antaris-memory 5.4.0

File-based persistent memory for AI agents. Zero dependencies.

🧠 antaris-memory

Persistent, intelligent memory for AI agents. The flagship package of the Antaris Analytics suite.

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What Is This?

AI agents are stateless by default. Every spawn is a cold start. antaris-memory gives agents a persistent, searchable, intelligent memory store that:

• Remembers across sessions, spawns, and restarts
• Retrieves the right memories using an 11-layer BM25+ search engine
• Decays old memories gracefully so signal stays high
• Learns from mistakes, facts, and procedures with specialized memory types
• Shares knowledge across multi-agent teams via shared pools
• Enriches itself via LLM hooks to dramatically improve recall
• Cross-session recall — semantic memories surface across all sessions automatically

No vector database. No API keys required. No external services. Just pip install and go.

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⚡ Quick Start

pip install antaris-memory

from antaris_memory import MemorySystem

mem = MemorySystem(workspace="./memory", agent_name="my-agent")
mem.load()

# Store a memory
mem.ingest("Deployed v2.3.1 to production. All checks green.",
          source="deploy-log", session_id="session-123")

# Search with cross-session recall
results = mem.search("production deployment",
                     session_id="session-456",
                     cross_session_recall="semantic")
for r in results:
    print(r.content)

mem.save()

That's it. No config files needed.

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📦 Installation

pip install antaris-memory

Version: 5.2.1 Requirements: Python 3.8+ · Zero external dependencies · stdlib only

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What's New in v5.2

Cross-Session Recall

Control what memories cross session boundaries:

results = mem.search(
    "API key format",
    session_id="session-B",
    cross_session_recall="semantic"  # "all" | "semantic" | "none"
)

• "all" — no filtering (default, backward compatible)
• "semantic" — other sessions' memories only if classified as semantic (facts, decisions, preferences)
• "none" — strict session isolation

Filter is applied after BM25 scoring and WindowEntry resolution, so every individual entry is correctly checked.

Auto Memory Type Classification (v5.1)

Memories are automatically classified as semantic or episodic at ingest time. No manual tagging needed. Classification uses keyword heuristics — facts, decisions, and preferences become semantic; events and task logs become episodic.

Session & Channel Provenance (v5.1)

Every memory tracks where it came from:

mem.ingest("important fact", session_id="session-abc", channel_id="ops-channel")

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🔑 Key Features

11-Layer Search Engine

Every query runs through a full pipeline:

1. BM25+ TF-IDF — baseline relevance with delta floor
2. Exact Phrase Bonus — verbatim matches score 1.5×
3. Field Boosting — tags 1.2×, category 1.3×, source 1.1×
4. Rarity & Proper Noun Boost — rare terms up to 2×, proper nouns 1.5×
5. Positional Salience — intro/conclusion windows 1.3×
6. Semantic Expansion — PPMI co-occurrence query widening
7. Intent Reranker — temporal, entity, howto detection
8. Qualifier & Negation — "failed" ≠ "successful"
9. Clustering Boost — coherent result groups score higher
10. Embedding Reranker — local MiniLM embeddings (no API needed)
11. Pseudo-Relevance Feedback — top results refine the query

Memory Types

Type	Decay Rate	Importance	Use Case
episodic	Normal	1×	General events
semantic	Normal	1×	Facts, decisions — crosses sessions
fact	Normal	High recall	Verified knowledge
mistake	10× slower	2×	Never forget failures
preference	3× slower	1×	User/agent preferences
procedure	3× slower	1×	How-to knowledge

LLM Enrichment

Pass an enricher callable to boost recall quality:

def my_enricher(content: str) -> dict:
    # Call any LLM — returns tags, summary, keywords, search_queries
    return {"tags": [...], "summary": "...", "keywords": [...], "search_queries": [...]}

mem = MemorySystem(workspace="./memory", agent_name="my-agent", enricher=my_enricher)

Enriched fields get boosted weights: search_queries 3×, enriched_summary 2×, search_keywords 2×.

Context Packets

Cold-spawn solution for sub-agents:

packet = mem.build_context_packet(
    task="Deploy the auth service",
    max_tokens=3000,
    include_mistakes=True
)
markdown = packet.render()  # Inject into sub-agent system prompt

Graph Intelligence

Automatic entity extraction and knowledge graph:

path = mem.entity_path("payment-service", "database", max_hops=3)
triples = mem.graph_search(subject="PostgreSQL", relation="used_by")
entity = mem.get_entity("PostgreSQL")

Tiered Storage

Tier	Age	Behavior
Hot	0–3 days	Always loaded
Warm	3–14 days	Loaded on-demand
Cold	14+ days	Requires include_cold=True

Input Gating

P0–P3 priority classification drops noise before it enters the store:

mem.ingest_with_gating("ok thanks", source="chat")  # → dropped (P3)
mem.ingest_with_gating("Production outage: auth down", source="incident")  # → stored (P0)

Shared / Team Memory

from antaris_memory import AgentRole

pool = mem.enable_shared_pool(
    pool_dir="./shared",
    pool_name="project-alpha",
    agent_id="worker-1",
    role=AgentRole.WRITER
)
mem.shared_write("Research complete: competitor uses GraphQL", namespace="research")
results = mem.shared_search("competitor API", namespace="research")

MCP Server

python -m antaris_memory serve --workspace ./memory --agent-name my-agent

Works with Claude Desktop and any MCP-compatible client.

