Give Your Coding Agent a Memory: Regolo + Cipher Integration

👉Try Cipher with Regolo

Coding agents are brilliant but forgetful. Every time you restart your IDE or switch tasks, you have to re-explain your project architecture, coding standards, and past decisions.
This leads to inconsistent code, repetitive prompting, and wasted API credits as you constantly “re-onboard” your own AI assistant.

Add a persistent “brain” to RooCode, Cursor, or VS Code in 5 minutes. Cipher (powered by Regolo) remembers your codebase history, while Regolo models drive the reasoning.

Outcome

Persistent Context: The agent remembers previous bug fixes and architectural rules across sessions, stopping the “groundhog day” loop.
Dual-System Memory: Cipher splits memory into “Concepts” (business logic) and “Reasoning” (how to solve tasks), both powered by Regolo’s efficient inference.
Private & Secure: Your code context stays local or in your private vector store; Regolo provides the intelligence without training on your repo.

Prerequisites (fast)

Regolo API Key: From your dashboard.
Node.js (v18+): To run the Cipher server.
RooCode / VS Code: Or any MCP-enabled IDE.

Step-by-Step (Code Blocks)

1) Install Cipher (The Memory Layer)

Install the open-source memory server globally.

npm install -g @byterover/cipherCode language: Bash (bash)

Verify it works: cipher –help

2) Create the Regolo Config

Tell Cipher to use Regolo for reasoning and embedding (crucial for finding relevant memories).
Create a cipher.yml (or .env equivalent) in your working folder

# cipher.yml
llm:
  provider: openai
  model: Llama-3.3-70B-Instruct
  apiKey: $REGOLO_API_KEY
  baseURL: https://api.regolo.ai/v1

embedding:
  provider: openai
  model: gte-Qwen2
  apiKey: $REGOLO_API_KEY
  baseURL: https://api.regolo.ai/v1Code language: PHP (php)

Or use environment variables if running as a raw process:

export REGOLO_API_KEY=your_key_hereCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

3) Connect RooCode (VS Code)

Open RooCode in VS Code.
Click “MCP Servers” -> “Edit Global MCP”.
Add the Cipher configuration block.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cipher": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "cipher",
      "args": ["--mode", "mcp"],
      "env": {
        "REGOLO_API_KEY": "YOUR_REGOLO_KEY_HERE",
        "MCP_SERVER_MODE": "default"
      }
    }
  }
}Code language: JSON / JSON with Comments (json)

Note: If cipher isn’t in your PATH, provide the full path to the executable.

4) Verify Connection

Restart RooCode. You should see a green dot next to “cipher” in the MCP list.
Ask RooCode: “Save this architectural decision to memory: We use Repository Pattern for all database access.”
Then ask in a new chat: “How do we handle DB access?”
Expected output: RooCode retrieves the rule from Cipher and answers correctly.

Production-Ready: Team Memory (Shared)

To share memories across your team (e.g., “Don’t use any types”), point Cipher to a shared Postgres/Qdrant instance instead of local SQLite.

# .env for Team Deployment
CIPHER_PG_URL=postgres://user:pass@team-db.internal:5432/cipher
VECTOR_STORE_TYPE=qdrant
VECTOR_STORE_URL=http://qdrant.internal:6333Code language: PHP (php)

Now every developer’s agent respects the same shared knowledge base.

Benchmarks & Costs

Feature	Regolo + Cipher	Standard Agent
Memory	Persistent. Recalls rules from months ago.	Session-only. Forgets on restart.
Reasoning	Deep (Llama-3.3/Qwen).	Often limited to smaller/faster models.
Privacy	High. Memories stored locally/privately.	Low. Often sends snippets to US clouds.
Cost	Inference only. (~€0.01 per memory op).	Flat monthly fees per seat.

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Use Case

Resources & Community

Official Documentation:

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