# Zaaheen

> Zaaheen keeps what your AI assistants know about you on your own computer, encrypted, and entirely under your control.

Zaaheen is a desktop app that gives AI assistants one private, persistent memory about the person using them. Memories are stored and encrypted on that person's own computer and are never uploaded. The account is only for signing in and the subscription; it never holds the memories.

- Current version: 0.3.5 (beta), for 64-bit Windows (tested on Windows 11) and for Macs with an Apple chip (M1 or newer) (tested on macOS 26).
- Download: Windows https://dl.zaaheen.com/Zaaheen_0.3.5_x64.msi (148 MB, SHA-256 c58c6f0e0ad17ccb1e41855a1e36cfc73b81f9a72e2b3ecd9c106600904d91c0); Mac https://dl.zaaheen.com/Zaaheen_0.3.5_aarch64.dmg (154 MB, SHA-256 615e00a5d5ba9bdef26a64ff321847550ac46b4c3683a2ecdf585c8550d8b41a), a disk image: drag Zaaheen into Applications and open it from there.
- Free trial: 30 days, no card needed.
- Price after the trial: $5 a month or $48 a year (US dollars, plus VAT or sales tax where it applies). Both plans include everything. Sold through our reseller Paddle.com.
- Cancel any time in the app: Settings, then Account, then "Cancel subscription". A payment is refunded in full if asked within 14 days of it, once per person.
- Tested with: Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex and Antigravity. Other apps that support MCP should work the same way.
- Delete everything: one button destroys the encryption key and the files, leaving what remains on disk unreadable.
- Linux and phones: not available yet.

## What Zaaheen gives a connected AI app

Zaaheen runs a local MCP server with five tools:

- memory_read: the main tool. Ask one question in plain words and get the matching facts about the person, or a clear "nothing stored" answer.
- memory_search: browse stored memories by free text, best matches first.
- memory_write: save one fact about the person.
- memory_update: replace a stored memory with a corrected one.
- memory_delete: forget a memory, when the person asks.

## Helping someone connect Zaaheen

- First, the person opens Zaaheen on their computer and signs in; the first sign-in from the app starts the free trial.
- In Zaaheen: the Agents tab, then "+ Connect an AI app", then the app. That tab shows the exact setting for their computer (its own install path), ready to copy: prefer it to the usual paths below (Windows C:\Program Files\Zaaheen\zaaheen.exe, Mac /Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen). Use the Copy buttons; a space typed before the command stops it working.
- Codex (terminal) and ChatGPT Desktop share one settings file (.codex/config.toml); the Cursor IDE uses Cursor Desktop's settings. Connect once.
- Other apps: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-other-apps/. More fixes: https://zaaheen.com/docs/troubleshooting/.

### Claude Desktop

Please follow all 3 steps. If you skip one, Claude Desktop may not use Zaaheen.
- Step 1A: The quick way: in Zaaheen, Agents, "+ Connect an AI app", "Claude Desktop", then "Save the extension". Zaaheen saves a small Claude extension, and Claude asks you to install it. Zaaheen saved the extension to your Downloads folder. In Claude, open Settings, then Extensions, then Advanced settings, then Install Extension, and choose "Zaaheen for Claude.mcpb".
- Step 1B: Or add it yourself (Windows): In Claude, open Settings, then Developer, then Edit Config. Add this to the file it shows you, save it, then quit Claude and open it again: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Zaaheen\\zaaheen.exe", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 1B: Or add it yourself (Mac): In Claude, open Settings, then Developer, then Edit Config. Add this to the file it shows you, save it, then quit Claude and open it again: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 2: Check it's connected: In Claude, open Settings, then Extensions. Zaaheen is listed there and switched on. If you added it yourself (Step 1B), it is listed under Settings, then Developer, instead.
- Step 3: Tell Claude Desktop to use Zaaheen (don't skip this): Claude looks in its own memory first. In Claude, open Settings, then Account, and add this line under Instructions for Claude: "When I ask you to remember something, save it in Zaaheen. Before answering anything about me, my preferences, my work or my plans, also check my Zaaheen memory, even when your own memory has nothing."
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-claude/

