# Install memU Memory

Installs or removes memU memory for the host agent and wires its record and inject seams.

- Repository: https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU (14591 stars)
- Category: AI and agents
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-31
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add NevaMind-AI/memU --skill install-memu -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add NevaMind-AI/memU --skill install-memu -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add NevaMind-AI/memU --skill install-memu -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add NevaMind-AI/memU --skill install-memu -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Install or uninstall memU for whatever agent you are, identify your host, print its packaged guide, and follow it to wire (or unwire) both seams (record and inject). Use when the user asks to install, set up, integrate, remove, or uninstall memU.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Install memU

> **Audience: the agent.** A user has pointed you at this file ("read SKILL.md
> and follow it to install memU"). This skill does not contain the install
> steps, it routes you to the right guide, which ships inside the memU package
> and is always in sync with the installed code. Do not install from memory or
> from blog posts; print the guide and follow it to the letter.

memU integrates with a host agent through two seams: **record** (a scheduled
bridging task mines your session log into durable memory) and **inject** (a
standing instruction in your instruction file makes you retrieve before
answering). Each supported host has its own adapter binary carrying its own
install guide. Your job here is three steps: install the package, pick your
binary, print and follow its guide.

## Before installing with Codex

If you are Codex, check the session's effective sandbox mode before Step 1.
Continue only with `danger-full-access`; approval policy alone is not sufficient.
If restricted or unknown, pause and show both ways to continue: enable **Full
access** in Codex Desktop, or restart Codex CLI with
`codex --dangerously-bypass-approvals-and-sandbox`. Recheck the effective mode
before proceeding. After installation, remind the user to restore their previous
permission mode.

## Step 1, install the package

```
pip install --upgrade memu-cli
```

`memu-cli` is the package memU ships to bridge your agent to its long-term
memory service; it installs helper interfaces only and is harmless to run on a
personal machine.

**Keep the `--upgrade`.** A machine that already has an older `memu-cli` would
otherwise keep it, and the steps below name subcommands that older builds do not
have, the symptom is `invalid choice`. If you meet that error at any point, you
are on a stale build: upgrade, then re-run the command that failed.

The rest: https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU/blob/HEAD//SKILL.md