Getting Started

The Timeline

Open Nowledge Mem. You see one input and a timeline below it.

Save a thought

Type a decision, an insight, anything worth keeping. Hit enter.

Nowledge Mem handles the rest: title, key concepts, graph connections. You just write. Open the Graph view later and you'll see it already linked to related memories.

Ask a question

Type a question: "What did I decide about authentication last month?"

The answer comes from your own knowledge: not the internet. Every question searches your full memory and synthesizes an answer from what you've written and saved.

Drop a URL or file

Paste a URL. The page gets fetched, parsed, and stored as a searchable source. Drop a PDF, a Word doc, a presentation. Same treatment. Each input grows your knowledge base.

Your First Win

Before you set up any integration, prove the loop in the app itself:

1. Save one memory
2. Ask for it back
3. Confirm the answer reflects your own knowledge

If you want a concrete verification checklist, use How To Know Mem Is Working.

Connect Your First Tool

The best path depends on the tool you actually use. Most people only need one of these:

1. If your work happens in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini on the web

Install the Browser Extension.

Your first success state is simple:

• open the side panel
• connect it to Mem if needed
• capture or distill one conversation
• see that memory or thread appear in Mem

2. If your tool has a dedicated Nowledge integration

Start there:

• Claude Code
• Claude Desktop
• Gemini CLI
• Cursor
• OpenClaw
• Alma

These integrations already encode the right behavior for Working Memory, recall, distillation, and the right save path for that tool.

3. If your coding agent supports shared skills or prompt packs

If your tool does not have a dedicated integration, but it supports a shared reusable package, install that package:

npx skills add nowledge-co/community/nowledge-mem-npx-skills

This is a strong default for OpenCode and many other agent environments. It installs the shared behavior layer: search, read Working Memory, distill, and save-handoff.

If your tool has its own reusable package instead, follow that guide directly. For example, Codex uses its own Codex CLI setup rather than the generic npx skills package.

4. If you just need the CLI on your machine

If you want the lightest setup, open Settings > Preferences > Developer Tools and install the bundled CLI.

That gives your machine the nmem command for manual use, scripts, and agent setups that can call local terminal commands. It is not the same as installing a native integration or the full reusable workflow package.

5. If your client only supports MCP

For a tool that supports MCP but does not have a dedicated Nowledge package, add this to its MCP settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nowledge-mem": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:14242/mcp",
      "type": "streamableHttp"
    }
  }
}

If you are still not sure which path applies, use Integrations.

Other Ways Content Reaches Mem

• AI conversations: the browser extension captures insights and thread backups from supported web AI chat platforms
• Thread files: import exported conversations from Cursor, ChatGPT, or DeepSeek
• Manual: create memories in the Memories view with + Create, or from any terminal with nmem m add (CLI reference)

What to Try

Once you have a few memories saved, try these in the Timeline:

"Which of my ideas have evolved the most?" Finds ideas that went through multiple revisions and tells the story chronologically.

"Summarize my recent coding conversations" If your coding conversations are already flowing into Mem through auto-sync, native save paths, or imports, this lists and summarizes your latest sessions.

"Search my documents for [topic]" Full-text search across everything in your Library: PDFs, spreadsheets, code files, anything you dropped in.

Next Steps

• Start Here: Pick the first path that matches your real workflow
• Using Nowledge Mem: Daily workflow, search, and how your knowledge grows
• How To Know Mem Is Working: Verify the app loop and connected tools
• Memories: Atomic knowledge you can search, connect, and evolve
• Threads: Import and distill AI conversations
• AI Now: Personal AI with full access to your knowledge base
• Integrations: Choose the right connection path for each AI tool