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🖥️ CLI

# Initialize a workspace
python -m antaris_memory init --workspace ./memory --agent-name my-agent

# Check status
python -m antaris_memory status --workspace ./memory

# Rebuild knowledge graph
python -m antaris_memory rebuild-graph --workspace ./memory

# Start MCP server
python -m antaris_memory serve --workspace ./memory --agent-name my-agent

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🔧 Core API

from antaris_memory import MemorySystem

mem = MemorySystem(
    workspace="./memory",          # Required
    agent_name="my-agent",         # Required — scopes the store
    half_life=7.0,                 # Decay half-life in days
    enricher=None,                 # LLM enrichment callable
    use_sharding=True,             # Enterprise sharding
    tiered_storage=True,           # Hot/warm/cold tiers
    graph_intelligence=True,       # Entity extraction + graph
    quality_routing=True,          # Follow-up pattern detection
    semantic_expansion=True,       # PPMI query expansion
)

# Lifecycle
mem.load()                         # Load from disk → entry count
mem.save()                         # Save to disk → path
mem.flush()                        # WAL → shards
mem.close()                        # Flush + release

# Ingestion
mem.ingest(content, source=..., session_id=..., channel_id=..., memory_type=...)
mem.ingest_fact(content, source=...)
mem.ingest_mistake(what_happened=..., correction=..., root_cause=..., severity=...)
mem.ingest_preference(content, source=...)
mem.ingest_procedure(content, source=...)
mem.ingest_file(path, category=...)
mem.ingest_directory(dir_path, category=..., pattern="*.md")
mem.ingest_url(url, depth=2, incremental=True)
mem.ingest_data_file(path, format="auto")
mem.ingest_with_gating(content, source=..., context=...)

# Search
mem.search(query, limit=10, session_id=..., cross_session_recall="semantic",
           tags=..., memory_type=..., explain=True, include_cold=False)
mem.search_with_context(query, cooccurrence_boost=True)
mem.recent(limit=20)
mem.on_date("2024-03-15")
mem.between("2024-03-01", "2024-03-31")

# Graph
mem.graph_search(subject=..., relation=..., obj=...)
mem.entity_path(source, target, max_hops=3)
mem.get_entity(canonical)
mem.get_graph_stats()
mem.rebuild_graph()

# Context Packets
mem.build_context_packet(task=..., max_tokens=3000, include_mistakes=True)
mem.build_context_packet_multi(task=..., queries=[...], max_tokens=4000)

# Shared Pool
mem.enable_shared_pool(pool_dir=..., pool_name=..., agent_id=..., role=AgentRole.WRITER)
mem.shared_write(content, namespace=...)
mem.shared_search(query, namespace=...)

# Enrichment
mem.re_enrich(batch_size=50)
mem.set_embedding_fn(fn)

# Maintenance
mem.compact()
mem.consolidate()
mem.compress_old(days=60)
mem.reindex()
mem.forget(topic=..., before_date=...)
mem.delete_source(source_url)
mem.mark_used(memory_ids=[...])
mem.boost_relevance(memory_id, multiplier=1.5)

# Stats & Health
mem.get_stats()  # or mem.stats()
mem.get_health()
mem.get_hot_entries(top_n=10)

# Export / Import
mem.export(output_path, include_metadata=True)
mem.import_from(input_path, merge=True)
mem.validate_data()
mem.migrate_to_v4()

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🗺️ Feature Matrix

Feature	Status	Since
Core ingestion & search	✅	v1.0
Memory types (episodic/fact/mistake/procedure/preference/semantic)	✅	v1.0
Temporal decay	✅	v1.0
Context packets	✅	v1.1
Export / Import	✅	v4.2
GCS cloud backend	✅	v4.2
LLM enrichment hooks	✅	v4.6.5
Tiered storage (hot/warm/cold)	✅	v4.7
Web & data file ingestion	✅	v4.7
Graph intelligence (entity/relationship)	✅	v4.8/v4.9
Shared / team memory pools	✅	v4.8
11-layer search architecture	✅	v4.x
Co-occurrence / PPMI semantic tier	✅	v4.x
Input gating (P0–P3 priority)	✅	v4.x
Hybrid BM25 + semantic embedding search	✅	v4.x
MCP server	✅	v4.9
Auto memory type classification	✅	v5.1
Session/channel provenance	✅	v5.1
Cross-session memory recall	✅	v5.2
doc2query (search query generation)	✅	v5.0.2
Recovery system	✅	v3.3
CLI tooling	✅	v4.x

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🏗️ Architecture

antaris-memory/
├── Core: MemorySystem, MemoryEntry, WAL
├── Storage: ShardManager, TierManager, GCS backend
├── Search: 11-layer BM25+ pipeline
├── Intelligence: EntityExtractor, MemoryGraph, LLM Enricher
├── Multi-Agent: SharedMemoryPool, AgentRoles
├── Context: ContextPacketBuilder
└── Server: MCP server, CLI

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Part of antaris-suite

antaris-memory is the core package of the antaris-suite ecosystem:

• antaris-memory — persistent memory (this package)
• antaris-guard — input validation & safety
• antaris-context — context management
• antaris-router — intelligent model routing
• antaris-pipeline — orchestration pipeline
• antaris-contracts — shared type contracts

Also available as parsica-memory — same engine, standalone identity.

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📄 License

Apache 2.0

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🔗 Links

• PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/antaris-memory/
• GitHub: https://github.com/Antaris-Analytics-LLC/antaris-suite
• Docs: https://docs.antarisanalytics.ai
• Website: https://antarisanalytics.ai

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