Memory System¶

Mita uses layered MITA.md files that are automatically discovered and injected into the LLM context. This gives the assistant persistent knowledge about your preferences, project conventions, and directory-specific context.

Memory Scopes¶

Scope	Location	Purpose
Global	`~/.config/mita/MITA.md`	Preferences across all projects
Project	`<project_root>/MITA.md`	Project-specific conventions
Directory	`<subdir>/MITA.md`	Directory-specific context

Higher-specificity files take priority. Each file is capped at 200 lines.

Commands¶

View Memory¶

mita memory show

Displays all discovered memory content that would be injected into the context.

Add Memory¶

mita memory add "Always use pytest for testing" --project
mita memory add "Prefer async/await patterns" --global

Edit Memory¶

mita memory edit              # Edit nearest MITA.md
mita memory edit --global     # Edit global MITA.md
mita memory edit --project    # Edit project MITA.md

Opens the file in $EDITOR.

Show Paths¶

mita memory path

Shows discovered memory file paths and whether they exist.

Configuration¶

[memory]
max_lines_per_file = 200
max_total_tokens = 4000