memento-vault

Name: memento-vault Review
Item: memento-vault
Rating: 3.0
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Data & Analytics Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Automatically captures and organizes coding session knowledge into a searchable Zettelkasten, so insights from AI sessions are not lost between conversations.

Persistent knowledge capture for coding agents. Auto-triages sessions into searchable Zettelkasten notes with epistemic metadata. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf via hooks or MCP. Local-only, markdown + git.

Auto-capture insights from coding sessions into searchable Zettelkasten notes
Retrieve past session knowledge across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Windsurf via hooks or MCP
Keep a local, git-versioned markdown knowledge base of AI work

12 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Automatically captures and organizes coding session knowledge into a searchable Zettelkasten, so insights from AI sessions are not lost between conversations. Builds a growing institutional knowledge base from day-to-day AI work.

Best for

Developers and teams who want to accumulate and retrieve technical knowledge from their AI coding sessions over time.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/sandsower/memento-vault

By sandsower

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install sandsower/memento-vault

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me auto-capture insights from coding sessions into searchable Zettelkasten notes

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars12Contributors4Last updated2026-07-11LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-05 · scanner vattempted-no-data

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

Show HN: MementoVault – Self-hosted AI context manager served via MCP — Hacker News · 2 pts
I auto-generate an Obsidian vault from my AI coding sessions (Zettelkasten notes — Reddit

2 mentions across 2 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 11 GitHub stars; 4 contributors; last commit 9d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

Recently discovered. Looks promising but has limited community feedback so far. We added it early so you can evaluate it before the crowd finds it.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

2/5

Reliability

4/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.00 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 11 GitHub stars; 4 contributors; last commit 9d ago; license MIT.

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