Universal Memory — AI skill for Claude Code
Self-hosted, markdown-first memory for LLM agents across devices and sessions.
How to install Universal Memory
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open goldenwo/universal-memory and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Universal Memory does
Self-hosted, markdown-first memory for LLM agents across devices and sessions.
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README
Self-hosted memory that follows you across every AI — Claude Code, claude.ai, ChatGPT, your own bots.
Automatic capture in Claude Code and your bots. Automatic recall everywhere. The vault is yours.
| 🧠 One vault, every surface | 🔄 Sessions that resume | 🔒 Yours, on your hardware |
|---|---|---|
| A fact captured in Claude Code is recalled in claude.ai on your phone. MCP, REST, OAuth connectors, mem0-compatible API (opt-in flag). | Every session ends with a synthesized state-of-play; the next one starts already knowing where you left off. | Runs on anything from a Raspberry Pi up. Markdown vault + local vector store. No cloud account, no telemetry. |
git clone https://github.com/goldenwo/universal-memory
cd universal-memory
bash installer/install.sh
One wizard, and you're capturing memories in minutes.
**You'll need:** Docker (with Compose) · an OpenAI API key · Linux, macOS, or Windows via WSL2.
See it work
![Animated: session 1 ends mid-refactor at 6:14 PM; a state-of-play is synthesized; session 2 opens the next morning with the briefing — focus, in-flight work, next steps — injected before the user types anything](assets
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