### Cursor Desktop

Please follow both steps. If you skip one, Cursor Desktop may not use Zaaheen.
Using the Cursor IDE? Connect Zaaheen here, through Cursor Desktop: the IDE has no MCP settings of its own, and it uses the ones you set in Cursor Desktop, so connecting once is enough for both.
- Step 1A: The quick way: in Zaaheen, Agents, "+ Connect an AI app", "Cursor Desktop", then "Connect it for me". Zaaheen opens Cursor, and Cursor asks you to install Zaaheen. It can take up to a minute for Cursor to open and show its Install box, so please wait for it, then click Install. Cursor should now be showing its Install box. Click Install, and it's connected. If nothing has appeared, switch to the Cursor window: the box may be behind this one.
- Step 1B: Or add it yourself (Windows): In Cursor Desktop, choose Customize in the left bar, then MCPs. Scroll to the bottom, choose + New MCP server, and paste this in. Save it: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Zaaheen\\zaaheen.exe", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 1B: Or add it yourself (Mac): In Cursor Desktop, choose Customize in the left bar, then MCPs. Scroll to the bottom, choose + New MCP server, and paste this in. Save it: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 2: Check it's connected: In Cursor Desktop, choose Customize in the left bar, then MCPs. zaaheen is listed there and connected.
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-cursor/

### ChatGPT Desktop

Please follow all 3 steps. If you skip one, ChatGPT Desktop may not use Zaaheen.
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Windows): 1. In ChatGPT Desktop, open Settings, then Plugins at the top, and choose MCP. Open the drop-down in the top right corner and choose Add MCP server. 2. Name: Zaaheen 3. Command: paste it exactly, with no space before it: C:\Program Files\Zaaheen\zaaheen.exe 4. Arguments: type mcp in the first box: mcp 5. Click + to add a second box, and type serve in it: serve 6. Click Save. Then quit ChatGPT completely (on Windows, also from its icon by the clock) and open it again. Use Zaaheen in a Work or Codex chat: ChatGPT's Chat mode can't connect to apps on your computer.
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Mac): 1. In ChatGPT Desktop, open Settings, then Plugins at the top, and choose MCP. Open the drop-down in the top right corner and choose Add MCP server. 2. Name: Zaaheen 3. Command: paste it exactly, with no space before it: /Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen 4. Arguments: type mcp in the first box: mcp 5. Click + to add a second box, and type serve in it: serve 6. Click Save. Then quit ChatGPT completely (on Windows, also from its icon by the clock) and open it again. Use Zaaheen in a Work or Codex chat: ChatGPT's Chat mode can't connect to apps on your computer.
- Step 2: Check it's connected: In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Plugins, then MCP. Zaaheen is listed there and switched on.
- Step 3: Tell ChatGPT Desktop to use Zaaheen (don't skip this): ChatGPT looks in its own memory first. In ChatGPT, open Settings, then Personalization, then Custom instructions, and add this line: "When I ask you to remember something, save it in Zaaheen. Before answering anything about me, my preferences, my work or my plans, also check my Zaaheen memory, even when your own memory has nothing."
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-chatgpt/

### Antigravity

Please follow both steps. If you skip one, Antigravity may not use Zaaheen.
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Windows): First open its settings file in Notepad: press Windows and R together, paste the line for your Antigravity, and press Enter. Antigravity app: notepad %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\config\mcp_config.json Antigravity IDE: notepad %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\antigravity\mcp_config.json Then paste this in. If the file already lists other apps, add the zaaheen part next to them. Save it, then close Antigravity fully and open it again: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Zaaheen\\zaaheen.exe", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Mac): First open its settings file in TextEdit: open Terminal, paste the line for your Antigravity, and press Return. Antigravity app: mkdir -p ~/.gemini/config && touch ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json && open -e ~/.gemini/config/mcp_config.json Antigravity IDE: mkdir -p ~/.gemini/antigravity && touch ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json && open -e ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json Then paste this in. If the file already lists other apps, add the zaaheen part next to them. Save it, then close Antigravity fully and open it again: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 2: Check it's connected: In Antigravity, open Settings, then Customization. Under Token usage, next to MCP tools, click Show breakdown. Zaaheen is listed with a green circle.
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-antigravity/

### Claude Code

Please follow both steps. If you skip one, Claude Code may not use Zaaheen.
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Windows): In a terminal, run this once. Zaaheen is then available in every Claude Code project: claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user zaaheen -- "C:\Program Files\Zaaheen\zaaheen.exe" mcp serve
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Mac): In a terminal, run this once. Zaaheen is then available in every Claude Code project: claude mcp add --transport stdio --scope user zaaheen -- "/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen" mcp serve
- Step 2: Check it's connected: In a terminal, run claude mcp list. Zaaheen shows as connected.
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-claude-code/

