Portable Agent Memory (PAM) for VS Code
Persistent, portable, cryptographically-verified memory for AI agents.
Give your AI coding assistant a brain that persists across sessions, transfers between models, and verifies its own integrity.
✨ Features
🧠 Remember Anything
- Episodic Memory — Store experiences, conversations, and context
- Semantic Memory — Record facts as subject/predicate/object triples
- Procedural Memory — Save skills and how-to knowledge
- Working Memory — Track active context items
- Identity Memory — Preserve preferences and personality
🔍 Instant Recall
- Full-text search across all memory types
- Beautiful webview panel with color-coded memory cards
- Sidebar tree view organized by memory type
📦 Portable & Secure
- Export/import
.pam files — move memories between machines
- Cryptographic integrity verification
- Works with any AI model: Copilot, Claude, GPT, local models
📊 Status at a Glance
- Status bar shows total memory count
- Quick status command for detailed breakdown
🚀 Quick Start
- Install the extension
- Open Command Palette (
Cmd+Shift+P / Ctrl+Shift+P)
- Type "PAM: Remember This" and enter your first memory
- Use "PAM: Recall" to view all stored memories
📋 Commands
| Command |
Description |
PAM: Remember This |
Store text as episodic memory |
PAM: Remember Selection |
Store selected text as memory |
PAM: Remember Fact |
Quick input for subject/predicate/object |
PAM: Recall |
Show all memories in webview panel |
PAM: Search Memory |
Full-text search across memories |
PAM: Export Memory |
Export to .pam file |
PAM: Import Memory |
Import from .pam file |
PAM: Verify Integrity |
Cryptographic integrity check |
PAM: Status |
Show memory statistics |
PAM: Clear All |
Clear all memories (with confirmation) |
🔧 Requirements
This extension requires the PAM CLI tool. If not installed, you'll be prompted to install it automatically:
pip install git+https://github.com/santhoshravindran7/portable-agent-memory.git@main#subdirectory=sdk/python
🏗️ How It Works
PAM uses the open Portable Agent Memory protocol:
- Memories are stored locally as cryptographically-signed artifacts
- Memory types follow cognitive science categories (episodic, semantic, procedural)
- Export/Import uses the
.pam format for cross-agent transfer
- Verification ensures no tampering via SHA-256 integrity chains
🌐 Cross-Agent Compatibility
PAM memories work across:
- GitHub Copilot
- Claude (via MCP)
- ChatGPT
- Local models (Ollama, LM Studio)
- Any agent implementing the PAM protocol
📄 License
Apache-2.0 — See repository for details.
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