Remindb

remindb for Claude Code

Drops remindb into Claude Code as an MCP server. The agent picks up the full Memory* tool suite, backed by a compiled SQLite view of whatever workspace you point it at.

How it works

Claude Code loads .claude-plugin/plugin.json as the plugin manifest and merges .mcp.json into its effective MCP server list. When Claude Code starts with the plugin enabled, it spawns remindb serve over stdio. All the tool logic lives in the Go binary; the plugin is a thin wrapper.

Tools are namespaced, so MemoryFetch shows up as remindb__MemoryFetch in the tool list.

Installation

Setup is config-first and wizard-driven: install the binary and skills, run /remindb-setup before the plugin is attached (it authors .remindb/, compiles, and wires the env for you), then enable the plugin and restart. You don't hand-compile or hand-edit config — the wizard owns that.

1. Install the remindb binary

It needs to be on $PATH:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radimsem/remindb/main/install.sh | bash

On Windows:

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radimsem/remindb/main/install.ps1 | iex

Verify: remindb --version.

2. Install the companion skills

This pulls the remindb-setup wizard plus the remind (read) and memorize (write) skills:

npx skills@latest add radimsem/remindb/skills -a claude-code

Refresh them later — independent of remindb update — with npx skills@latest update.

3. Run the setup wizard

In a Claude Code session, invoke the wizard as a slash command:

/remindb-setup            # interactive — walks each choice
/remindb-setup automode   # hands-off — infers the whole setup

Running before the plugin is attached is intended: the wizard detects the host, authors .remindb/ (ignore/pinned/temperatures.json/config.json) before compiling, runs remindb compile, offers to seed adjacent context (this project's CLAUDE.md, in-repo README.md), and wires the MCP env. A natural source for Claude Code is its own cross-project memory at ~/.claude/projects/ — the wizard will suggest it.

4. Enable the plugin

/plugin marketplace add radimsem/remindb
/plugin install remindb@remindb

Or, if you're hacking on the plugin, a local checkout: claude --plugin-dir ./plugins/claude-code.

5. Restart and verify

Start a new session (so the freshly-wired env and plugin take effect), then confirm the server is connected:

/mcp

You should see remindb with the full Memory* tool suite. Re-run /remindb-setup — now that the server is attached, it runs its verify pass (MemoryStats + remindb://doctor).

Durable env

remindb serve reads REMINDB_DB and REMINDB_SOURCE as fallbacks for its --db/--source flags, and the bundled .mcp.json declares both as ${VAR} passthroughs. For a marketplace install the manifest lives in the plugin cache under ~/.claude/plugins/ and is overwritten on every update, so the wizard can't durably write it — it emits a shell-export snippet instead, which you add to ~/.bashrc / ~/.zshrc / your fish config:

export REMINDB_DB=$HOME/.cache/remindb/claude.db
export REMINDB_SOURCE=$HOME/.claude/projects

Launch Claude Code from that shell. For a local checkout (--plugin-dir) you own the file, so the wizard writes the paths straight into the env block of .mcp.json. Either way, don't inject a same-named server into user-scope ~/.claude.json — Claude Code replaces the plugin's bundled entry rather than merging it, dropping the plugin wiring entirely.

Tools exposed

The plugin surfaces the full remindb Memory* tool suite under the remindb__ namespace. See the main README for the canonical tool list and per-tool token-savings benchmarks.

License

MIT — same as remindb.