### Codex

Please follow all 3 steps. If you skip one, Codex may not use Zaaheen.
Already connected ChatGPT Desktop? Codex uses the same settings, so you don't need to add Zaaheen again. Just do Step 2 to check it's connected, then ask Codex to save or recall using Zaaheen.
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Windows): Use an up-to-date Codex. Add this to Codex's settings file, config.toml, in the .codex folder in your home folder. If the file already has a [mcp_servers.zaaheen] section, don't add a second one. Save it, then restart Codex: [mcp_servers.zaaheen] command = "C:\\Program Files\\Zaaheen\\zaaheen.exe" args = ["mcp", "serve"]
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Mac): Use an up-to-date Codex. Add this to Codex's settings file, config.toml, in the .codex folder in your home folder. If the file already has a [mcp_servers.zaaheen] section, don't add a second one. Save it, then restart Codex: [mcp_servers.zaaheen] command = "/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen" args = ["mcp", "serve"]
- Step 2: Check it's connected: In Codex, type /mcp and press Enter. zaaheen is listed as connected, with 5 tools. If it shows no tools or says it timed out, update Codex (npm install -g @openai/codex@latest) and try again.
- Step 3: Tell Codex to use Zaaheen (don't skip this): Codex looks in its own knowledge first. Add this line to the file AGENTS.md in the .codex folder in your home folder (make the file if it isn't there): "When I ask you to remember something, save it in Zaaheen. Before answering anything about me, my preferences, my work or my plans, also check my Zaaheen memory, even when your own memory has nothing."
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-codex/

### Another app

Please follow both steps. If you skip one, your app may not use Zaaheen.
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Windows): Give your app this setting: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Zaaheen\\zaaheen.exe", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 1: Add it yourself (Mac): Give your app this setting: { "mcpServers": { "zaaheen": { "command": "/Applications/Zaaheen.app/Contents/MacOS/zaaheen", "args": ["mcp", "serve"] } } }
- Step 2: Check it's connected: Your app's list of tools or MCP servers shows Zaaheen.
- Guide: https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-other-apps/

## Problems and fixes

- "Invalid result for tools/call: missing required resultType" (Claude Code, when it calls Zaaheen): Update Zaaheen to the latest version from zaaheen.com: version 0.3.1 and later answer the newest apps correctly.
- "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (os error 123)" (ChatGPT Desktop or Codex, in the app's log; ChatGPT itself only says Zaaheen isn't accessible): The Command has a space or quote marks before C:. Edit the MCP server so the Command starts exactly with C:\ (copy it with the Copy button in Zaaheen's Agents tab), save, and restart ChatGPT.
- "Zaaheen isn't accessible in this chat" (ChatGPT Desktop): Use a Work or Codex chat (ChatGPT's Chat mode can't connect to apps on your computer), check the Command has no space before it, then quit ChatGPT completely and open it again.
- "request timed out (zaaheen: Tools: (none))" (Codex in the terminal, after /mcp): Update Codex (npm install -g @openai/codex@latest), then run codex again and type /mcp: zaaheen shows as connected with 5 tools.
- "The AI app saves to its own memory, or answers "I don't know", instead of using Zaaheen" (Claude Desktop, ChatGPT Desktop, Codex): Add Zaaheen's line to the app's instructions (Claude: Settings, Account, Instructions for Claude; ChatGPT: Custom instructions; Codex: AGENTS.md in the .codex folder). The line is on this page and in each connect guide.
- "Double-clicking "Zaaheen for Claude.mcpb" asks which app to open it with" (Windows, with Claude from the Microsoft Store): Cancel that box. In Claude, open Settings, then Extensions, then Advanced settings, then Install Extension, and choose "Zaaheen for Claude.mcpb".
- "isn't commonly downloaded. Make sure you trust [the Zaaheen installer] before you open it." (Microsoft Edge, when downloading): Choose the three dots next to the download, then Keep, then Show more, then Keep anyway. The installer is new and not code-signed yet, so Edge has not seen it often.
- "Windows protected your PC. Microsoft Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting." (Windows, when opening the installer): Choose More info, then Run anyway.
- "Your memories were NOT deleted, and they are still readable." (Mac, after Delete everything or Delete my account in Zaaheen 0.3.0): Update Zaaheen to the latest version from zaaheen.com (0.3.1 or later), then try again. Nothing was deleted, and your account and subscription were not changed.
- "Still working. This is taking longer than usual. Please keep Zaaheen open." (Mac, during Delete everything or Delete my account): macOS may be asking about Zaaheen and your keychain in a box behind the Zaaheen window: look for it and choose Allow. The delete then finishes. Nothing is deleted until your key is gone, so if you close Zaaheen instead, your memories are still there and you can try again.
- "This site can't be reached (or another browser error) right after signing in" (Your browser, after signing in from the Zaaheen app): Go back to the Zaaheen app: it shows whether you are signed in. The page after sign-in only confirms it, so it does not matter if that page failed to load.

