Memory Interchange Format (MIF)

A vendor-neutral JSON schema for portable AI agent memories.

The Problem

AI memory is becoming standard infrastructure — but every system stores it differently. Switching providers means losing months of accumulated context. Memory servers can’t compose. There’s no vCard for AI memories.

The Solution

MIF defines a minimal, extensible JSON envelope for memories and optional knowledge graph data. Export from any system, import into any other.

{
  "mif_version": "2.0",
  "memories": [
    {
      "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      "content": "User prefers dark mode across all applications",
      "memory_type": "observation",
      "created_at": "2026-01-15T10:30:00Z",
      "tags": ["preferences", "ui"]
    }
  ]
}

Quick Start

Python

pip install mif-tools

from mif import load, dump, convert

# Auto-detect format and convert to MIF
doc = load(open("memories.json").read())

# Convert between formats
result = convert(data, from_format="mem0", to_format="shodh")

npm

npm install @varunshodh/mif-tools

import { load, dump, convert } from "@varunshodh/mif-tools";

const doc = load(fs.readFileSync("memories.json", "utf-8"));
const result = convert(data, { fromFormat: "mem0", toFormat: "shodh" });

CLI

mif convert export.json --from mem0 --to shodh -o memories.mif.json
mif validate memories.mif.json
mif inspect memories.json
mif formats

Supported Formats

Format	ID	Description
MIF / Shodh	`shodh`	Native MIF v2 JSON (+ v1 backward compat)
mem0	`mem0`	mem0 JSON array format
CrewAI	`crewai`	CrewAI LTMSQLiteStorage export
LangChain	`langchain`	LangChain/LangMem Item format
Generic JSON	`generic`	Any JSON array with `content` field
Markdown	`markdown`	YAML frontmatter + body