engram

Engram Plugin for Claude Code & Cowork

Persistent memory for AI agents. Give Claude real memory that survives across sessions.

What it does

Engram gives Claude persistent, intelligent memory:

• Semantic recall -- find relevant memories by meaning, not just keywords
• Automatic consolidation -- episodes distill into knowledge over time
• Knowledge graph -- entities and relationships extracted automatically
• Bi-temporal tracking -- facts have validity windows, contradictions are detected
• 92% on DMR benchmark, 80% on LOCOMO -- real benchmarks, not hand-waving

Installation

From Claude Code

claude plugin install engram

From Cowork

Install from claude.com/plugins.

Prerequisites

Engram needs a one-time setup:

npx engram-sdk@latest init

This creates a local vault at ~/.engram/default.db and sets up your Gemini API key for embeddings.

Optional: Connect to the hosted API for team sharing and cloud sync:

npx engram-sdk@latest connect https://api.engram.fyi --api-key YOUR_KEY

Skills (automatic)

These activate automatically when relevant:

Skill	Triggers on
memory-recall	Questions about past work, decisions, people, preferences
memory-remember	Important decisions, preferences, project updates
memory-consolidate	End of long sessions, memory maintenance
memory-brief	Session start, "catch me up", context switching

Commands (explicit)

Command	Usage
/engram:recall <topic>	Search memory for a topic
/engram:remember <text>	Store something in memory
/engram:brief [context]	Get a session briefing
/engram:stats	View vault statistics

How it works

Engram runs as an MCP server alongside Claude. When installed:

1. On session start: Claude automatically recalls relevant context
2. During conversation: Important decisions and facts are stored
3. On session end: Consolidation distills episodes into knowledge
4. Next session: Claude remembers everything

All data is stored locally in SQLite by default. No data leaves your machine unless you explicitly connect to the hosted API.

Links

• Website: engram.fyi
• Documentation: engram.fyi/docs
• Research: engram.fyi/research
• npm: engram-sdk
• GitHub: tstockham96/engram

License

Proprietary EULA. Free to install and use.