Get Started
with yaad
A CLI memory engine. One command to store, one to recall — in plain English, any time later. Works for you in the terminal and for your AI agents as a skill.
Install Ollama
yaad runs AI locally via Ollama — nothing leaves your machine. Install it, then pull the two models:
ollama pull mxbai-embed-large # for search ollama pull llama3.2:3b # for recall (swap for any chat model)
Install yaad
curl -fsSL https://yaad.knl.co.in/install.sh | bash
Or grab a pre-built binary from GitHub Releases.
Then initialise config:
yaad config init
Save your first memory
Put all context in the content — the AI searches by meaning, so more detail means better recall later.
Recall with natural language
Ask in plain English — phrased however feels natural, not how you saved it.
Set a reminder
Add --remind with any natural language time. Surface it by hooking into your shell prompt:
# add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc export PROMPT_COMMAND="yaad check; $PROMPT_COMMAND" # zsh precmd() { yaad check }
Add to your AI agent
Install the Agent Skill once — your agent can save and recall memory across every session, automatically.
npx skills add kunalsin9h/yaad -g
Your terminal and agent share the same store. Save in one, recall in the other.