Fidelis — AI skill for Claude Code
Zero-LLM agent memory for Claude Code and AI agents: local-first BM25, dense-vector, and reciprocal-rank-fusion retrieval.
How to install Fidelis
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open hermes-labs-ai/fidelis and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Fidelis does
Zero-LLM agent memory for Claude Code and AI agents: local-first BM25, dense-vector, and reciprocal-rank-fusion retrieval. Returns original passages verbatim by default. Available on PyPI as fidelis-memory. MIT.
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README
Fidelis Memory
Local-first, zero-LLM memory for Codex, Claude Code, and AI agents.
**73.0% end-to-end QA on LongMemEval-S. 83.2% R@1 retrieval. $0/query. No LLM in the default retrieval path.**
Stop re-explaining context to your agent. fidelis returns your original notes verbatim, local-first, fast, about 60 seconds to install. Your agent already calls an LLM to think; it should not need another one just to remember. Designed for developers. The default zero-LLM retrieval path does not send memory content to an LLM. The documented `fidelis init` service configuration also disables mem0 and Chroma telemetry. That can reduce third-party data exposure, but deployments still own their security and compliance assessment.
[](LICENSE) [](#known-limitations) [](tests/) [](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers/io.github.hermes-labs-ai%2Ffidelis-memory/versions/0.0.95) [](https://hermes-labs.ai)
your notes / sessions
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local memory store (~/.cogito/, fully local)
↓
fidelis retrieval (BM25 + dense + RRF, no LLM)
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original passages (verbatim, never rephrased)
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Codex / Claude Code / your agent
What fidelis is:
- fast - ~216 ms local retrieval (full benchmark mean; vector-only path is faster)
- cheap - $0/query retrieval cost
- private - local memory store by default
- faithful - original stored passages returned, not paraphrases
- proven - benchmarked on LongMemEval-S (470 questions, public benchmark), with raw evidence in [`ex
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