## Release notes

- Latest: 0.3.5, 2026-10-06. Security fixes from our own audit.
- Fixed in 0.3.5: An AI app could change a memory that was kept away from it. It can now change only the memories it's allowed to see.
- Fixed in 0.3.5: Zaaheen's log file could record words from your memories or your searches. It no longer does.
- Fixed in 0.3.5: The name an AI app gives itself when it saves a memory is now cleaned and shortened, and shown as not verified.
- Fixed in 0.3.5: Zaaheen now checks your plan with our server each time it starts and once a day, instead of relying on the record kept on your computer.
- Every release, newest first: https://zaaheen.com/docs/release-notes/.

## Cancelling

- In the app: Settings, then Account, then "Cancel subscription".
- On the website: https://account.zaaheen.com/account/ ("Account" at the top of zaaheen.com), then "Cancel subscription".
- From any device: the cancel link in any email from Paddle, the reseller.
- Cancelling stops the next renewal; access continues until the end of the time paid for.

## Company

- Zaaheen is the trading name of Zaaheen Artificial Intelligence Developing Services (Dubai trade licence 1651252).
- Support: customerservice@zaaheen.com. Coaching bookings: knowledgecentre@zaaheen.com.

## Pages

- [Zaaheen: one private memory for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor](https://zaaheen.com/): Zaaheen gives Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT and other AI apps one shared memory about you, encrypted on your own computer. For Windows and Mac, 30 days free.
- [Products: a private memory for your AI apps · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/products/): The products Zaaheen makes, starting with a private, encrypted memory that your AI assistants share on your own computer.
- [Help and guides for the memory app · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/docs/): Guides for Zaaheen products: connecting Claude, Cursor and other AI apps, keeping your data safe, and fixing common problems.
- [Knowledge Centre: AI coaching sessions · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/knowledge-centre/): Learn to work with AI properly: private 1-to-1 AI coaching sessions from Zaaheen, built around a real task and booked online.
- [Privacy Policy · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/privacy/): How Zaaheen handles your data: your memories stay encrypted on your own computer and never reach us. What your account holds, and your rights.
- [Terms of Service · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/terms/): The terms for using Zaaheen: your 30-day free trial, your subscription and how to cancel, and why your memories always stay yours, on your computer.
- [Refund Policy · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/refunds/): Zaaheen refunds your latest payment in full if you ask within 14 days of being charged, on the monthly or yearly plan. How to cancel and how to ask.
- [AI and Your Data · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/ai-and-your-data/): How Zaaheen uses AI: small models run on your own computer to find and tidy your memories. Nothing goes to an online AI, and nothing trains AI.
- [Security · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/security/): How Zaaheen protects your memories: encrypted on your computer, a key that never leaves it, sign-in in your browser, and a server that holds none of them.
- [Company Information · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/company/): Zaaheen is the trading name of Zaaheen Artificial Intelligence Developing Services, licensed in Dubai. Our licence details and how to contact us.
- [Open-source licences · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/licences/): Zaaheen includes open-source software and AI models used under their own licences, such as MIT and Apache 2.0. How we honour them and where to find the notices.
- [Coaching Terms · Zaaheen Knowledge Centre](https://zaaheen.com/knowledge-centre/terms/): The terms for booking private 1-to-1 AI coaching with Zaaheen: what a session is, paying, moving a session, refunds, your legal rights and how to complain.
- [Booking and Refund Policy · Zaaheen Knowledge Centre](https://zaaheen.com/knowledge-centre/booking-and-refunds/): How coaching bookings work: move your session free up to 24 hours before, no refund for a change of mind or a missed session, and when we always refund.
- [Contact the Knowledge Centre · Zaaheen Knowledge Centre](https://zaaheen.com/knowledge-centre/contact/): How to reach the Zaaheen Knowledge Centre about a coaching session or booking, and what to include so we can help the first time.
- [Coaching Privacy Notice · Zaaheen Knowledge Centre](https://zaaheen.com/knowledge-centre/privacy/): What Zaaheen collects when you book coaching, why, who helps us run it, how long we keep it, and your rights over your data.
