MemPalace

A searchable memory palace for AI, mine projects and conversations, then search them semantically. Verbatim storage, local-first, zero external API by default.

Prerequisites

Ensure mempalace is installed:

mempalace --version

If not installed (uv recommended):

uv tool install mempalace   # or: pip install mempalace

Dynamic, version-correct instructions

MemPalace exposes operation-specific instructions through the CLI so this skill stays accurate as MemPalace evolves. To get instructions for any operation:

mempalace instructions <command>

Always prefer the CLI output over what is written here when the two disagree, the CLI is the single source of truth for the installed version.

Common operations

These are the six operations users ask for most often. Each one wraps a single MemPalace CLI subcommand. The mempalace instructions <name> form returns the full, version-correct guidance.

help, discover what MemPalace can do

mempalace instructions help

Use when the user is new, unsure what's possible, or asks "what can you do".

init, first-run setup of the palace

mempalace instructions init

Use when the user has just installed MemPalace, no palace exists yet, or the user explicitly asks to set up / configure / re-initialize their palace.

mine, ingest a project or conversation directory

mempalace instructions mine

Use when the user wants to fold a project's files into their palace, or to ingest exported conversation transcripts into the palace as searchable memory.

search, find verbatim memories by semantic query

mempalace instructions search

Use when the user wants to recall something from the past, find a previous decision, or rediscover code/notes/conversations they already wrote.

status, what's in the palace right now

mempalace instructions status