> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://nmem.guoxudong.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Nowledge Mem Essentials

> Start with your first memory and complete your first Capture to Recall loop.

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  <span><Icon icon="user-round" /> Beginner</span>
  <span><Icon icon="book-open" /> 6 lessons</span>
  <span><Icon icon="clock-3" /> \~20 min</span>
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<p className="course-intro">Start with your first memory, see how information gets recalled, and let different AIs use the context you've built up.</p>

<a className="course-cta" href="/essentials/first-memory">Start lesson 1 <span aria-hidden="true">→</span></a>

## What you'll go through

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    <span className="learning-stage-title">Capture</span>
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    <span className="learning-stage-title">Recall</span>
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    <span className="learning-stage-title">Connect</span>
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    <span className="learning-stage-title">Reuse</span>
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## Course path

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  <a className="course-card course-card-featured" href="/essentials/first-memory">
    <span className="course-card-index">01</span>
    <h3>Save your first memory</h3>
    <p>Leave one real thing in Mem that's worth using again later.</p>
    <div className="course-card-footer"><span>\~3 min</span><span className="course-card-action">Available →</span></div>
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  <a className="course-card course-card-featured" href="/essentials/recall-memory">
    <span className="course-card-index">02</span>
    <h3>Bring it back</h3>
    <p>Don't scroll through your notes. Ask Mem directly and see if it finds what you saved.</p>
    <div className="course-card-footer"><span>\~3 min</span><span className="course-card-action">Available →</span></div>
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  <a className="course-card course-card-featured" href="/essentials/add-a-document">
    <span className="course-card-index">03</span>
    <h3>Add a real document</h3>
    <p>Make a PDF, document, or URL part of your long-term knowledge.</p>
    <div className="course-card-footer"><span>\~4 min</span><span className="course-card-action">Available →</span></div>
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  <a className="course-card course-card-featured" href="/essentials/save-ai-conversation">
    <span className="course-card-index">04</span>
    <h3>Save an AI conversation</h3>
    <p>Keep a genuinely valuable AI conversation.</p>
    <div className="course-card-footer"><span>\~4 min</span><span className="course-card-action">Available →</span></div>
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  <a className="course-card course-card-featured" href="/essentials/connect-your-ai">
    <span className="course-card-index">05</span>
    <h3>Connect your AI</h3>
    <p>Let Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, or other tools access Mem.</p>
    <div className="course-card-footer"><span>\~5 min</span><span className="course-card-action">Available →</span></div>
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  <a className="course-card course-card-featured" href="/essentials/stop-re-explaining">
    <span className="course-card-index">06</span>
    <h3>Stop re-explaining</h3>
    <p>Let another AI find past decisions and continue from there.</p>
    <div className="course-card-footer"><span>\~5 min</span><span className="course-card-action">Available →</span></div>
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