Basic Memory lets you build persistent knowledge through natural conversations with Large Language Models (LLMs) like Claude, while keeping everything in simple Markdown files on your computer. It uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable any compatible LLM to read and write to your local knowledge base.

AI assistants can load context from local files in a new conversation. Notes are saved locally as Markdown files in real time. No project knowledge or special prompting required.

Most LLM interactions are ephemeral - you ask a question, get an answer, and everything is forgotten. Each conversation starts fresh, without the context or knowledge from previous ones. Basic Memory addresses these problems with a simple approach: structured Markdown files that both humans and LLMs can read and write to. All knowledge stays in files you control. Both you and the LLM read and write to the same files. LLMs can follow links between topics. Indexed in a local SQLite database.