Get SkillMind running in your Claude Code environment in under 5 minutes.
Choose your preferred vector database backend:
Cloud-synced across all your devices. Requires a free Pinecone account.
Local only, zero config, no account needed. Best for getting started.
SQL + vectors in one. Free tier available at supabase.com.
Self-hosted or Qdrant Cloud. Excellent for advanced filtering.
Fully offline, air-gapped. Fastest backend, no network needed.
Graph + vectors in one Redis-based engine. Enables opt-in GraphRAG retrieval (v0.4.0).
Set up your memory store:
This creates a .skillmind/ directory with your config. You will be prompted for your API key.
On the FalkorDB backend, set falkordb_graphrag: true in your config to enable graph-aware recall.
Add the MCP server to your Claude Code settings:
{
"mcpServers": {
"skillmind": {
"command": "python",
"args": ["-m", "skillmind.mcp.server"],
"env": {
"PINECONE_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here",
"SKILLMIND_BACKEND": "pinecone"
}
}
}
}
Replace "your-api-key-here" with your actual API key. For ChromaDB or FAISS, the env block is optional.
If you have existing Claude Code markdown memories, import them:
All your existing memories (user, feedback, project, reference) will be imported with their types and topics preserved.
Restart Claude Code. You now have 27 new MCP tools:
mcp__skillmind__remember
mcp__skillmind__recall
mcp__skillmind__forget
mcp__skillmind__context
mcp__skillmind__learn_youtube
mcp__skillmind__record_screen
+ 21 more tools
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