lumetra-engram 0.1.1

Official Python client for Engram — durable, explainable memory for AI agents.

lumetra-engram

Official Python client for Engram — durable, explainable memory for AI agents.

• Zero runtime dependencies (uses the standard library's urllib).
• Fully typed (py.typed, TypedDict response shapes, IDE-friendly).
• Python 3.9+.

The TypeScript twin lives at lumetra-io/engram-js.

Install

pip install lumetra-engram
# or
uv add lumetra-engram
# or
poetry add lumetra-engram

Quickstart

from lumetra_engram import EngramClient

engram = EngramClient(api_key="eng_live_...")  # or set ENGRAM_API_KEY and omit

# Store a fact
engram.store_memory("User prefers dark mode.", "user-123")

# Recall — returns a synthesized answer plus the memories that contributed
result = engram.query(
    "What are this user's UI preferences?",
    buckets=["user-123"],
)

print(result["answer"])
print(result.get("explanation", {}).get("retrieved_memories", []))

Configuration

EngramClient(
    api_key="eng_live_...",            # or ENGRAM_API_KEY env var
    base_url="https://api.lumetra.io", # or ENGRAM_BASE_URL env var
    timeout_seconds=30.0,              # default 30s
)

BYOK reminder. Engram is bring-your-own-key end-to-end. Configure an OpenAI / Anthropic / Groq / Together / Fireworks key on the Lumetra portal before your first call, or store_memory / query will raise EngramError with status == 412.

API surface

Memories

• store_memory(content, bucket="default") — store a single fact
• store_memories(contents, bucket="default") — batched store
• list_memories(bucket="default", *, limit=20, offset=0) — paginated list
• delete_memory(memory_id, bucket="default") — delete one memory
• clear_memories(bucket) — delete every memory in a bucket. No default — explicit bucket required (prevents accidental wipes).

Query

• query(question, *, buckets=None, top_k=8, skip_synthesis=False, return_explanation=True)
  • buckets fuses across multiple buckets in one call. Defaults to ["default"].
  • skip_synthesis=True returns retrieval-only — no server-side LLM call
  • response shape: {"answer", "explanation": {"retrieved_memories", "profile", "graph_facts"}, "usage"}

Buckets

• list_buckets() — all buckets in your tenant
• create_bucket(name, description=None)
• delete_bucket(bucket) — No default — explicit bucket required (prevents accidental wipes).

Profile

• get_profile(bucket="default") — the canonical profile prepended to recall
• regenerate_profile(bucket="default") — rebuild from current memories

Errors

All non-2xx HTTP responses raise EngramError:

from lumetra_engram import EngramClient, EngramError

engram = EngramClient()

try:
    engram.store_memory("User prefers dark mode.", "user-123")
except EngramError as err:
    if err.status == 412:
        print("BYOK not configured — set an LLM provider key in the Lumetra portal.")
    elif err.status == 429:
        print("Rate limited — back off and retry.")
    else:
        print(f"Engram {err.status}: {err}")
        print("Body:", err.body)

err.status is the HTTP status (or 0 for connection failures), err.body is the parsed JSON body when one was returned.

Async usage

This client is synchronous. For async code, wrap calls in asyncio.to_thread:

import asyncio
from lumetra_engram import EngramClient

engram = EngramClient()

async def recall(question: str):
    return await asyncio.to_thread(engram.query, question, buckets=["user-123"])

A dedicated async client may land later; until then, the thread wrapper is the recommended pattern.

Type hints

Return shapes are declared as TypedDict in lumetra_engram.types. They behave as ordinary dict at runtime — JSON-serialize freely — but give mypy and pyright the same level of detail the TypeScript client exposes via interface.

from lumetra_engram import QueryResult

def summarize(result: QueryResult) -> str:
    return result.get("answer", "")

License

MIT — see LICENSE.