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mem-search (Claude-Mem Memory Search)

Searches your cmem.ai persistent memory with a cheap-to-expensive, three-pass method to recover context from past sessions.

UtilitiesBeginner★ 91,944⑂ 8,084AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 26, 2026

What it does

  • Fires on phrases like "search memory", "what do you remember about X", "what did we do last session".
  • Runs the bundled CLI (cmem-hook.mjs search) against timestamped observations synthesized from past sessions across Claude Code, Cowork, Codex and more.
  • Enforces an Index → Narrow → Answer discipline: broad keyword passes first, then targeted re-search with exact IDs/phrases, then a plain-language synthesis instead of dumping raw output.
  • Includes a status diagnostic path that distinguishes a missing API key from a harmless 404 on the newer endpoint.

Who it's for

  • Existing claude-mem plugin users with a cmem.ai account.
  • People switching between multiple agents who lose thread continuity.
  • Long-running projects where "when and why did we decide that" comes up often.

Examples

  1. "Where did we leave the auth refactor last session?" → broad pass, then a summarized answer with timestamps.
  2. "Do you remember anything about this file?" → index search by filename, narrow by exact error string.
  3. "Search returns nothing" → runs status and explains whether the API key is missing or the endpoint is simply not deployed.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-mem/cowork/skills/mem-search ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-mem/cowork/skills/mem-search ~/.claude/skills/
  5. This skill calls the claude-mem plugin's scripts/cmem-hook.mjs, so install the plugin itself and add your cmem.ai API key to its configuration.
  6. Restart Claude Code and try: "search memory for what we did on project X last session".
  7. If results are empty, run node <plugin-path>/scripts/cmem-hook.mjs status to verify the API key.
View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0