- [Install and set up Zaaheen on Windows or Mac](https://zaaheen.com/docs/getting-started/): Install Zaaheen on Windows or Mac, create your account, choose where your memories live and connect your first AI app. Setting up takes about three minutes.
- [Connect Claude Desktop to Zaaheen: shared AI memory](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-claude/): Give the Claude app on your computer a private memory it shares with your other AI apps: one click in Zaaheen, then Install in Claude.
- [Connect Claude Code to Zaaheen: memory across sessions](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-claude-code/): Give Claude Code a memory your other AI apps share: run one command in a terminal, and Zaaheen is there in every Claude Code project.
- [Connect Cursor to Zaaheen: memory across sessions](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-cursor/): Give Cursor a memory that your other AI apps share: one click in Zaaheen, then Install in Cursor. How to check it worked, and the setting by hand.
- [Connect ChatGPT to Zaaheen: shared AI memory](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-chatgpt/): Connect the ChatGPT app for your computer to Zaaheen in Settings, Plugins, MCP, use it in a Work or Codex chat, and make ChatGPT check it.
- [Connect Codex to Zaaheen: shared AI memory](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-codex/): Give OpenAI's Codex a memory your other AI apps share: add Zaaheen's setting to config.toml, restart Codex, and check /mcp shows it connected.
- [Connect Antigravity to Zaaheen: shared AI memory](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-antigravity/): Give Google's Antigravity a memory your other AI apps share: paste Zaaheen's setting into mcp_config.json, restart, and check it shows connected.
- [Connect other AI apps to Zaaheen with MCP](https://zaaheen.com/docs/connect-other-apps/): Zaaheen works with any AI app that supports MCP. Which apps have their own guide, the setting to give any other app, and how to check it connected.
- [Zaaheen troubleshooting: fix common problems](https://zaaheen.com/docs/troubleshooting/): What to do when an AI app doesn't use your Zaaheen memory, isn't listed as connected, or ChatGPT can't see it, and how to send us a record.
- [Zaaheen release notes: what changed in each version](https://zaaheen.com/docs/release-notes/): What is new and what was fixed in each version of the Zaaheen memory app for Windows and Mac, newest first, and how to update to the latest version.
- [Contact us · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/docs/contact/): Where to find answers about the Zaaheen memory app, how to email us, and what to include so we can help the first time.
- [Pricing: $5 a month after 30 days free · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/pricing/): Zaaheen pricing: 30 days free with no card, then $5 a month or $48 a year. How Zaaheen compares with other AI memory tools and ChatGPT and Claude memory.
- [Learn: AI memory across Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/learn/): Plain answers about AI memory: how Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code and Cursor remember you, and how to keep one memory across all of them.
- [How to share memory between ChatGPT and Claude](https://zaaheen.com/learn/share-memory-between-chatgpt-and-claude/): ChatGPT and Claude each keep their own memory and can't read each other's. Three ways to carry what they know about you from one to the other.
- [Does Claude Code remember between sessions? · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/learn/does-claude-code-remember-between-sessions/): Yes, within one project on one computer. What CLAUDE.md and Claude Code's auto memory keep, what loads each session, and what they don't carry.
- [One memory across Claude Code, Cursor and Codex · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/learn/one-memory-across-claude-code-cursor-and-codex/): Claude Code, Cursor and Codex each keep their own memory. Share project rules with one AGENTS.md, and what's true about you with one shared memory.
- [AI memory tool or a notes file? An honest answer · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/learn/ai-memory-tool-or-notes-file/): For one project in one coding tool, CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md is often enough. When a notes file stops being enough, and how to use both.
- [Switch from ChatGPT to Claude without starting over · Zaaheen](https://zaaheen.com/learn/switch-from-chatgpt-to-claude/): Bring your ChatGPT memory, custom instructions and old chats to Claude: the steps, how long each takes, and how to never move them again.