Minimi

Minimi: The Ultimate Ambient Memory for Claude on Mac

Minimi is a revolutionary tool designed to transform how you interact with AI by providing Claude with a comprehensive, ambient memory of your digital life. Developed by Team Shram, Minimi quietly captures everything you do on your Mac—from every browser tab and document to every call and Slack thread—and feeds it directly to Claude as live context. By using Minimi, you can stop briefing Claude and get straight to the answers you need.

What’s Minimi?

Minimi is your personal ambient memory layer for the Mac. It acts as a bridge between your daily activities and your AI assistant. Instead of manually copying and pasting information or explaining your recent work to an LLM, Minimi ensures that Claude now knows what you did today.

Minimi runs quietly in the background, capturing a stream of your work context. This context allows Claude to have a persistent, long-term memory of your interactions, readings, and communications. Whether you are a researcher, a developer, or a manager, Minimi provides the "live context" necessary for Claude to be truly useful and informed about your specific workflow.

Key Features of Minimi

Minimi is packed with features designed for high performance, accuracy, and absolute user privacy.

1. Comprehensive Activity Capture

Minimi doesn’t just record one type of data. It captures everything that happens on your Mac:

• Web Tabs: Every article and resource you browse.
• Documents: The files you edit and review.
• Calls: Context from your verbal meetings.
• Slack Threads: Conversations and decisions made in team chats.

2. Industry-Leading Memory Accuracy

Minimi is built for precision. It is 50% more accurate than previous State-of-the-Art (SOTA) models. Based on the BEAM (ICLR 2026 benchmark) for long-term memory, Minimi achieved a score of 54%, significantly outperforming competitors like LIGHT (BEAM) which scored 36%. This ensures that when you ask Claude a question, the retrieval is super-accurate.

3. Privacy-First Architecture

Your privacy is a top priority for Shram Intelligence, Inc. Minimi follows the same permission standards as trusted apps like WisprFlow and Granola.

• On-Device Storage: Your memory lives on your Mac, where it is safest.
• Local Vector Database: Retrieval works on embeddings stored locally. Nothing is stored on the cloud.
• Safe Embeddings: While Minimi uses Gemini to create embeddings on a paid plan, the configuration ensures that even Gemini does not have access to your private data.
• End-to-End Encryption: Your memory is encrypted during transit to the LLM and is only decrypted right before processing, then re-encrypted on its way back to your device.

4. Zero-Prompt Context

With Minimi, you can skip the extra prompting. Because Claude has access to your ambient memory, you no longer need to provide background stories or context before asking a question.

How to Use Minimi

Setting up Minimi is a simple three-step process designed to get you up and running without technical friction.

Step 1: Install & Forget

Start by clicking Download for Mac. Once the app is installed, simply sign in. The Minimi icon will appear in your system tray, indicating that it is quietly capturing your context in the background.

Step 2: Connect to Claude

To give Claude access to your memory, copy the MCP link provided by the Minimi app. Open Claude and paste this link into Claude's custom connector settings. This establishes a secure link between the AI and your local memory database.

Step 3: Start Chatting

Simply start a new chat with Claude. You can now ask Claude to use Minimi to answer questions based on your real-world activities. Claude will now know everything you have read, said, or heard throughout your day.

Minimi Use Cases

Minimi transforms Claude from a general AI into a personalized assistant that understands your specific history and current projects. Here are several ways you can use Minimi:

Retrieval of Communications and Files

• Who sent me the screenshot about the bug? Minimi tracks your Slack threads and messages to find specific contributors.
• Find that article I was reading last Tuesday. No more digging through browser history; Claude can find it instantly through Minimi's memory.

Meeting and Action Item Management

• What did we decide in yesterday's meeting? Minimi captures the essence of your calls so you can recall decisions instantly.
• What were the action items from this morning's call? Generate to-do lists based on actual conversations without taking manual notes.
• What did I promise to send by Friday? Keep track of your commitments made across various documents and chats.

Productivity and Focus

• What did I actually do today? Get an objective summary of your productivity.
• What should I focus on right now? Let Claude analyze your current tasks and suggest the best path forward.
• What have I been quietly avoiding? Use Minimi for self-reflection to identify tasks that have been sidelined.

Knowledge Synthesis and Research

• Show me everything I've read about this topic. Aggregate research from multiple tabs and documents effortlessly.
• How has my thinking on this changed? Compare your current documents with those from a month ago to see your intellectual growth.
• What was I worried about a month ago? Track your concerns and project hurdles over time.

FAQ

Where is my data stored? Your memory lives entirely on your Mac in a local vector database. Nothing is stored on the cloud.

Does Gemini see my data during embedding? No. Minimi uses a paid plan for Gemini embeddings which ensures that your data remains private and is not accessible by the provider.

Is Minimi compatible with Windows? Currently, Minimi is available for Download for Mac.

How accurate is the retrieval? Minimi is 54% accurate according to the ICLR 2026 BEAM benchmark, making it 50% more accurate than previous leading memory solutions.

Is the data encrypted? Yes. Your memory is encrypted on your device and during transit, only decrypting momentarily for processing by the LLM before being re-encrypted.

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Minimi: Your ambient memory for Claude. Made with ❤️ by Team Shram.