# memex

> Zettelkasten-based persistent memory for AI coding agents. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, Codex, Windsurf & any MCP client. No vector DB — just markdown + git sync.

- **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/memex
- **Author**: iamtouchskyer
- **Category**: MCP Servers
- **Latest version**: `v0.1.30` (2026-04-22)
- **License**: MIT
- **Source**: https://github.com/iamtouchskyer/memex
- **Language**: TypeScript
- **GitHub**: 185 stars, 40 forks
- **Registry**: github
- **Tags**: `agent-memory`, `ai-agent`, `ai-coding`, `claude-code`, `cursor`, `knowledge-management`, `mcp-server`, `memory`, `typescript`

## Description

Zettelkasten-based persistent memory for AI coding agents. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code Copilot, Codex, Windsurf & any MCP client. No vector DB — just markdown + git sync.

## Recent releases

| Version | Date | Urgency | Changes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `v0.1.30` | 2026-04-22 | High | Fix: CLI fallback for Claude Code plugin environments. memex CLI is not in PATH when installed via plugin system. All 3 skill docs now include 3-column tool table, resolution order (PATH -> shell function -> MCP), and version-agnostic glob path. |
| `v0.1.27` | 2026-04-07 | High | d1077c0 ci: add npm publish step to release workflow 8810aed feat: add agent instruction files with 4-layer sync scaffolding f7217cc feat: support custom OpenAI base URL for embeddings 1871e80 feat: add whenToUse frontmatter to all skills 53b4a52 security: fix 3 high severity vulnerabilities via npm audit fix (#46) 1055f6e feat(pi-extension): add retro reminder, compaction resilience, and skill discovery (#44) 893902e feat: add manifest pre-filter for search (Phase 1 of #38) (#43) |
| `v0.1.26` | 2026-04-03 | Medium | 🚀 **Major Features Added:**  - 🔍 **Semantic Search with OpenAI embeddings** (#34) - Intelligent content retrieval - 🏠 **Local embedding provider** (#36) - Zero-API-key semantic search using local models   - ⚙️ **Configurable semantic search** (#35) - Customizable models, scoring, and retry logic - 🔗 **Backlinks command** (#31) - Discover reverse references between notes - 📁 **Multi-directory search** (#23) - Search across multiple directories with `--all` flag - 🛠️ **Graceful frontmatter p |

## Citation

- HTML: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/memex
- Markdown: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/memex.md
- Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/memex/deps

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