CLI Reference

Add notes

memex add                                    # interactive prompt
memex add --title "Note title" --content "..."
memex add --title "Note title" --file ./note.md
memex add --title "Note title" --content "..." --folder conversations/tom
memex add --title "Note title" --content "..." -T typescript -T architecture

Search

memex search "semantic search query"
memex search "지식 관리" --limit 10          # multilingual
memex search "auth" --tag backend            # filter by tag
memex search "auth" --from 2025-04-01        # notes since a date
memex search "auth" --from 2025-04-01 --to 2025-04-30

--from and --to accept any ISO 8601 date (YYYY-MM-DD). --to includes the full day (up to 23:59:59).

Browse

memex list                  # recent 10 notes
memex list --limit 20
memex show <id>             # full note content + backlinks
memex tags                  # all tags with counts
memex related <id>          # semantically related notes

Digest

memex digest                # summary of notes saved in the last 7 days
memex digest --days 30      # last 30 days

Digest groups notes by folder and prints them with tags and dates. Useful as a weekly review or to catch up after time away.

Edit & delete

memex edit <id>             # opens in $EDITOR
memex delete <id>
memex delete --yes <id>     # skip confirmation prompt

External vaults (sources)

memex source add ~/Documents/My\ Notes    # register an existing vault
memex source list
memex source remove ~/Documents/My\ Notes
memex index                               # scan vault + all sources
memex index --force                       # re-index everything
memex reembed                             # re-embed with current model

Use source add to index an existing Obsidian vault or any folder of Markdown files without moving them.

Config

memex config show
memex config set vault-path ~/my-vault

MCP

memex mcp install    # register with Claude Code
memex mcp path       # print the MCP binary path (for Claude Desktop)