# Give Your Coding Agent a Memory: Regolo + Cipher Integration

👉[Try Cipher with Regolo](https://dashboard.regolo.ai)

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.**

![](https://regolo.ai/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-18-2025-05_45_06-PM-1-1024x683.png)## 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)

1. **[Regolo API Key](https://dashboard.regolo.ai/)**: From your dashboard.
2. **Node.js (v18+)**: To run the Cipher server.
3. **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)**

1. Open RooCode in VS Code.
2. Click **"MCP Servers"** -> **"Edit Global MCP"**.
3. Add the Cipher configuration block.[](https://github.com/campfirein/cipher#from-source)

```
{
  "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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[![Cipher Web UI](https://github.com/campfirein/cipher/raw/main/assets/cipher_webUI.png)](https://github.com/campfirein/cipher/blob/main/assets/cipher_webUI.png)## Use Case

https://vimeo.com/1110987991?share=copy 

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