- CollectionMemory & State
- Classificationagent-native
- LicenseApache-2.0 (relicensed from AGPL-3.0 in v13.0.0, 2026-05-08)
- MCPAvailable
- Agent SkillAvailable
- InterfacesAgent Skill · MCP · CLI · http · API
- Verified2026-10-13
What it does
Claude-Mem is a persistent memory compression system for coding agents. Official docs: it automatically captures tool-usage observations, generates semantic summaries, and injects relevant context into later sessions so the agent keeps project continuity after a session ends.
The capture path is a firehose: lifecycle hooks record prompts and tool executions (Read, Write, and the rest), a local Bun worker compresses them via the Claude Agent SDK, and the next SessionStart primes context from recent sessions. Storage is SQLite + FTS5 with an optional Chroma vector index.
Distinct from MemPalace (verbatim palace rooms/drawers, no official paraphrase) and MemSearch (Markdown + Milvus hybrid search plugins): Claude-Mem auto-captures a tool-call firehose, compresses it, and primes the next session.
OSS vs hosted: Apache-2.0 covers the local engine, CLI, MCP tools, and docs. docs/license.md states Claude-Mem Server v0.1 does not ship hosted cloud, team sync, enterprise features, premium knowledge agents, private evals, or customer deployment tooling — those sit outside the public implementation. CMEM Cloud (homepage: paid cloud mirror + private MCP link) is that hosted layer.
Agent-facing interfaces
- Interaction pattern: CLI + coding-agent plugin
- Catalog protocols: Agent Skill, MCP, CLI, http, API
- MCP: ✅ Available — four search tools on the local worker.
- Agent Skill: ✅ Bundled with the plugin (not npx skills add).
- Onboarding type:
cli
How agents onboard
Interaction pattern: CLI + coding-agent plugin
npx claude-mem install
See the full onboarding section in the dossier.
Protocol surface
| Interface | Detail |
|---|---|
| Installer | npx claude-mem install (multi-IDE) |
| Claude Code plugin | /plugin marketplace add thedotmack/claude-mem then /plugin install claude-mem |
| OpenCode / Antigravity | npx claude-mem install --ide opencode / --ide antigravity |
| OpenClaw | curl -fsSL https://install.cmem.ai/openclaw.sh \| bash |
| MCP search | search, timeline, get_observations |
| Worker HTTP | Local API + web viewer (port printed on startup) |
| Docs | https://docs.claude-mem.ai/introduction |
Verification
Last verified 2026-10-13.
Sources:
- https://api.github.com/repos/thedotmack/claude-mem