Minimi
Minimi gives Claude searchable memory of your Mac activity, letting you ask questions about tabs, files, meetings, and chats without copy-pasting anything.
Minimi at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- Key strengths
- Local-only storage keeps desktop activity private and secure · No manual saving required thanks to continuous background capture · Simple Claude integration via a single 'use Minimi' command
About Minimi
Minimi is a lightweight Mac companion that turns your everyday desktop activity into structured memory that Claude can actually use. Instead of manually copying links, quotes, or meeting notes into a chat window, the app quietly observes the tabs you open, the files you edit, the meetings you attend, and the conversations you have, then organizes that information into a searchable knowledge layer.
What sets Minimi apart is its local-first approach. All embeddings are stored in an on-device vector database, meaning your activity history never leaves your Mac unless you choose to share it. Memory retrieval happens locally, which keeps context private while still giving Claude the rich background it needs to answer nuanced questions about your work.
Integration is handled through a Claude MCP connector, so once Minimi is installed and signed in, you can simply ask Claude to "use Minimi" inside any conversation. There is no prompt engineering, no manual saving, and no extra steps. The app runs in the system tray and continuously updates its memory in the background, building a personal archive that grows more useful the longer you use it.
For professionals juggling dozens of browser tabs, scattered documents, and back-to-back meetings, Minimi eliminates the friction of context-switching. You stop wasting time reconstructing what you saw or said yesterday and instead let Claude surface it on demand. The result is a workflow that feels less like searching and more like having a knowledgeable assistant who has been paying attention all along.
Features
- Ambient Mac-wide capture: Watches the tabs, files, meetings, and chat threads you actually touch on your Mac and turns them into searchable context for Claude.
- Claude MCP connector: Exposes your local memory to Claude through a custom connector, so you can simply ask Claude to “use Minimi” instead of pasting snippets or writing long prompts.
- On-device vector memory: Stores embeddings in a local vector database on your Mac. Nothing is written to a cloud database, and memory retrieval runs against that local store.
- Install-and-forget workflow: After installation and sign-in, the app lives in the tray and continuously builds memory in the background so you do not have to remember to “save” anything.
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Minimi Pricing Plans
Free Tier
Free