README - Mem0 — ContextQMD

<div align="center"> <h1>mem0-strands</h1> <h3>Persistent long-term memory for Strands Agents, backed by Mem0</h3> <p> A community <a href="https://strandsagents.com/">Strands Agents</a> integration that plugs <a href="https://mem0.ai">Mem0</a> in as a first-class <code>MemoryStore</code>. </p> </div>

mem0-strands gives Strands agents durable memory that survives across sessions, backed by Mem0. Where the mem0_memory tool is called explicitly by the model, Mem0MemoryStore plugs into the agent loop directly: the manager recalls context and injects it automatically, and writes new memories, either verbatim or by extracting facts from the conversation.

Automatic recall + injection — relevant memories are searched and prepended to the prompt every turn, no tool call required.
Server-side extraction — raw conversation turns are handed to Mem0, which distills and de-duplicates facts on its own pipeline (no extra client-side model call).
Hosted or self-hosted — the managed Mem0 Platform by default, or your own Mem0 OSS backend via a config dict.

Install

bash

pip install mem0-strands

Usage

python

from strands import Agent
from strands.memory import MemoryManager
from mem0_strands import Mem0MemoryStore

# Recall + write, distilling facts from the conversation via Mem0's server-side extraction.
store = Mem0MemoryStore(user_id="alex", writable=True, extraction=True)
agent = Agent(memory_manager=MemoryManager(stores=[store]))

# The agent now recalls from and writes to Mem0 without any explicit tool call.
agent("Remember that I prefer dark-mode dashboards and only drink oat milk.")
agent("How do I like my dashboards?")  # recalls the stored preference

Set MEM0_API_KEY for the hosted platform (get one at app.mem0.ai), or pass api_key=.... For a self-hosted Mem0 OSS backend, pass a config=... dict instead.

How it works

Mem0MemoryStore implements all three MemoryStore hooks:

Method	Maps to	When it runs
`search(query)`	`mem0.search(query, filters={...})`	Every turn, to recall and inject context
`add(content)`	`mem0.add(content, infer=False)`	The `add_memory` tool / a client-side extractor — stores a fact verbatim
`add_messages(messages)`	`mem0.add(rendered_turns, infer=True)`	Extraction — renders conversation turns to text, then hands them to Mem0's server-side extraction

Because add_messages is implemented, enabling extraction routes conversation turns straight to Mem0's own extraction pipeline. A store that only implemented add would instead need a client-side ModelExtractor (an extra model call) to distill facts first.

Configuration

Argument	Default	Description
`user_id` / `agent_id` / `run_id` / `app_id`	(at least one required)	Mem0 entity scope that owns the memories
`name`	`"mem0"`	Store identifier, used to target it from memory tools
`writable`	`True`	Whether the manager may write to the store
`extraction`	`None`	Automatic extraction (`bool` or `ExtractionConfig`)
`max_search_results`	`None`	Default result cap per search (falls back to 5)
`metadata`	`None`	Default metadata merged into every write
`api_key` / `host`	env	Mem0 platform key / base URL (`api_key` defaults to `$MEM0_API_KEY`)
`config`	`None`	Mem0 OSS config dict for a self-hosted backend

The explicit tool

For the model-called tool (store / retrieve / get / delete), use the mem0_memory tool from strands-agents-tools. The store and the tool share one Mem0 backend and namespace.

Telemetry

The store sends anonymous usage events (store configuration, operation, duration, result counts, coarse failure kind) over the Mem0 SDK's existing telemetry client, tagged source="STRANDS". Queries, memory text, message content, entity ids, and metadata are never sent. Turn it off with MEM0_TELEMETRY=false.

Development

The package lives under python/ (monorepo-style layout matching the Strands extension-template).

bash

cd python
pip install hatch
hatch run test        # pytest (no live server required — mocked client)
hatch run prepare     # format + lint + typecheck + test

License

Apache-2.0. Mem0 is a trademark of its respective owner. Strands Agents is a project of its respective authors.