AI Memory Reader — Native macOS & iOS viewer for CLAUDE.md (plus a /aimr slash command plugin)

[nvwalj]

Hi everyone 👋

Sharing a small native macOS / iOS tool I built that complements Claude Code workflows: AI Memory Reader — for browsing CLAUDE.md and other AI agent memory files.

What it does

A SwiftUI app that auto-detects memory directories from many AI tools (Claude Code, OpenClaw, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Continue, Aider, GitHub Copilot) and renders the files with GitHub-style markdown. It has:

• 🌳 Sidebar file tree + right-side TOC
• 🔍 In-page find (⌘F) with character-level highlighting
• ✏️ Edit mode (⌘E) with syntax highlighting and auto-save
• 🔌 URL scheme aimemoryreader://open?path=...&heading=... for agent integration
• 🖥️ CLI tool aimr for opening files from the command line
• 📱 iPhone read-only companion with Files-app integration

Why I built it

I'm using Claude Code daily and my ~/.claude/CLAUDE.md and project-level CLAUDE.md files have grown into a real "second brain." I was opening them in TextEdit just to read — felt wrong for content I rely on every session.

Companion plugin

I also drafted a small Claude Code plugin that adds a /aimr slash command (opens a file in AI Memory Reader from inside Claude Code via the URL scheme). I submitted a PR to anthropics/claude-plugins-official but it's bot-redirected to the submission form — going through that process too.

Try it

• GitHub: https://github.com/nvwalj/ai-memory-reader
• Direct .zip (universal binary): https://github.com/nvwalj/ai-memory-reader/releases/tag/v0.4.0
• Landing page with screenshots: https://nvwalj.github.io/ai-memory-reader/
• Long-form guide on Claude Code memory file structure: https://nvwalj.github.io/ai-memory-reader/claude-code-memory-guide.html

GPL-3.0, free. macOS 15+ / iOS 17+. Universal binary (Apple Silicon + Intel).

Feedback / requests / contributions welcome! Particularly curious which other AI tools you'd want supported — Claude Desktop and Cline are next on my list.

Disclosure: I'm the author. Sharing in Show and tell per category guidelines.