Basic Memory

Skip the install — try Basic Memory in the cloud

Claude, Codex, or Cursor connected in 30 seconds. No Python, no JSON, no terminal.$15.00/mo locked in for life(12.50/mo yearly pricing). 7-day free trial — cancel any time before day 7 if it's not for you. Beta pricing — sign up now and your rate never goes up. OSS users: codeBMFOSStakes another 20% off for 3 months.

Give your team a single, shared cloud workspace. Knowledge isn't confined to one person — anything a teammate writes is immediately available to everyone else and to their AI assistants. Edit a note together in real time, hand work off between humans and agents, and build one connected knowledge base instead of scattered copies. Same pricing - start with one user and add more as needed.

Pick up right where you left off — in Claude, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT, or anything that speaksMCP. Your knowledge lives as Markdown files that both you and your AI can read, write, and search.

- Free forever (AGPL-3.0)
- All data on your disk
- Air-gapped friendly
- Requires Python viauv

uv tool install "basic-memory[milvus]"

Basic Memory changed my whole relationship with LLMs. I switched from GPT and Gemini to exclusively Claude and Claude Code because of this integration and am completely revamping all our company's processes around a Basic Memory workflow.

Basic Memory is the missing 'wow' factor in AI chatbots. Now I can't imagine Claude or Claude Code without it.

I don't code without Basic Memory anymore. It's such a time saver to be able to refer to projects I don't currently have active and keep a running log of all my learnings and ProTips.

The hosted version of Basic Memory. Same product, same Markdown files, same MCP tools — we just host the database, run the sync, and put it on your phone.

- Every device, same brain.Your knowledge graph on web, mobile, and desktop. No copy-paste between machines.
- Connect any MCP client.Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, ChatGPT (Custom GPTs), VS Code — one-click connect from the web app.
- Bidirectional sync to local.Edit on your phone, see it in Obsidian on your laptop. rclone-powered with conflict resolution.
- Snapshots and backups.Point-in-time restore. Browse history. Never lose a note.
- No lock-in.Your notes are plain Markdown. Export to local Markdown any time — same files, same format, same wikilinks. Cancel anytime, your data stays yours.

Built on WorkOS AuthKit, Neon Postgres, and Tigris S3.

- 7-day free trial. Cancel any time before day 7 if it's not for you.
- Cancel anytime after that too — export your notes whenever you want.
- OSS users: codeBMFOSSfor another 20% off for 3 months (~$11.40/mo).

Both paths use the same OSS engine and the same Markdown files. There's no lock-in either way — flip between them when your needs change.

This repository is also the canonical home for Basic Memory's host-native agent packages. The core Python package, Claude Code plugin, shared skills, Hermes plugin, and OpenClaw plugin all ship from the same source tree.

Maintainers can verify the whole consolidated surface from the repo root:

Package-local justfiles are also available when working inside one host:

just package-check-claude-code just package-check-skills just package-check-hermes just package-check-openclaw

The Claude Code plugin is the bridge between Claude's working memory and Basic Memory — session-start briefings, pre-compaction checkpoints, an opt-in capture output style, and/basic-memory:bm-setup·:remember·:share·:status.

Connect the Basic Memory MCP server first— seeConnect your AI client. The plugin's hooks and skills call it, so it's a hard prerequisite. Then add the marketplace and install:

claude plugin marketplace add basicmachines-co/basic-memory \ --sparse .claude-plugin plugins/claude-code claude plugin install basic-memory@basicmachines-co

Framework-agnosticSKILL.mdfiles live inskills/. If your Skills CLI supports repository subdirectory sources:

npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/skills

hermes plugins install basicmachines-co/basic-memory --path integrations/hermes

openclaw plugins install @basicmemory/openclaw-basic-memory

{ "mcpServers": { "basic-memory": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["basic-memory", "mcp"] } } }

claude mcp add basic-memory -- uvx basic-memory mcp

For the full memory bridge — session briefings, pre-compaction checkpoints, and the/basic-memory:commands — also install theClaude Code pluginon top of this.

[mcp_servers.basic-memory] command = "uvx" args = ["basic-memory", "mcp"]

Codex can keep its default MCP approval behavior, or you can pre-approve eligible Basic Memory tools by adding this server-scoped setting to the same table:

[mcp_servers.basic-memory] command = "uvx" args = ["basic-memory", "mcp"] default_tools_approval_mode = "approve"

This does not disable Codex approvals globally or expand which Basic Memory projects the server can access. Codex still requires approval for tools that advertise a destructive annotation, including Basic Memory's writes, edits, and deletes. If you installed the Basic Memory Codex plugin, use itsplugin-scoped configurationinstead.

{ "mcpServers": { "basic-memory": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["basic-memory", "mcp"] } } }

{ "mcp": { "servers": { "basic-memory": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["basic-memory", "mcp"] } } } }

Basic Memory exposes OpenAI-compatiblesearchandfetchtools for Custom GPT actions. See theChatGPT integration guide.

"Create a note about our project architecture decisions." "Find information about JWT auth in my notes." "What have I been working on this week?"

export BASIC_MEMORY_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_ENABLED=true export BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_ENABLED=true

export BASIC_MEMORY_SEMANTIC_SEARCH_ENABLED=true export BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_ENABLED=true export BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_PROVIDER=litellm export BASIC_MEMORY_RERANKER_MODEL=cohere/rerank-v3.5 export COHERE_API_KEY=...

The feature fails fast on invalid configuration and does not silently fall back to retrieval order when an enabled provider fails. See thesemantic search guidefor provider setup, all settings, tuning, pagination, and failure behavior.

--- title: Coffee Brewing Methods permalink: coffee-brewing-methods tags: [coffee, brewing] --- # Coffee Brewing Methods ## Observations - [method] Pour over highlights subtle flavors over body - [technique] Water at 205°F (96°C) extracts optimal compounds - [principle] Freshly ground beans preserve aromatics ## Relations - relates_to [[Coffee Bean Origins]] - requires [[Proper Grinding Technique]] - affects [[Flavor Extraction]]

Next session, the LLM picks up the thread. It follows the relations to surface what you already know about Ethiopian beans and burr grinders, and builds on it instead of starting over. You see the same files in Obsidian or your editor. Edit them by hand — the AI sees your changes too.

Real two-way flow: humans edit Markdown, LLMs read/write through MCP, sync keeps everything consistent, and the source of truth is always your files.

Each file is anEntity. Entities haveObservations(facts about them) andRelations(links to other entities). That's the whole grammar.

--- title: <Entity title> type: note permalink: <uri-slug> tags: [optional, list] ---

Facts about the entity. Categories in[brackets], tags with#, optional context in parens.

- [method] Pour over highlights subtle flavors - [tip] Grind medium-fine for V60 #brewing - [fact] Lighter roasts contain more caffeine than dark - [resource] James Hoffmann's V60 technique on YouTube - [question] How does temperature affect compound extraction?

Wiki-style links that form the graph. Single-token relation types, or quote multi-word ones.

- pairs_well_with [[Chocolate Desserts]] - grown_in [[Ethiopia]] - requires [[Burr Grinder]] - "pairs well with" [[Dark Chocolate]]

Bare- [[Target]]and prose- Worth checking out [[Target]]index aslinks_to. Full reference in thedocs.

Basic Memory exposes these tools to any MCP client. Every tool is annotated with MCP behavior hints (read-only, destructive, idempotent, open-world) so agents can pick the right one without trial-and-error: