axon-sdk 1.0.0b2

Unified Memory SDK for LLM applications with multi-tier storage, policy-driven lifecycle, and intelligent summarization

Axon Memory

🧠 Unified Memory SDK for LLM Applications

📚 Documentation · 🚀 Quick Start · 💡 Examples · 📖 API Reference · 📋 Changelog

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🎯 What is Axon?

Axon is a production-ready memory management system for Large Language Model (LLM) applications. It provides intelligent multi-tier storage, policy-driven lifecycle management, and semantic recall with automatic compaction and summarization.

Think of it as a smart caching layer for your LLM's memory—automatically organizing memories by importance, managing token budgets, and ensuring compliance with privacy regulations.

🌟 Key Benefits

• 💰 Cost Reduction: Intelligent tier routing reduces expensive vector DB operations by 60%
• ⚡ Performance: Multi-tier caching with sub-millisecond ephemeral access
• 🔒 Compliance: Built-in PII detection and audit trails for GDPR/HIPAA
• 🧩 Pluggable: Works with any vector database or embedding provider
• 🔄 Framework Ready: First-class LangChain and LlamaIndex integration

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What is Axon?

Axon is a production-ready memory management system for Large Language Model (LLM) applications. It provides intelligent multi-tier storage, policy-driven lifecycle management, and semantic recall with automatic compaction and summarization.

Think of it as a smart caching layer for your LLM's memory - automatically organizing memories by importance, managing token budgets, and ensuring compliance.

✨ Features

Core Capabilities

• 🏗️ Multi-Tier Architecture - Automatic routing across ephemeral, session, and persistent tiers
• 📜 Policy-Driven Lifecycle - Configure TTL, capacity limits, promotion/demotion thresholds
• 🔍 Semantic Search - Vector-based similarity search with metadata filtering
• 📦 Automatic Compaction - Summarize and compress memories to manage token budgets
• 📊 Audit Logging - Complete audit trails for compliance (GDPR, HIPAA)
• 🔐 PII Detection - Automatic detection and classification of sensitive information
• 🔄 Transaction Support - Two-phase commit (2PC) for atomic multi-tier operations
• 📝 Structured Logging - Production-grade JSON logging with correlation IDs
• 🧩 Framework Integration - First-class support for LangChain and LlamaIndex

Storage Adapters

Adapter	Use Case	Status
💾 In-Memory	Development & Testing	✅ Complete
🔴 Redis	Ephemeral Caching	✅ Complete
🎨 ChromaDB	Local Vector Storage	✅ Complete
🔷 Qdrant	Production Vector DB	✅ Complete
🌲 Pinecone	Managed Vector DB	✅ Complete
💿 SQLite	File-based Storage	🚧 Planned

Embedding Providers

• OpenAI - text-embedding-3-small/large
• Voyage AI - voyage-2, voyage-code-2
• Sentence Transformers - Local open-source models
• HuggingFace - Any HuggingFace model
• Custom - Bring your own embedder

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

pip install axon-memory

Basic Usage

import asyncio
from axon import MemorySystem

async def main():
    # Initialize with balanced configuration
    memory = MemorySystem()
    
    # Store a memory (automatically routed to appropriate tier)
    entry_id = await memory.store(
        "User prefers dark mode and compact layout",
        metadata={"user_id": "user123", "category": "preferences"}
    )
    
    # Semantic search across all tiers
    results = await memory.search("user interface preferences", k=5)
    
    for entry in results:
        print(f"💡 {entry.content}")
        print(f"   Tier: {entry.tier}, Score: {entry.metadata.get('score', 0):.2f}\n")
    
    # Retrieve specific memory
    entry = await memory.get(entry_id)
    print(f"Retrieved: {entry.content}")
    
    # Delete when no longer needed
    await memory.forget(entry_id)

asyncio.run(main())

Architecture

graph TB
    A[Your LLM Application] --> B[MemorySystem API]
    B --> C{Router}
    C -->|importance < 0.3| D[Ephemeral Tier]
    C -->|importance 0.3-0.7| E[Session Tier]
    C -->|importance > 0.7| F[Persistent Tier]

    D --> G[In-Memory / Redis]
    E --> H[Redis / ChromaDB]
    F --> I[Qdrant / Pinecone / ChromaDB]

    J[PolicyEngine] -.->|promotion| C
    J -.->|demotion| C

    style B fill:#4051B5,color:#fff
    style C fill:#5C6BC0,color:#fff

💡 Why Axon?

