YOUR BRAIN, SEARCHABLE
A local-first second brain that turns your AI conversations, Obsidian notes, and documents into a conversational memory system. Everything runs on your machine. No data leaves.
Install
pip install mindvaultpipx install mindvaultbrew install calebthecm/mindvault/mindvaultThen:
mindvault setupmindvault ingestmindvault chatWHAT IT DOES
INGEST
Claude, ChatGPT, Obsidian vaults, PDFs, plain text. Drop in any folder.
REMEMBER
Extracts entities, decisions, and goals from every conversation automatically.
RETRIEVE
Hybrid scoring — summaries first, raw chunks as fallback, entity boosting.
CHAT
Six reasoning modes: CHAT, PLAN, DECIDE, DEBATE, REFLECT, EXPLORE.
WEB SEARCH
Auto-triggers DuckDuckGo when memory confidence is low. No API key.
PRIVATE
Everything runs locally. Nothing leaves your machine. Private vault is always separate.
REASONING MODES
Cycle with Shift+Tab in the prompt bar.
Standard RAG — retrieve and synthesize
Break any task into actionable steps
Five-voice council votes on the question
FOR vs AGAINST, then a verdict
Deep synthesis across your full memory
Graph traversal — follow memory links
OPEN SOURCE
MindVault is source-available and actively developed. File issues, request features, or contribute.
calebthecm/MindVault ↗