Your AI’s Memory Lives in Markdown, Not Vectors

What it does

ai-memory-vault is a set of markdown templates and a build script that turns an Obsidian vault into persistent working memory for Claude Code. It skips the vector database entirely, storing everything in plain markdown—daily logs, project folders, a running profile of you, and “Jobs” that tell the AI which notes to read before tackling a task. The AI keeps only the current task in context and reaches the rest in one step.

The interesting bit

The system redirects Claude Code’s native memory back into the vault via a MEMORY.md pointer, preventing two memory layers from drifting apart. It also ships with the author’s own agent personality—name, voice, and rules—already baked into the boot config, so you’re not starting from a blank slate.

Key highlights

• Pure markdown memory in an Obsidian vault; no vector database.
• “AI Priming” loads per-job note sets before the agent acts or writes.
• CLAUDE.md auto-loads each session and points the AI to your vault.
• MEMORY.md redirects Claude Code’s native memory back into the vault to prevent drift.
• CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license (non-commercial, share-alike).

Caveats

• Built specifically for Claude Code; portability to other agents is unclear.
• CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license prohibits commercial use without separate permission.
• The initial build is an interactive interview inside Claude, not a standalone script.

Verdict

Worth exploring if you already live in Obsidian and use Claude Code daily. Skip it if you need commercial licensing, model agnosticism, or a fully automated setup.