Challenge	Traditional Approach	Axon Solution
Token Limits	Manual pruning	✅ Automatic compaction & summarization
High Costs	All data in vector DB	✅ 60% cost reduction via intelligent routing
Session Management	Custom implementation	✅ Built-in TTL & lifecycle policies
PII & Privacy	Manual scrubbing	✅ Automatic PII detection (emails, SSN, cards)
Compliance	Manual audit logs	✅ GDPR/HIPAA-ready audit trails
Complexity	Multiple SDKs	✅ Unified API for all operations

Use Cases

Chatbot with Persistent Memory

from axon.integrations.langchain import AxonChatMemory
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI
from langchain.chains import LLMChain

memory = AxonChatMemory(system=MemorySystem(...))
llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4")
chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, memory=memory)

# Conversations persist across sessions
response = await chain.arun("What did we discuss last week?")

RAG with Multi-Tier Storage

from axon.integrations.llamaindex import AxonVectorStore
from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex

vector_store = AxonVectorStore(system=MemorySystem(...))
index = VectorStoreIndex.from_vector_store(vector_store)

query_engine = index.as_query_engine()
response = await query_engine.aquery("Explain quantum computing")

Audit-Compliant Memory

from axon.core import AuditLogger

audit_logger = AuditLogger(max_events=10000, enable_rotation=True)
system = MemorySystem(config=config, audit_logger=audit_logger)

# All operations automatically logged
await system.store("Sensitive data", privacy_level=PrivacyLevel.RESTRICTED)

# Export audit trail
events = await system.export_audit_log(operation=OperationType.STORE)

🎨 Use Cases

1. 💬 Chatbot with Long-Term Memory

from axon.integrations.langchain import AxonChatMemory
from langchain_openai import ChatOpenAI

memory = AxonChatMemory(system=MemorySystem())
llm = ChatOpenAI(model="gpt-4")

# Conversations persist across sessions
# Automatic promotion of important context
response = await llm.ainvoke("What did we discuss about the project timeline?")

2. 📚 RAG with Multi-Tier Storage

from axon.integrations.llamaindex import AxonVectorStore
from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex, Document

# Create vector store backed by Axon
vector_store = AxonVectorStore(system=MemorySystem())

# Build index from documents
documents = [Document(text="Quantum computing explanation...")]
index = VectorStoreIndex.from_documents(documents, vector_store=vector_store)

# Query with automatic tier optimization
query_engine = index.as_query_engine()
response = await query_engine.aquery("Explain quantum entanglement")

3. 🔍 Semantic Search with Filters

from axon.models import MemoryFilter, MemoryTier

# Store with metadata
await memory.store(
    "Q4 revenue exceeded projections by 23%",
    metadata={"department": "finance", "year": 2024, "quarter": "Q4"}
)

# Filtered semantic search
filter = MemoryFilter(
    tier=MemoryTier.PERSISTENT,
    metadata={"department": "finance"},
    created_after=datetime(2024, 10, 1)
)

results = await memory.search("financial performance", k=10, filter=filter)

4. 🔒 Compliance-Ready Memory

from axon.core import AuditLogger
from axon.models import PrivacyLevel

# Enable audit logging
audit_logger = AuditLogger(max_events=10000)
memory = MemorySystem(audit_logger=audit_logger)

# Automatic PII detection
await memory.store(
    "Customer email: [e-mail], Phone: [phone]",
    privacy_level=PrivacyLevel.INTERNAL
)

# Export audit trail for compliance
events = await memory.export_audit_log(
    operation="store",
    start_date=datetime(2024, 1, 1)
)

Core Concepts

Memory Tiers

• Ephemeral (importance < 0.3): Short-lived, high-volume data
• Session (0.3 ≤ importance < 0.7): Session-scoped context
• Persistent (importance ≥ 0.7): Long-term semantic storage

Policies

Define lifecycle rules for each tier:

from axon.core.policies import SessionPolicy

policy = SessionPolicy(
    ttl_minutes=60,           # Session expires after 1 hour
    max_items=100,            # Limit to 100 memories
    summarize_after=50,       # Summarize when reaching 50 items
    promote_threshold=0.8,    # Promote high-importance memories
)

Routing

Automatic tier selection based on:

1. Importance scores
2. Access patterns (recency, frequency)
3. Capacity constraints
4. Explicit tier hints

Advanced Features

Compaction Strategies

# Count-based compaction
await system.compact(tier="session", strategy="count", threshold=50)

# Semantic similarity compaction
await system.compact(tier="session", strategy="semantic", threshold=0.9)

# Hybrid strategy (combines multiple approaches)
await system.compact(tier="session", strategy="hybrid")

Privacy & PII Detection

# Automatic PII detection enabled by default
entry_id = await system.store("Contact: [e-mail], 555-1234")

# Check detected PII
tier, entry = await system._get_entry_by_id(entry_id)
print(entry.metadata.pii_detection.detected_types)
# Output: {'email', 'phone'}

print(entry.metadata.privacy_level)
# Output: PrivacyLevel.INTERNAL

Transactions (2PC)

from axon.core.transaction import TransactionManager, IsolationLevel

tx_manager = TransactionManager(registry, isolation_level=IsolationLevel.SERIALIZABLE)

async with tx_manager.transaction() as tx:
    await tx.store_in_tier("ephemeral", entry1)
    await tx.store_in_tier("persistent", entry2)
    # Atomic commit across both tiers

