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Stores surrounding textual context of every citation plus a deep-learning classification (supports / disputes / mentions). Persisted across the database, not computed on demand. MCP integration (2025) exposes the memory layer to Claude and ChatGPT. Full Scite.ai record →

  1. 1 Elicit Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity, exact-match) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Scite.ai →

  2. 2 Iris.ai Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Scite.ai →

  3. 3 engram Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (exact-match) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed — MCP ✓ ★ 6.7k released 2026-10-21 MIT Compare with Scite.ai →

  4. 4 local-memory-mcp Claude Code memory mechanisms

    same storage (relational) · same retrieval (similarity, exact-match) · same conflict handling (append) · same memory unit (document, fact) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ✓ Self-host ✓ Managed ✓ MCP ✓ ★ 13 released 2026-08-19 MIT Compare with Scite.ai →

  5. 5 CoCounsel Legal (Thomson Reuters) Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed · also has MCP

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ✓ Compare with Scite.ai →

  6. 6 Spellbook Library Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Scite.ai →

  7. 7 OpenEvidence (DeepConsult + Visits) Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (document) · also offered managed

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed ✓ MCP ? Compare with Scite.ai →

  8. 8 ChatGPT Study Mode Vertical / domain-specific AI memory

    also in Vertical / domain-specific AI memory · same storage (vector) · same retrieval (similarity) · same memory unit (fact) · also has MCP

    OSS ? Self-host — Managed — MCP ✓ Compare with Scite.ai →

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