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Developer Quickstart

Memside provides JavaScript and Python SDKs, a REST API, and a hosted MCP server.

Choose a path

Section titled “Choose a path”
Use case Recommended path
JavaScript or TypeScript application JavaScript SDK
Python application Python SDK
Another language or a simple script REST API
ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or an IDE agent MCP setup guides

Before starting

Section titled “Before starting”
  1. Sign in to Memside.
  2. Open Settings > Developer & API.
  3. Create an API key.
  4. Copy the key when it is shown.
  5. Store it in an environment variable.

Windows PowerShell:

Terminal window
$env:MEMSIDE_API_KEY = "mem_sk_your_key_here"

macOS or Linux:

Terminal window
export MEMSIDE_API_KEY="mem_sk_your_key_here"

Test the API

Section titled “Test the API”
Terminal window
curl https://api.memside.com/context/startup \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MEMSIDE_API_KEY"

The response should contain JSON from Memside. An invalid key returns an authentication error.

Install an SDK

Section titled “Install an SDK”

JavaScript:

Terminal window
npm install memside

Python:

Terminal window
pip install memside

Public source

Section titled “Public source”

The SDK source, examples, changelog, support information, and issue tracker are available in the Memside public GitHub repository.

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”