Moving Memory In and Out

brain port converts memories between brain and the formats other memory systems read. Your memory should not be locked into one vendor, including this one.

brain port export --format claude-memory --out ./memory     # Claude Code memory files + MEMORY.md
brain port export --format markdown > memories.txt          # one dated line per memory
brain port export --format agentcore --out batches.json     # AgentCore BatchCreateMemoryRecords bodies
 
brain port import --from claude-memory ./memory             # imports wait for review
brain port import --from markdown memories.txt --trust      # your own memory: store as yours
brain port import --from agentcore batches.json --dry-run   # show what would be written

Formats

Format	Shape	Use with
`claude-memory`	One Markdown file per memory (`name`, `description`, `metadata.type` frontmatter) plus a `MEMORY.md` index	Claude Code's file-based memory directory
`markdown`	`[YYYY-MM-DD] - <title>: <text>`, one per line	Claude.ai's memory import (paste), or any notes app
`agentcore`	`{ "batches": [ { "records": [...] } ] }`, at most 100 records per batch	AWS Bedrock AgentCore Memory `BatchCreateMemoryRecords`, sent with your own credentials. Import also accepts the `memoryRecordSummaries` a list call returns.

What survives a round trip

Every target holds less than brain does. These are the fields that come back after brain → target → brain:

Field	claude-memory	markdown	agentcore
title	✓	✓	✓
content	✓	single line	up to 16,000 chars
type	mapped (many-to-one)	—	✓
tags, related, strength, pins	—	—	—
date	—	as `source` note	as `source` note

Validity windows, associations and recall history stay in brain. A recorded date comes back in the memory's source and never as valid_from, because the date something was saved is not the date it became true.

Safety

Export writes only what recall could show. Memories pending verification, consent-hidden sensitive memories and expired memories are left out. The output counts each kind it skipped.
Imports go through brain memorize. Origin policy, content lint, the authorization rule and quarantine all apply, exactly as for any other write.
Imports are external by default, so they wait in brain verify until you approve them. Pass --trust only for an export of your own memory: it stores the memories as origin: user.

info

Gemini and ChatGPT memory exports are not supported yet. Neither documents a stable export format. Their text can still come in through --from markdown.