Give your AI agent persistent memory. One command. No account. Works offline.
Awareness Local is a local-first memory system for AI coding agents. It runs a lightweight daemon on your machine that stores memories as Markdown files, searches with hybrid FTS5 + embedding, and connects to any IDE via the MCP protocol.
npx @awareness-sdk/setupThat's it. Your AI agent now remembers everything across sessions.
Before: Every session starts from scratch. You re-explain the codebase, re-justify decisions, watch the agent redo work.
After: Your agent says "I remember you were migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL. Last session you completed the schema changes and had 2 TODOs remaining..."
Session 1 Session 2
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ā Agent: "What database?" ā ā Agent: "I remember we ā
ā You: "PostgreSQL..." ā ā chose PostgreSQL for ā
ā Agent: "What framework?"ā ā ā JSON support. You had ā
ā You: "FastAPI..." ā ā 2 TODOs left. Let me ā
ā (repeat every session) ā ā continue from there." ā
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| IDE | Auto-detected | Plugin |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | ā | awareness-memory |
| Cursor | ā | via MCP |
| Windsurf | ā | via MCP |
| OpenClaw | ā | @awareness-sdk/openclaw-memory |
| Cline | ā | via MCP |
| GitHub Copilot | ā | via MCP |
| Codex CLI | ā | via MCP |
| Kiro | ā | via MCP |
| Trae | ā | via MCP |
| Zed | ā | via MCP |
| JetBrains (Junie) | ā | via MCP |
| Augment | ā | via MCP |
| AntiGravity (Jules) | ā | via MCP |
Your IDE / AI Agent
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ā MCP Protocol (localhost:37800)
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ā Awareness Local Daemon ā
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ā Markdown files ā Human-readable, git-friendly
ā SQLite FTS5 ā Fast keyword search
ā Local embedding ā Semantic search (optional: npm i @huggingface/transformers)
ā Knowledge cards ā Auto-extracted decisions, solutions, risks
ā Web Dashboard ā http://localhost:37800/
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ā Cloud sync (optional) ā
ā ā One-click device-auth ā
ā ā Bidirectional sync ā
ā ā Semantic vector search ā
ā ā Team collaboration ā
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All memories stored as Markdown files in .awareness/ ā human-readable, editable, git-friendly:
.awareness/
āāā memories/
ā āāā 2026-03-22_decided-to-use-postgresql.md
ā āāā 2026-03-22_fixed-auth-bug.md
ā āāā ...
āāā knowledge/
ā āāā decisions/postgresql-over-mysql.md
ā āāā solutions/auth-token-refresh.md
āāā tasks/
ā āāā open/implement-rate-limiting.md
āāā index.db (search index, auto-rebuilt)
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
awareness_init |
Load session context ā recent knowledge, tasks, rules |
awareness_recall |
Search memories ā progressive disclosure (summary ā full) |
awareness_record |
Save decisions, code changes, insights ā with knowledge extraction |
awareness_lookup |
Fast lookup ā tasks, knowledge cards, session history, risks |
awareness_get_agent_prompt |
Get agent-specific prompts for multi-agent setups |
Instead of dumping everything into context, Awareness uses a two-phase recall:
Phase 1: awareness_recall(query, detail="summary")
ā Lightweight index (~80 tokens each): title + summary + score
ā Agent reviews and picks what's relevant
Phase 2: awareness_recall(detail="full", ids=[...])
ā Complete content for selected items only
ā No truncation, no wasted tokens
Visit http://localhost:37800/ to browse memories, knowledge cards, tasks, and manage cloud sync.
Connect to Awareness Cloud for:
- Semantic vector search (100+ languages)
- Cross-device real-time sync
- Team collaboration
- Memory marketplace
npx @awareness-sdk/setup --cloud
# Or click "Connect to Cloud" in the dashboardAwareness Local is part of the Awareness ecosystem:
| Package | For | Install |
|---|---|---|
| Awareness Local | Local daemon + MCP server | npx @awareness-sdk/setup |
| Python SDK | wrap_openai() / wrap_anthropic() interceptors |
pip install awareness-memory-cloud |
| TypeScript SDK | wrapOpenAI() / wrapAnthropic() interceptors |
npm i @awareness-sdk/memory-cloud |
| OpenClaw Plugin | Auto-recall + auto-capture | openclaw plugins install @awareness-sdk/openclaw-memory |
| Claude Code Plugin | Skills + hooks | /plugin marketplace add edwin-hao-ai/Awareness-SDK ā /plugin install awareness-memory@awareness |
| Setup CLI | One-command setup for 13+ IDEs | npx @awareness-sdk/setup |
Full SDK docs: awareness.market/docs
- Node.js 18+
- Any MCP-compatible IDE
No Python, no Docker, no cloud account needed.
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