📚 Documentation

Section	Description	Link
🚀 Getting Started	Installation, quickstart, configuration	View
💡 Core Concepts	Tiers, policies, routing, lifecycle	View
🔧 Storage Adapters	Redis, Qdrant, Pinecone, ChromaDB	View
⚡ Advanced Features	Audit, privacy, transactions, compaction	View
🧩 Integrations	LangChain, LlamaIndex	View
📖 API Reference	Complete API documentation	View
🚢 Deployment	Production setup, monitoring, security	View
💻 Examples	25+ working code examples	View

Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+
• Virtual environment (recommended)

Setup

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/saranmahadev/Axon.git
cd Axon

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: .\venv\Scripts\activate

# Install with dev dependencies
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Running Tests

# Run all tests
pytest

# Run with coverage
pytest --cov=axon --cov-report=html

# Run specific test markers
pytest -m unit              # Unit tests only
pytest -m integration       # Integration tests

Code Quality

# Format code
black src/ tests/

# Lint
ruff check src/ tests/

# Type check
mypy src/axon

📁 Repository Structure

AxonMemoryCore/
├── 📂 src/axon/           # Source code
│   ├── core/              # Core memory system
│   ├── adapters/          # Storage adapters (Redis, Qdrant, etc.)
│   ├── embedders/         # Embedding providers
│   ├── models/            # Data models
│   ├── integrations/      # LangChain, LlamaIndex
│   └── utils/             # Utilities
├── 📂 tests/              # Test suite (97.8% passing)
│   ├── unit/              # Unit tests
│   └── integration/       # Integration tests
├── 📂 docs/               # Documentation source
├── 📂 examples/           # 25+ working examples
│   ├── 01-basics/         # Hello world, CRUD operations
│   ├── 02-intermediate/   # Adapters, compaction, filters
│   ├── 03-advanced/       # Transactions, audit, privacy
│   ├── 04-integrations/   # LangChain, LlamaIndex
│   └── 05-real-world/     # Production examples
└── 📄 pyproject.toml      # Project configuration

📊 Project Status

Metric	Status
Version	1.0.0-beta2 (Nov 2025)
Test Coverage	97.8% passing (634/646 tests)
Production Ready	⚠️ Beta - 70% complete
License	MIT

✅ What's Working

• ✅ Core memory operations (store, recall, forget, compact)
• ✅ Multi-tier routing with automatic promotion/demotion
• ✅ 5 production storage adapters
• ✅ LangChain and LlamaIndex integrations
• ✅ Audit logging and PII detection
• ✅ Transaction support (2PC)
• ✅ Advanced compaction strategies
• ✅ Comprehensive documentation

🚧 In Progress

• 🚧 Performance optimization (caching, connection pooling)
• 🚧 Security audit
• 🚧 SQLite adapter

📅 Upcoming (v1.0 Stable - Q1 2025)

• CLI tools for backup/restore
• Performance benchmarks
• Extended monitoring
• Production hardening

Roadmap

See ROADMAP.md for detailed sprint planning.

v1.0 (Current - Beta):

• ✅ Core memory system
• ✅ Multi-tier routing
• ✅ Storage adapters (5/6 complete)
• ✅ LangChain/LlamaIndex integrations
• 🚧 Documentation
• 🚧 Performance optimization

v1.1 (Planned):

• SQLite adapter
• CLI tools for backup/restore
• Performance benchmarks
• Extended monitoring

v2.0 (Future):

• GraphQL API
• Real-time sync
• Multi-tenancy support
• Advanced security features

Contributing

We welcome contributions! See CONTRIBUTING.md for development guidelines.

Development Workflow

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Make your changes
4. Run tests and linters
5. Commit (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
6. Push to branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
7. Open a Pull Request

License

Axon is released under the MIT License.

🆘 Support & Community

• 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
• 💬 Questions: GitHub Discussions
• 📖 Documentation: axon.saranmahadev.in
• 📧 Email: [e-mail]

Acknowledgments

Built with:

• Pydantic - Data validation
• ChromaDB - Vector storage
• Qdrant - Vector database
• Redis - Caching layer

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