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Long-Term Memory (LTM-2.7)

An AI-powered live context framework that understands your workflow across your entire development environment. It captures what you work on so you can recall it later.

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Conversational Search

An intelligent assistant that helps answer questions, generate content, and provide guidance using the LLM of your choice -- with context from your actual work.

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Timeline

Your central workspace for accessing workflow context captured by Long-Term Memory. Generate summaries, review past activities, and interact with your history.

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IDE Extensions

Works with VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, JetBrains, Visual Studio, Sublime Text, Neovim, and more. Brings AI copilot and snippet management into your editor.

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MCP Integrations

Connect Pieces to Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Desktop, Goose, and other MCP-compatible tools for Long-Term Memory in any AI environment.

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Private by Default

Pieces runs on-device. Your data stays local unless you explicitly enable cloud features. Supports air-gapped environments and enterprise compliance.

What is Pieces?

Pieces is an AI-enabled productivity tool designed to increase developer efficiency through personalized workflow assistance across the entire toolchain. It features a dedicated desktop application, CLI, IDE extensions, browser plugins, and MCP integrations.

At its core, Pieces is an Artificial Memory tool that:

Remembers your real-world activity and productivity context using Large Language Models
Surfaces useful information and answers questions other AI tools cannot
Keeps you focused by maintaining context across tools, tabs, and conversations
Adapts to YOUR workflow whether you are coding, researching, writing, or collaborating

Who is Pieces For?

Pieces is an excellent productivity option for users of all levels and across various fields, including front-end developers, data scientists, DevOps engineers, students, researchers, and anyone who works with information across multiple tools.

Architecture Overview

graph TB
    POS[PiecesOS - Core Engine]
    POS --> DA[Desktop App]
    POS --> CLI[CLI Tool]
    POS --> VSC[VS Code Extension]
    POS --> JB[JetBrains Plugin]
    POS --> MCP[MCP Server]
    POS --> WEB[Web Extension]
    POS --> OBS[Obsidian Plugin]
    MCP --> CUR[Cursor]
    MCP --> GHC[GitHub Copilot]
    MCP --> CLD[Claude Desktop]
    MCP --> GOO[Goose]
    style POS fill:#000,stroke:#fff,color:#fff
    style MCP fill:#333,stroke:#fff,color:#fff

PiecesOS serves as the foundational layer of the entire Pieces Suite -- much like Docker does for containerized applications. It powers the Desktop App along with all browser and IDE extensions, plugins, and MCP integrations.

Getting Started

Head to the Quick Start guide to install Pieces in under 5 minutes.