Memo
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memo is a local-first, long-term semantic memory for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Codex). Runs fully offline with in-process embeddings — MLX on Apple Silicon or CPU sentence-transformers on Linux/Docker — and a sqlite-vec + BM25 hybrid retrieval pipeline with re
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- jagoff
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- Local-first and fully offline, no cloud or API keys required.
- Uses MLX (Apple Silicon) or CPU sentence-transformers (Linux/Docker) for embeddings.
- Hybrid retrieval with sqlite-vec + BM25 and reranking.
- Markdown files on disk are the source of truth; SQLite index is rebuildable.
- Recall hook auto-injects relevant memories into every prompt.
- Includes a knowledge graph, temporal/time-machine queries, contradiction detection, and nightly synthesis.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
MemoCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install via pipx install mlx-memo. Use the memo CLI for command-line interaction, or run the memo-mcp MCP server to connect with compatible AI coding tools.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"memo": {
"memo": {
"command": "memo-mcp"
}
}
}
}
McpServers
{
"memo": {
"command": "memo-mcp"
}
}
⚡ Contradiction radar — memory that notices when you change your mind
memo contradict scan # find conflicting facts corpus-wide memo contradict triage # resolve: fuse / newer-wins / dismiss
Change a decision and memo flags the now-stale version, so the agent stops reintroducing what you already threw out.
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