Local-first
Your code never leaves the box
EmbeddingGemma runs on your CPU/GPU. Qdrant is a local daemon on 127.0.0.1. SQLite on disk. Nothing is sent to a paid API unless you explicitly opt in.
MCP memory layer · works with Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, Cline
The context window is dying. Imprint replaces it.
Persistent, semantic memory for your AI coding tools. -70.4% tokens, -31.7% cost across 150 benchmark runs. 100% local by default.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexandruleca/imprint-memory-layer/main/install.sh | bash
Full benchmark suite · 150 runs · Claude Sonnet
Without Imprint
$2.84
→
With Imprint
$1.94
Same prompts. Same model. Memory-served answers replace raw file reads.
Why Imprint
Your agent keeps re-reading the same files. Fix that.
Every session starts blank. Claude Code reads chunker.py for the tenth time. Imprint gives every MCP-capable agent a semantic, local, persistent brain — searched, not grepped.
Cost
-31.7% cost across 150 runs
Debug queries alone drop by -68.3% cost because known failure modes are served from memory instead of re-read from disk.
Tokens
-70.4% tokens end-to-end
Cross-project questions drop by -90.6% tokens. Semantic search returns the 5 chunks that matter, not the 3 files that contain them.
Zero-config
One command wires every host
`imprint setup all` auto-detects Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Copilot, and Cline. No sudo. Self-managed .venv. Qdrant auto-spawned. Nothing leaks into your system install.
Same identity, any machine
Project detection that survives renames
Canonical project name from manifests (package.json, go.mod, pyproject.toml), not path. Sync memory between your laptop and a cloud VPS and everything lines up.
Temporal graph
Not just vectors — facts with a timeline
A SQLite knowledge graph tracks subject → predicate → object with validity windows. Decisions, bug fixes, and patterns are recalled with the context of when they were true.
How it works
Everything in the dashed box runs on your machine.
Your AI agent speaks MCP to a local Imprint server. Imprint talks to a Qdrant daemon on 127.0.0.1:6333, a SQLite fact graph, and an on-device ONNX embedding model. No API call leaves this box — unless you deliberately flip a switch.
Default posture
All storage, embeddings, and tagging stay on-device. Nothing crosses the dashed line.
Opt-in cloud LLM tagging
A single imprint config set tagger.llm true enables LLM-quality topics. Off by default.
Multi-machine sync
WebSocket relay lets a laptop and a VPS share memory while keeping the data plane peer-to-peer.
Benchmarks
Real numbers, reproducible in one command.
Every prompt runs 5 times in each mode. Medians are reported. Raw JSON per run is checked in. See the full deep-dive or BENCHMARK.md on GitHub.
Information
-87.2%
-42.6%
Decision Recall
-78.8%
-46.1%
Debugging
-94.2%
-68.3%
Cross-Project
-90.6%
-46.9%
Session Summary
+179.6%
+204.1%
Creation
+9.9%
+15.1%
Token % first, cost % below. Both measured as ON vs OFF medians per category.
Session Summary and Creation are honest losses — ON mode explored more context than it needed.
Any MCP agent
One memory. Every coding tool you use.
imprint setup all auto-wires every supported host that's installed. Missing tools are skipped with a warning, never a failure.
Claude Code
claude-code Config
~/.claude/settings.json Enforcement
Hard (PreToolUse)
Cursor
cursor Config
~/.cursor/mcp.json + rules/imprint.mdc Enforcement
Rule-driven
GitHub Copilot
copilot Config
<VSCode user>/mcp.json Enforcement
Text-only
Codex CLI
codex Config
~/.codex/config.toml Enforcement
Text-only
Cline
cline Config
VSCode globalStorage / ~/.cline Enforcement
Text-only
Install
30 seconds. No sudo. No system pollution.
Self-contained .venv, auto-downloaded Qdrant binary, and every host configured in one run. imprint disable is symmetric. Prefer a direct download? Grab the latest build from the download page.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alexandruleca/imprint-memory-layer/main/install.sh | bashThen:
imprint setup all · imprint ingest .Give your agent a memory worth remembering.
Apache 2.0. Self-updating. Uninstall with one command. Start on your laptop, sync to a VPS when you're ready.