Connect · ChatGPT desktop
Give ChatGPT desktop a memory.
The model can search your brain whenever it decides to. Nothing to configure by hand.
01 · What you get
“Supported” means three things. Here's each one for ChatGPT desktop.
Not by choice. Its local history is encrypted with a Keychain key, and reading it would mean defeating another vendor's protection.
None. It doesn't load a local instructions file.
MCP, through the configuration it shares with Codex (~/.codex/config.toml).
02 · Install
One command wires ChatGPT desktop and every other tool on your machine.
- Run the installer. It creates your private data repo on GitHub, generates your key into the Keychain, and asks whether to start with your past AI sessions or fresh.
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rohithhn/Open-Agentic-Brain-and-Memory/main/install.sh | bashmacOS or LinuxNode 22+gitA GitHub account - It wires ChatGPT desktop. ChatGPT desktop is pull-only. Registering the brain for Codex covers it, so there's nothing extra to install.
- Check it. Ask ChatGPT desktop to search your brain for a decision you made in Claude Code. For a full read-only check of every tool, run
brain doctor.
03 · Questions
Connecting ChatGPT desktop
Do I need an account or an API key?
No. There's no account and no server of ours. The memory lives in a SQLite file on your machine, and travels as one age-encrypted file to a private GitHub repo you own.
Will it overwrite my instructions file?
No. The briefing lives inside its own BRAIN:START/END markers, and MCP wiring is additive: it never touches entries it didn't create.
Does ChatGPT desktop see what I did in other tools?
Yes. There's one store for every tool on the machine, and your other machines get it through brain sync and brain restore.
What platforms work?
macOS and Linux, with Node 22+, git and a GitHub account. Windows isn't supported yet.
04 · Other tools