What it does
Cortex gives Claude Code persistent memory inspired by neuroscience. Memories decay over time, are consolidated, pass through a predictive-coding write gate and are added through lifecycle hooks. It stores data in a local SQLite file by default, or in PostgreSQL with pgvector, and needs no account or API key.
Use cases
- 01Keep fixes and decisions across coding sessions
- 02Inspect what the memory retrieved for a task
- 03Store project context in a local database