curl --request POST \
  --url http://api.mem.ai/v2/mem-it \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "input": "<string>",
  "instructions": "<string>",
  "timestamp": "2025-04-01T14:30:45Z",
  "source_title": "<string>",
  "source_url": "<string>",
}'

​
POST https://api.mem.ai/v2/mem-it

curl --request POST \
  --url http://api.mem.ai/v2/mem-it \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "input": "<string>",
  "instructions": "<string>",
  "timestamp": "2025-04-01T14:30:45Z",
  "source_title": "<string>",
  "source_url": "<string>",
}'
​
input
string
required

String—of literally any format—representing the thing you want to rememeber.

For example, you could send the HTML of an entire website to Mem, like this recipe you come across:

HTML Content from AllRecipes.com

<!DOCTYPE html>
...
<title>This 2-Ingredient Puff Pastry Appetizer Is Seriously Show-Stopping</title>
<meta name="description" content="Using store-bought puff pastry as a shortcut, you can make the most impressive appetizer with just two ingredients. Here&#39;s how to make the show-stopping French appetizer, Tarte de Soleil." itemprop="description">
...

Or, you could send a meeting transcript:

Meeting Transcript
[08:47:19] Kevin Moody: Hello.
[08:47:20] Katie Yoon: Doing good.
[08:47:22] Kevin Moody: How are you?
[08:47:23] Katie Yoon: Good.
[08:47:23] Katie Yoon: How's your weekend?
[08:47:25] Kevin Moody: Pretty good, actually.
[08:47:26] Kevin Moody: Went up to Napa for my friend's 30th birthday.
[08:47:29] Kevin Moody: It was like a board game retreat, so got to play some good board games.
[08:47:34] Kevin Moody: How about you?
[08:47:35] Katie Yoon: That sounds lovely.
[08:47:36] Katie Yoon: Yeah, I also just walked in some parks.
[08:47:40] Katie Yoon: I'm in SF and so went to Alma Square and I caught up with some friends.
[08:47:44] Katie Yoon: The weather was really nice, but Napa sounds lovely.
...

Or, you could send a single one-liner of a recommendation you want to rememember to read:

Plain Text Recommendation
the three body problem
book rec from Scott
​
instructions
string

By default, Mem will look at your input and determine what to do with it based on what other content you already have in Mem.

However, you can optionally provide Mem instructions on how you’d like Mem to interpret or handle the input you provide.

For example, continuing off the the examples above, you might provide the following instructions per input:

Example Input FormatExample Instructions
HTML Content from AllRecipes.comSave this as a recipe note with just a title, ingredients, and instructions.
Meeting Transcript1. Create a summary note of the meeting with a tl;dr and key points 2. Update my running project docs with all key updates from the meeting
Plain Text RecommendationSave the recommendation to one of my restaurants, reading, movies, or tv show lists. Make sure to pull in the genre/author/director/etc from the internet.
​
timestamp
string in ISO 8601 datetime format

If provided, this informs Mem of the date and time at which the input “occured”. This is used as context for creation and organization of content.

For example, if you’re memming a meeting transcript, you may choose to provide the timestamp of when the meeting occured.

If this isn’t provided, the current date and time be used.

​
source_title
string

A title for the source that’ll be rendered in the UI to represent the original input that any created notes or edited notes were derived from.

For example

Example Input Formatsource_title
HTML Content from AllRecipes.comThis 2-Ingredient Puff Pastry Appetizer Is Seriously Show-Stopping
Meeting TranscriptMeeting Transcript: Kevin Moody and Katie Yoon
Plain Text Recommendationn/a, you wouldn’t have a source title in this case
​
source_url
string

The URL of the source you obtained the input information from.

For example:

Example Input Formatsource_url
HTML Content from AllRecipes.comhttps://www.allrecipes.com/2-ingredient-puff-pastry-tarte-de-soleil-7552499
Meeting Transcriptn/a, you wouldn’t have a source URL in this case
Plain Text Recommendationn/a, you wouldn’t have a source URL in this case