Your Reattend memory,
inside your AI assistant
The Reattend desktop app for Mac includes a small, read-only MCP helper. It runs on the same Mac, so your AI assistant can search the memory Reattend has built from your work. Nothing to host, no keys to manage.
What it does
Your AI assistant, with your memory
Reattend captures your work on your Mac and turns it into memories. The MCP helper lets an assistant on the same Mac look things up in that memory when a question needs it.
Searches before it answers
Your assistant can check your memory when a question might have past context. No copying and pasting, no re-explaining.
Answers from real history
"What did we agree with the vendor last month?" gets answered from what you actually saw and heard, with titles and dates.
Read-only by design
The helper can look things up. It cannot add, change or delete anything in your memory.
Works with any MCP client
Any AI assistant on your Mac that supports the Model Context Protocol can use it, with the same pasted config.
Tools exposed
Six tools. Your assistant decides when to use them.
You don't need to name them. Your assistant calls them when a question needs your memory.
search_memoriesSearches your memories of what you saw and did on your Mac: screen, meetings, notes. Returns titles, summaries, people, dates, numbers and facts.
factsExact stated values, such as a figure, a date or a name, with when they were stated and any values that disagree.
open_tasksYour open commitments, taken from your activity, newest first.
search_documentsSearches the contents of documents indexed on this Mac.
who_isEverything your memory knows about a person, organization or project, by name.
recentYour most recent memories, newest first. Good for "what have I been working on?"
Setup
Live in 2 minutes
The helper ships inside the desktop app. There is nothing else to install.
Install the Reattend desktop app
Download Reattend for Mac and let it capture your work for a while. The helper reads the memory the app builds on your Mac.
Copy the config from the app
Open the desktop app's settings and find the MCP section. It shows the config for your Mac, with the exact path to the helper. Copy it. It looks like this:
{
"mcpServers": {
"reattend": {
"command": "<path shown in the Reattend app>",
"args": []
}
}
}Paste it into your assistant's MCP settings
Open the MCP settings of your AI assistant (any MCP client on the same Mac), paste the config, and restart the assistant if it asks. It will now list the six Reattend tools.
Ask a question
Ask about your own work, for example "what did I promise the finance team this week?" Your assistant decides when to search your memory and which tool to use.
Turning it off
Remove the reattend entry from your assistant's MCP settings. The helper only runs while an assistant starts it.
Sources
What feeds your memory
Reattend captures your work on your own computer: documents, meetings, screen text, dictation, scans. Nothing to connect. Install the Reattend desktop app to start capturing automatically. Everything flows into the same memory the MCP helper reads from.
Examples
See it in action
You asked
I'm about to call Halvorsen Logistics. Give me a briefing.
Your assistant answered
Your last call was on the 12th. They raised concerns about pricing. Ingrid is the decision maker. You agreed to send a pilot proposal before the end of the quarter.
Your assistant called who_is("Halvorsen Logistics")
You asked
What did we decide about the new reporting format?
Your assistant answered
The team agreed to move to a monthly one-page summary, starting next month. It was decided in the planning meeting on the 20th.
Answered from your meeting memory, with the date
You asked
What am I still on the hook for?
Your assistant answered
Three open commitments: the revised budget for Marta, feedback on the onboarding draft, and booking the review with the auditors.
Your assistant called open_tasks()
You asked
What have I been working on this week?
Your assistant answered
Mostly the budget revision, two supplier calls, the quarterly planning meeting and a review of the onboarding draft.
Your assistant called recent(20) and summarised
How it runs
On your Mac, and nowhere else
The helper is started by your assistant on the same Mac and talks to it directly. It opens your own memory with the key the Reattend app keeps in your Mac's Keychain.
whereOn the same Mac as your assistant. There is no Reattend server for MCP.
transportStandard input and output between your assistant and the helper
keyYour memory key, read from the Keychain on this Mac
accessRead-only. Six lookup tools, nothing that writes
What each tool takes:
search_memories { "query": "vendor pricing", "limit": 10 }
facts { "query": "contract value", "limit": 10 }
search_documents { "query": "travel policy", "limit": 10 }
who_is { "name": "Halvorsen Logistics" }
open_tasks { "limit": 20 }
recent { "limit": 20 }Boundaries
Your memory, on your computer
The helper reads the personal memory on the Mac it runs on. It does not reach your organization's shared memory, it does not run on the web, and it cannot change anything. If you use Reattend at work, your organization's rules about what counts as work still apply.
Start in 2 minutes
Install the Reattend desktop app, copy the config from its settings, paste it into your AI assistant.