(isMainModule(undefined, moduleUrl)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false when argv[1] does not exist", () => {
+    expect(isMainModule(join(dir, "missing.js"), moduleUrl)).toBe(false);
+  });
+});