claude-brain
https://github.com/memvid/claude-brain
Claude Code plugin packaging of Memvid (see Dedicated memory layers). Wraps the Memvid .mv2 single-file store as a slash-command-installable plugin so per-project memory becomes a git-committable file inside the repo.
Active · Verified 2026-10-23 · fresh as of 2026-10-23 · 44 cited facts, 0 with a third-party source · 1 recorded change · Suggest a correction
At a glance
- Type
- Memvid → Claude Code plugin repo fix
- Tier
- T2
- Section
- Claude Code memory mechanisms
- Latest release
- v1.0.7 (2026-01-05) repo fix
- Pricing
- free / open source repo fix
- Funding
- not applicable — not commercial fix
- Freshness
- 2026-10-23 fix
- Layer
- agent-infra repo fix
- Licensing
- open-source repo fix
- SDK languages
- typescript repo fix
Memory taxonomy
- storage
- file
- retrieval
- similarity
- persistence
- long-term
- update
- append-only
- unit
- chunk
- governance
- inspectable
- conflict
- append
When to use
Optimised for: Claude-Code-native + MCP-portable memory
Anti-fit: not for non-Claude-Code clients (some are MCP-portable)
Pros & cons
Pros
Claude Code plugin that bundles Memvid as the per-project memory store; git-committable single-file.
Cons
Plugin layer on top of Memvid — adds another moving part for the same underlying engine.
Claims & capabilities
Plugin distribution of an existing engine — claims inherit from Memvid (sub-ms reads, single-file portability).
Technical surface
- API surface
- searched not found
- Backend storage
- searched not found
- Deployment
- local
- Embedding model
- searched not found
- Multi-tenancy
- searched not found
- MCP
- native (first-party)
- A2A
- not supported
- OpenTelemetry
- no
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Knowledge-graph-based persistent memory MCP server — the canonical reference implementation. npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory ; configurable via MEMORY_FILE_PATH .
- Claude Code auto-memory T1
Persistent file-based memory at ~/.claude/projects/<project>/memory/ with a MEMORY.md index plus typed memory files (user / feedback / project / reference). Loaded into context across sessions.
- Claude-CursorMemoryMCP T2
FastAPI server. RBAC + API-key auth, encryption, backup/recovery, embedding pipeline with deduplication. Only server in this list with role-based access control over pgvector.
- claude-mem T1
Hooks into Claude Code's session lifecycle; compresses tool outputs into ~500-token observations via Claude's agent SDK. SQLite + FTS5 with optional Chroma vector. "Endless Mode" compresses in-flight to extend session length. Captures what the agent did , not just what the user typed.
- claude-supermemory T2
Wraps Supermemory cloud API. Team memory shared across project members, separate from personal memories. Auto-capture on session end; per-repo config.
- codebase-memory-mcp (DeusData) T1
High-performance MCP server building persistent code knowledge graphs via AST. 155 languages via vendored tree-sitter; SQLite + WAL; single static binary; zero runtime deps. Knowledge graph: Project/Package/File/Module/Class/Function/Method/Interface/Enum/Type/Route/Resource nodes; CALLS/IMPORTS/DEFINES/IMPLEMENTS/INHERITS/HTTP_CALLS/ASYNC_CALLS/EMITS/LISTENS_ON/DATA_FLOWS/SIMILAR_TO/SEMANTICALLY_RELATED edges. 14 MCP tools incl. Cypher-like query.
Sources (43 cited facts, 0 third-party)
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- What it is Memvid → Claude Code plugin repo
- What it does & what's distinct Claude Code plugin packaging of Memvid (see Dedicated memory layers). Wraps the Memvid .… repo
- Claims / benefits Plugin distribution of an existing engine — claims inherit from Memvid (sub-ms reads, si… repo
- Modalities text repo
- Created 2025-12 repo
- Latest release v1.0.7 (2026-01-05) repo
- License MIT repo
- GitHub memvid/claude-brain — ~575 stars, last commit not confirmed repo
- Pricing free / open source repo
- Deployment local repo
- Founders / pedigree Memvid project (open-source; no institutional affiliation) repo
- Memory volume / scale single .mv2 file (no upper bound stated) repo
- Consistency strong repo
- Versioning immutable append-log repo
- Tombstoning append-only no delete repo
- Schema evolution free-form / no schema repo
- Namespace primitives hierarchical repo
- Contradiction handling always append (no resolution) repo
- Forgetting policy none (permanent) repo
- MCP support native (first-party) repo
- A2A support not supported repo
- OTel no repo
- Webhooks / events no repo
- Import / export MP4 video bundle (memvid format) repo
- Validated verticals coding agents only - Claude Code users (horizontal SWE) repo
- Time to running <10min (plugin / MCP install) repo
- Anti-fit not for non-Claude-Code clients (some are MCP-portable) repo
- Optimised for Claude-Code-native + MCP-portable memory repo
- Adjacent infrastructure requires Claude Code or MCP client; BYO storage repo
- Pros Claude Code plugin that bundles Memvid as the per-project memory store; git-committable … repo
- Cons Plugin layer on top of Memvid — adds another moving part for the same underlying engine. repo
- Project & sources GitHub memvid/claude-brain repo
- commit-trajectory [{"ym":"2025-12","cum":22},{"ym":"2026-01","cum":44}] repo
- cost-input-usd-per-mtok 0 repo
- cost-output-usd-per-mtok 0 repo
- cost-tier free repo
- cost-pricing-model free-tier repo
- cost-last-verified 2026-06-29 repo
- architecture-deployment-locus local repo
- licensing-bucket open-source repo
- positioning-platform-vs-product product repo
- taxonomy-three-layer-rollup agent-infra repo
- sdk-languages typescript repo
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References (3)
- Anthropic Claude (foundation models) depends on at runtime — adjacent-infrastructure cell: requires Claude Code or MCP client; BYO storage
- Memvid builds on · same team as — claude-brain packages memvid (same GitHub org memvid/) as a Claude Code plugin; cross-listings note flagged this pair.
- Model Context Protocol (MCP spec) depends on at runtime — adjacent-infrastructure cell: requires Claude Code or MCP client; BYO storage