overview.md

type	Project
title	OKF Agent Memory Overview
description	A domain-neutral persistent project-memory system for AI agents based on the Open Knowledge Format (OKF) v0.2.
resource	https://okf-memory.dev
tags	agent-memory okf architecture open-standard okf-memory-dev
generated	by at agent/gemini-3.7-flash 2026-09-01 09:43:00 UTC
status	stable
sources	id resource title last_modified convention ../../docs/spec/CONVENTION.md OKF Agent Memory Convention v0.1 2026-08-27 id resource title last_modified roadmap ../../docs/project/ROADMAP.md OKF Agent Memory Project Roadmap 2026-08-27 id resource title spec https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/knowledge-catalog/blob/main/okf/SPEC.md Open Knowledge Format (OKF) v0.2 Specification

OKF Agent Memory

The OKF Agent Memory project provides an open, vendor-neutral, and domain-agnostic persistent memory layer for AI agents, built directly on Google's Open Knowledge Format (OKF) v0.2.¹

Problem & Vision

Conversations with AI agents are temporary and ephemeral. When a context window resets or a new session starts, valuable discoveries, architectural decisions, and domain facts are lost unless stored systematically.²

Traditional solutions often rely on proprietary vector databases, locked memory APIs, or unstructured scratchpads. OKF Agent Memory solves this by treating an OKF knowledge bundle inside the repository (knowledge/) as the single source of persistent truth.

flowchart LR
    A[AI Agent] -->|Reads / Queries| K[knowledge/ bundle<br/>OKF v0.2]
    A -->|Discovers & Persists| K
    H[Human Developer] -->|Inspects & Edits| K

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Key Capabilities

• Domain-Neutral: Functions equally well for software engineering, coaching, research, literature reviews, and operations.²
• Core Value Proposition: Key differentiators and selling points detailed in value-proposition.
• Deterministic Tooling & Separation of Concerns: Described in detail in architecture/layers.
• Principled Knowledge Lifecycle: Defined in convention/principles and convention/lifecycle.
• Phased Implementation: Detailed in the roadmap/milestones.

Footnotes

1. Open Knowledge Format (OKF) v0.2 Specification ↩

2. OKF Agent Memory Convention v0.1 ↩ ↩²