diff --git a/crates/vestige-mcp/src/bin/restore.rs b/crates/vestige-mcp/src/bin/restore.rs
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+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use vestige_core::{IngestInput, Storage};
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+struct BackupWrapper {
+    #[serde(rename = "type")]
+    _type: String,
+    text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+struct RecallResult {
+    results: Vec<MemoryBackup>,
+}
+
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+struct MemoryBackup {
+    content: String,
+    node_type: Option<String>,
+    tags: Option<Vec<String>>,
+    source: Option<String>,
+}
+
+fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // Parse args
+    let args: Vec<String> = std::env::args().collect();
+    if args.len() < 2 {
+        eprintln!("Usage: vestige-restore <backup.json>");
+        std::process::exit(1);
+    }
+
+    let backup_path = PathBuf::from(&args[1]);
+    println!("Loading backup from: {}", backup_path.display());
+
+    // Read and parse backup
+    let backup_content = std::fs::read_to_string(&backup_path)?;
+    let wrapper: Vec<BackupWrapper> = serde_json::from_str(&backup_content)?;
+    let recall_result: RecallResult = serde_json::from_str(&wrapper[0].text)?;
+    let memories = recall_result.results;
+
+    println!("Found {} memories to restore", memories.len());
+
+    // Initialize storage (uses default path)
+    println!("Initializing storage...");
+    let mut storage = Storage::new(None)?;
+
+    println!("Generating embeddings and ingesting memories...\n");
+
+    let total = memories.len();
+    let mut success_count = 0;
+
+    for (i, memory) in memories.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        let input = IngestInput {
+            content: memory.content.clone(),
+            node_type: memory.node_type.unwrap_or_else(|| "fact".to_string()),
+            source: memory.source,
+            sentiment_score: 0.0,
+            sentiment_magnitude: 0.0,
+            tags: memory.tags.unwrap_or_default(),
+            valid_from: None,
+            valid_until: None,
+        };
+
+        match storage.ingest(input) {
+            Ok(_node) => {
+                success_count += 1;
+                println!("[{}/{}] OK: {}", i + 1, total, truncate(&memory.content, 60));
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("[{}/{}] FAIL: {}", i + 1, total, e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    println!("\nRestore complete: {}/{} memories restored", success_count, total);
+
+    // Show stats
+    let stats = storage.get_stats()?;
+    println!("Total nodes: {}", stats.total_nodes);
+    println!("With embeddings: {}", stats.nodes_with_embeddings);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+fn truncate(s: &str, max_len: usize) -> String {
+    let s = s.replace('\n', " ");
+    if s.len() <= max_len {
+        s
+    } else {
+        format!("{}...", &s[..max_len])
+    }
+}