What is Ricord AI (Record AI)?

Ricord AI (also known as Record AI or ricord.ai) is persistent memory for AI. Your conversations are remembered across Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-aware tool — every fact, every preference, every decision, organized into a living knowledge graph and recalled in under a second.

What is the best AI memory tool for agents?

Ricord AI is the only AI memory tool that ships a full knowledge graph with auto-generated wiki pages for every entity. Most tools are filing cabinets — search boxes on a bag of past messages. Ricord is a brain that understands what the facts mean and how they connect. Sub-second recall, automatic conflict resolution, GDPR-compliant hard delete. Graph included on every paid tier starting at $12/month billed annually.

How do I add memory to Claude Desktop?

Install the Ricord MCP server with two commands: npm install -g ricord, then ricord setup (auto-detects your editor). This gives Claude Desktop 14 memory + wiki tools including save, recall, forget, run_procedure, and knowledge graph queries. Claude will automatically remember facts, preferences, and decisions across all future conversations.

What is AI memory and why do agents need it?

AI memory is the infrastructure that lets AI agents remember information across conversations and sessions. Without memory, agents forget everything between chats — they cannot learn user preferences, track decisions, or build context over time. Memory transforms a stateless chatbot into a persistent assistant that improves with every interaction.

How does Ricord AI compare to Mem0?

Ricord includes a full knowledge graph with auto-generated wiki pages on every tier. Mem0 gates graph features behind a $249/month Pro plan. Ricord offers sub-second recall (Mem0 averages 7-8 seconds), automatic conflict resolution when facts change, and a visual graph UI. Most memory pipelines write everything the LLM produces — duplicates, system noise, partial extractions all land in storage. Ricord filters content at ingest, so the wiki stays signal, not noise.

Is Record AI the same as Ricord AI?

Yes. Record AI and Ricord AI refer to the same product at ricord.ai. Ricord AI is the persistent memory API for AI agents, offering knowledge graph, conflict resolution, and sub-second recall. The name 'Ricord' comes from the concept of recording and recalling AI memories.

All install guides

Install guideUpdated May 31, 2026~60s total

Install Ricord in Codex CLI

Two commands and an in-terminal smoke test. Persistent memory wired into OpenAI's Codex CLI in 60 seconds — survives across sessions and across the Codex sandbox.

Prerequisites

OpenAI Codex CLI installed (codex --version works).
Node.js ≥ 18 with npm on your PATH.
A Ricord account — sign up if you don't have one.

Step 1 — Install the Ricord CLI

npm install -g ricord

Verify:

ricord --version
# → ricord vX.Y.Z

Step 2 — Set up Ricord

ricord setup

setup signs you in via the browser (API key lands in the OS keychain), scans your history for preferences, then auto-detects installed AI clients and wires each one. For Codex, it appends to ~/.codex/config.toml. Codex uses TOML, not JSON — the block looks like:

[mcp_servers.ricord]
command = "ricord"
args = ["mcp"]

Existing [mcp_servers.*] tables in the config are left untouched. Verify the block landed:

grep -A2 "mcp_servers.ricord" ~/.codex/config.toml

Step 3 — Start a fresh Codex session

Codex reads config.toml at startup. If you have an active codex session running, exit it and start a new one:

codex

Step 4 — 30-second smoke test

Inside the Codex session, type:

Remember that this repo deploys to Cloud Run via deploy.sh.

Codex calls ricord_save. You'll see the tool call inline.

Exit the session, start a new one, type:

How do I deploy this repo?

Codex calls ricord_recall and answers Cloud Run via deploy.sh. Install is good.

Working inside the Codex sandbox

Codex runs your sessions in a sandbox with restricted network and filesystem access. Ricord's MCP server runs outsidethe sandbox (it's a separate process spawned by Codex itself), so memory writes and reads aren't blocked by sandbox network restrictions — even when the sandbox blocks the agent's outbound HTTP.

One thing the sandbox does affect: the Ricord CLI in your shell needs to be on a PATH the host can reach, not just a path that exists inside the sandbox. If you installed Node.js inside a sandboxed dev container, run ricord setupfrom your host shell, not from inside the container.

What to expect over the next week

Day 1: Codex saves and recalls across codex sessions when you ask explicitly.
Day 3: Codex calls ricord_get_context at session start — pulls in what it learned in previous runs without you re-explaining the repo.
Day 7: Open the dashboard — wiki pages per repo, with the architectural decisions and deploy commands Codex helped you figure out.

Replace your improvised CONTEXT.md

Codex doesn't ship a built-in memory convention (no CLAUDE.md, no .cursorrules). Many Codex users land on an improvised CONTEXT.md or AGENT.md in their repo root. Once Ricord is wired in, you can stop maintaining that file — auto-extraction from your conversations replaces the curation. Keep the file for stable architectural context if you like, or delete it. Either works. More on this →

Troubleshooting

Codex doesn't use the tools. Some sandbox profiles disable MCP entirely. Check ~/.codex/config.toml for a [sandbox] section that might be restricting tools. Loosen the profile or run Codex outside the sandbox for the smoke test.

Tools loaded but recall is empty. Background indexing runs every ~10 minutes. If still empty after an hour, run ricord usage to verify the account is healthy.

TOML parse errors after install. Run cat ~/.codex/config.toml and look for a duplicate [mcp_servers.ricord] section. If the file was already non-empty with other servers and ricord install appended a second table with the same name, delete the duplicate by hand.

Optional: build a wiki for this repo

After a few sessions, run this from any repo root to generate a structured wiki from everything Ricord has learned:

ricord build

The result appears in the dashboard — one wiki page per entity your sessions have touched.

Same setup, other clients

ricord setupauto-detects Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and Cursor if they're on the machine. Memory follows you across all four MCP clients — switch tools mid-debugging, the wiki and recall stay consistent.