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Cognitive infrastructure for AI systems

Getting Started

Quick Start
Install ACE and create your first memory in 5 minutes
Install → Login → Configure database → Start server
Core Concepts
Learn about entity types, namespaces, and the knowledge graph
10 entity types • Namespaces • Permissions • Relationships
API Keys & BYOK
Configure AI providers for semantic search and Plans
OpenAI • Anthropic • Google • Encrypted at rest
CLI Reference
Complete reference for all ACE CLI commands
start • stop • login • config • migrate • mcp

Connect Your AI Tools

Choose your integration method based on your tool's capabilities

RECOMMENDED
MCP Integration
Native protocol for MCP-compatible AI tools

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) provides native integration with 56 tools, 9 resources, and 6 prompts. Your AI tool calls ACE functions directly.

Best for:

  • • Claude Desktop, Claude Code
  • • Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code
  • • ChatGPT Codex CLI, Gemini CLI
  • • Any MCP-compatible tool
ALTERNATIVE
REST API Integration
Direct HTTP calls for any tool or custom applications

Use curl/HTTP requests to access the full REST API. Works with any tool that can execute bash commands or make HTTP requests.

Best for:

  • • Tools without MCP support
  • • Custom integrations & scripts
  • • Web applications & backends
  • • Any HTTP-capable client

MCP Setup Guides

Step-by-step configuration for popular AI tools

Claude Desktop

Anthropic's desktop app

Claude Code

Anthropic's CLI agent

Cursor

AI-first code editor

Windsurf

Codeium's AI IDE

VS Code

Copilot & Continue

ChatGPT

OpenAI's Codex CLI

Gemini

Google's CLI tools

Other Tools

Generic MCP setup

REST API Guides

For tools without MCP support or custom integrations

ChatGPT via REST
Direct API calls from ChatGPT web interface

Use curl commands to integrate ACE when MCP isn't available. Works with Custom GPTs and the web interface.

Claude via REST
Direct API calls with session tracking hooks

Includes automatic session tracking with PreCompact hooks for Claude Code CLI users.

Gemini via REST
Direct API calls from AI Studio or web

Connect Gemini AI Studio or any Gemini integration using HTTP requests.

How-To Guides

Step-by-step guides for common tasks

Connect Dashboard

Link the web dashboard to your ACE server

Deploy ACE

Local, Docker, and cloud deployment options

Configure AI Providers

Set up OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google API keys

Teams & Collaboration

Invite members, manage roles, share namespaces

Enterprise Setup

SSO, audit logging, data sovereignty, and SLAs

Key Features

Plans
Generate complete project knowledge bases

AI generates decisions, architecture, issues, patterns, and relationships in one atomic operation.

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Knowledge Graph
Visualize relationships between entities

Connect entities with 15 relationship types. Interactive visualization shows how everything relates.

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ACE Observer
AI monitoring AI - 2-way journey

Catches errors, conflicts, and missed context in real-time. Your project memory becomes AI guardrails.

Learn more
ACE Passport
AI-native authentication that never expires

Device-bound cryptographic identity. No more token expiry, config sync issues, or re-authentication.

Learn more

Advanced Features

Deep dives into ACE's advanced capabilities

Agentic Intelligence

10 autonomous agents with LLM-powered observe/reason/act/reflect

Session Intelligence

Pre-session briefings, post-session capture, and the intelligence loop

Local AI
Free

Run agents locally via Ollama — zero cost, zero config, fully private

AI Genome Lab

Behavioral evolution — 8 traits that evolve through every interaction

Hybrid Search

Semantic + graph proximity for context-aware results

Episodes

Group entities into sprints, sessions, or deployments

Custom Entity Types

Extend ACE with your own types and JSON Schema validation

How-To Guides

Step-by-step guides for agents, genome evolution, and how they work together

Agent Management

Configure, trigger, monitor, and audit all 10 agents

Genome Lab

Express, evolve, fork, consolidate, and transfer behavioral DNA

Agents + Genome

How agents and genomes work together — the full evolution picture

Developer Tools

MCP Tools Reference

All 56 MCP tools with params, examples & workflows

REST API Reference

Full CRUD for all entity types with curl examples

CLI Reference

Complete reference for all ace CLI commands

Pricing

Starter
£14.99/month
• 3 namespaces, 5,000 memories
• 3,500 API calls/week
Pro
£39.99/month
• 10 members, unlimited
• 20,000 API calls/week
Founder
£499 lifetime
• 25 members, 25,000 API calls/week
• Lifetime Pro+ access, limited to 100 spots
Enterprise
Contact us
• Unlimited everything
• Dedicated support & SLA
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Architecture: Hybrid Cloud
Cloud dashboard + Self-hosted data = Complete privacy

Cloud Dashboard (We Host)

ace3-ai.com/dashboard

  • • User authentication
  • • Team management
  • • Subscription billing

ACE Server (You Host)

localhost:7777 or your infrastructure

  • • All memory data
  • • PostgreSQL database
  • • 100% private

Your Data Never Leaves Your Infrastructure

All memories, conversations, and context stay on your machine. The cloud dashboard handles auth only.

10 Entity Types
Structured memory for AI systems

All 20 ACE Operations

ACE provides 20 powerful tools for AI memory management. Click any operation to see examples:

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Additional Resources

Why ACE?

Why persistent, structured memory matters for AI

All Features

Complete feature overview with demos

Support

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