Persistia: Give Claude Code the persistent memory it was missing (open source)

Persistia, an open-source tool, now provides Claude Code with persistent memory by scanning entire projects—code, architecture, docs, and configs—on first run and storing the information in small, focused files with a navigation index. The tool monitors changes via `git diff` to update context automatically, ensuring the AI agent always knows the full project without manual maintenance. This eliminates the need to re-explain stacks and repeat context in every new session, turning Claude Code into an operational co-pilot that can answer questions, execute orders, and schedule tasks using existing credentials.

Persistia Give Claude Code the persistent memory it was missing and turn it into your operational co-pilot. Claude Code has no operational memory. Every session starts from zero. You re-explain your stack, paste context, repeat yourself. Persistia fixes that. On first run, it scans your entire project — code, architecture, docs, and configs. Reads your .env files and uses credentials you already have. Stores everything in small, focused files with a navigation index. Then monitors changes via git diff : 1,000 files, 3 changed, it reads 3. Token-efficient by design. The result: an agent that always knows your full project and stays up-to-date automatically — even as you ship new features, add docs, or change your stack. Minimum input. Maximum output. Open Claude Code in your project root folder , then run: curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bernardohcrocha/persistia-for-claude-code/main/setup.sh | bash Claude scans your project and asks only what it can't find. No forms. No config files. Just a conversation. Requires:git · Node.js 18+ Optional: GitHub CLI gh — automatically creates a private brain repository with cloud backup on every update. Format your machine, git clone the brain repo, continue exactly where you left off. Scheduler included:installs automatically launchd on macOS, systemd on Linux . Initial indexing — on first run, scans your entire project: code, docs, configs, and environment files. Asks only what it can't find on its own. Uses credentials you already have — no manual reconnection. Self-updating memory — runs git diff daily. Only what changed gets read. No unnecessary context loaded. Permanent skills — say it once → written to brain/skills/ , loaded at every future session Autonomous tasks — schedule any task in plain language, runs automatically with full context. Each task in brain/tasks/queue.json supports batch size cap items per run — prevents timeouts on large lists and timeout minutes default: 5 . Easy to customize. Proactive scan — every 3 days when idle, it scans metrics, customers, and channels and flags what it notices. Always suggests, never acts unilaterally. Live dashboard — open brain/dashboard.html , auto-refreshes every 5 min Shareable memory — its own private git repo. Format your machine, git clone the brain repo, continue exactly where you left off. Shareable with your team. Unlike Hermes Agent, Agent Zero, or OpenClaw — context updates itself. No manual maintenance required. Everything in brain/ is plain text — readable, editable, and version-controlled. A dashboard shows numbers. This answers questions and executes orders — cross-tools. Ask — revenue, churn, at-risk accounts, support patterns — across all your tools at once. Give orders — outreach, reports, follow-ups. Executed using credentials you already have. Schedule — any task, in plain language, runs automatically with full context. → "Which customers dropped usage 30%+ this month? Cross-check their support history and draft a personalized re-engagement message for each." → "Every Monday: pull last week's numbers from Stripe, flag anomalies, and queue a follow-up for any account that dropped below quota." → "Find signups from the last 30 days with no activity. Visit each company's website and write a personalized email leading with the most relevant pain points." brain/ ├── .git/ ← isolated brain repository, pushes to private GitHub remote ├── index.md ← agent reads this first, every session ├── dashboard.html ← live command center, auto-refreshes in browser ├── core/ ← product, brand, ICP ├── operations/ ← metrics + customers, auto-updated daily ├── skills/ ← permanent rules, created and updated automatically └── tasks/ ← scheduled tasks queue, managed automatically → How the git architecture works /bernardohcrocha/persistia-for-claude-code/blob/main/ARCHITECTURE.md No subscriptions. 100% free. 100% open source. Claude Code is a product of Anthropic. Persistia is an independent open-source project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. MIT License · 2026