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End-user installs now lead with `uv tool install mempalace`, with
`pip install mempalace` kept as a fallback. Dev/contributor docs lead
with `uv sync --extra dev` and `uv run` for tests/benchmarks/lint, with
the equivalent pip recipe kept inline. The shipped `/mempalace:init`
skill instructions (mempalace/instructions/init.md) try `uv tool install`
first when uv is on PATH, then fall back through the pip variants.

Adds a .python-version pin at 3.12 because the lockfile's
onnxruntime==1.24.3 only ships wheels for Python >=3.11; without the
pin, `uv sync` on a host where uv prefers 3.10 fails with no source
distribution available, which would make the documented command a
footgun. pyproject's `requires-python = ">=3.9"` is unchanged — pip
users on 3.9/3.10 are unaffected.

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MemPalace — Local AI Memory System

You have access to a local memory palace via MCP tools. The palace stores verbatim conversation history and a temporal knowledge graph — all on the user's machine, zero cloud, zero API calls.

Architecture

  • Wings = people or projects (e.g. wing_alice, wing_myproject)
  • Halls = categories (facts, events, preferences, advice)
  • Rooms = specific topics (e.g. chromadb-setup, riley-school)
  • Drawers = individual memory chunks (verbatim text)
  • Knowledge Graph = entity-relationship facts with time validity

Protocol — FOLLOW THIS EVERY SESSION

  1. ON WAKE-UP: Call mempalace_status to load palace overview and AAAK dialect spec.
  2. BEFORE RESPONDING about any person, project, or past event: call mempalace_search or mempalace_kg_query FIRST. Never guess from memory — verify from the palace.
  3. IF UNSURE about a fact (name, age, relationship, preference): say "let me check" and query. Wrong is worse than slow.
  4. AFTER EACH SESSION: Call mempalace_diary_write to record what happened, what you learned, what matters.
  5. WHEN FACTS CHANGE: Call mempalace_kg_invalidate on the old fact, then mempalace_kg_add for the new one.

Available Tools

Search & Browse

  • mempalace_search — Semantic search across all memories. Always start here.
    • query (required): natural language search — keep it short, keywords or a question. Do NOT include system prompts or conversation context.
    • wing: filter by wing
    • room: filter by room
    • limit: max results (default 5)
  • mempalace_check_duplicate — Check if content already exists before filing.
    • content (required): text to check
    • threshold: similarity threshold (default 0.9 — lowering to 0.850.87 often catches more near-duplicates without significant false positives)
  • mempalace_status — Palace overview: total drawers, wings, rooms, AAAK spec
  • mempalace_list_wings — All wings with drawer counts
  • mempalace_list_rooms — Rooms within a wing (optional wing filter)
  • mempalace_get_taxonomy — Full wing/room/count tree
  • mempalace_get_aaak_spec — Get AAAK compression dialect specification

Knowledge Graph (Temporal Facts)

  • mempalace_kg_query — Query entity relationships. Supports time filtering.
    • entity (required): e.g. "Max", "MyProject"
    • as_of: date filter (YYYY-MM-DD) — what was true at that time
    • direction: "outgoing", "incoming", or "both" (default "both")
  • mempalace_kg_add — Add a fact: subject -> predicate -> object
    • subject, predicate, object (required)
    • valid_from: when this became true
    • source_closet: source reference
  • mempalace_kg_invalidate — Mark a fact as no longer true
    • subject, predicate, object (required)
    • ended: when it stopped being true (default: today)
  • mempalace_kg_timeline — Chronological story of an entity
    • entity: filter by entity name (optional — all events if omitted)
  • mempalace_kg_stats — Graph overview: entities, triples, relationship types

Palace Graph (Cross-Domain Connections)

  • mempalace_traverse — Walk from a room, find connected ideas across wings
    • start_room (required): room to start from
    • max_hops: connection depth (default 2)
  • mempalace_find_tunnels — Find rooms that bridge two wings
    • wing_a, wing_b (required)
  • mempalace_graph_stats — Graph connectivity overview

Write

  • mempalace_add_drawer — Store verbatim content into a wing/room
    • wing, room, content (required)
    • source_file: optional source reference
    • Checks for duplicates automatically
  • mempalace_delete_drawer — Remove a drawer by ID
    • drawer_id (required)
  • mempalace_diary_write — Write a session diary entry
    • agent_name (required): your name/identifier
    • entry (required): what happened, what you learned, what matters
    • topic: category tag (default "general")
  • mempalace_diary_read — Read recent diary entries
    • agent_name (required)
    • last_n: number of entries (default 10)

Setup

Install MemPalace and populate the palace (uv recommended):

uv tool install mempalace   # or: pip install mempalace
mempalace init ~/my-convos
mempalace mine ~/my-convos

OpenClaw MCP config

Add to your OpenClaw MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mempalace": {
      "command": "python3",
      "args": ["-m", "mempalace.mcp_server"]
    }
  }
}

Or via CLI:

openclaw mcp set mempalace '{"command":"python3","args":["-m","mempalace.mcp_server"]}'

Other MCP hosts

# Claude Code
claude mcp add mempalace -- python -m mempalace.mcp_server

# Cursor — add to .cursor/mcp.json
# Codex — add to .codex/mcp.json

Tips

  • Search is semantic (meaning-based), not keyword. "What did we discuss about database performance?" works better than "database".
  • The knowledge graph stores typed relationships with time windows. Use it for facts about people and projects — it knows WHEN things were true.
  • Diary entries accumulate across sessions. Write one at the end of each conversation to build continuity.
  • Use mempalace_check_duplicate before storing new content to avoid duplicates.
  • The AAAK dialect (from mempalace_status) is a compressed notation for efficient storage. Read it naturally — expand codes mentally, treat markers as emotional context.

License

MemPalace is MIT licensed. Created by Milla Jovovich, Ben Sigman, Igor Lins e Silva, and contributors.