Give your AI a memory
Your AI assistants forget everything the moment a chat ends. Every new conversation starts from zero — you re-explain who you are, what you’re working on, and how you like things done.
Esment fixes that. It gives Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity and other assistants a shared, lasting memory. What you tell one assistant is remembered by all of them, in every future chat — automatically.
This documentation walks you through everything, step by step, with no technical background assumed. If you can install an app and copy a link, you can set up Esment.
What it does
Esment quietly remembers the things worth keeping and hands them back to your assistant when they’re relevant — before you even finish typing.
What gets remembered
- Who you are — your name, your role, how you like to work and communicate.
- Your projects — what you’re building, decisions made, open questions.
- Your preferences — the tools, styles and choices you keep coming back to.
- The important history — past choices and outcomes future chats should know about.
You don’t have to manage any of this by hand. Just talk to your assistant as you normally would; Esment captures what matters and you can review, edit or delete anything at any time.
Your data stays yours
With the Mac app, everything lives on your own computer — there is no account to create and nothing is sent anywhere. With Esment Cloud, your memory is hosted for you so it works from any device, and you can export it back to your Mac whenever you like.
Whichever you choose, you can view, edit, export or erase your memory at any time. Nothing is hidden.
The app or the cloud
There are two ways to use Esment. Most people start with the Mac app. You can use both — they share the same idea, and you can move your memory between them.
The Esment Mac app — the full experience
A native app for your Mac. Your memory is stored privately on your computer, and every assistant you use on that Mac shares it. This is the most private and most capable option, and where most of these guides focus.
Pick the app if you want
- Everything to stay on your own machine, with no account required to use it.
- The full toolbox — memory blocks, a built-in assistant, history and fine control.
- To connect desktop apps like Claude and Cursor with a single click.
Download, install and finish the short setup wizard — you’ll be up and running in a few minutes.
Esment Cloud — memory anywhere, nothing to install
A hosted version of your memory that lives on the web instead of your Mac. There’s nothing to install and it works from any device or browser. It’s the simpler, lighter option — a great fit if you mostly use web assistants like ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity.
Pick the cloud if you want
- To skip installing anything and start in a couple of clicks.
- Your memory to follow you across computers, phones and browsers.
- A single link that connects any web assistant to your memory.
Sign in, copy one link into your assistant, and you’re done. It’s included with your plan.
Documentation map
Everything is organised into short, focused guides. If you’re new, follow them in order.
The Mac app
- 1Install & set up — download the app and finish the setup wizard.
- 2Licenses & plans — activate a plan and manage billing.
- 3Connect your assistants — wire up Claude, Cursor and other desktop apps in one click.
- 4Use web assistants — connect ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity to your Mac.
- 5Memories, blocks & profile — understand and shape what your AI remembers.
- 6The app, screen by screen — a tour of every page and setting.
- 7Run a local model — use an open-source model on your Mac instead of the cloud.
Esment Cloud
- Esment Cloud — set it up, connect an assistant, and manage your hosted memory.
Most people are fully set up within ten minutes. Installing and connecting your first assistant are the only steps that need any setup — after that, Esment runs on its own.
Esment documentation