PowerMem

This file is a prompt for Claude Code. Open Claude Code in your terminal and say:

Read and follow apps/claude-code-plugin/UNINSTALL.md to remove PowerMem from Claude Code.

It reverses everything SETUP.md did: it unregisters the plugin/MCP server, removes the staged marketplace copy (~/.claude/marketplaces/powermem), stops the PowerMem API server, cleans up legacy package installs when present, and (with my confirmation) cleans up build artifacts and stored data.

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Remove the PowerMem Claude Code integration from this machine. Do it autonomously.

This procedure is idempotent and re-runnable: running it any number of times is safe, including on a machine where PowerMem is only partially installed or already fully gone. Treat every "not found / not installed / already removed / port already free" condition as SUCCESS — append || true (or equivalent) to each command so no such case aborts the run. A clean machine must produce all-"already absent" results and still finish at exit 0. Report what was actually removed vs. already absent.

Do NOT delete my LLM API key, my .env, or my stored memories without explicit confirmation — those steps are gated below.

1. DETECT CONTEXT. The current directory is the PowerMem source tree if a pyproject.toml here has name = "powermem" (or src/powermem/ and apps/claude-code-plugin/ both exist). Tell me which path applies:

   • SOURCE -> global plugin install (HTTP hooks) was used.
   • PYPI/MCP -> the powermem-mcp server (MCP) was used. If unsure, check both: claude plugin list (look for memory-powermem@powermem) and claude mcp list (look for powermem). If NEITHER is present, PowerMem is already unregistered — say so, then still run the remaining steps (they will all be harmless no-ops) and go straight to SUMMARIZE.

2. STOP THE API SERVER (idempotent). Prefer the Makefile target in the source tree (it already exits 0 when nothing is running): make server-stop 2>/dev/null || true If that target is unavailable or the server was started another way, fall back to a port-based stop (default port 8848). The trailing ; true keeps it green when the port is already free: PID=$(lsof -t -i:8848 2>/dev/null); [ -n "$PID" ] && { kill "$PID" 2>/dev/null; sleep 2; kill -9 "$PID" 2>/dev/null; }; true Then confirm nothing answers (either branch is fine, never errors): curl -s -m 3 http://localhost:8848/api/v1/system/health >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "still up" || echo "server down" Also remove stale PID files if present: rm -f ~/.powermem/powermem.pid ~/.powermem/server.pid .server.pid 2>/dev/null || true

3a. SOURCE path — remove the global plugin + marketplace (idempotent): - Disable then uninstall the plugin (skip silently if not installed): claude plugin disable memory-powermem@powermem 2>/dev/null || true claude plugin uninstall memory-powermem@powermem 2>/dev/null || true - Remove the marketplace registration (skip silently if not present): claude plugin marketplace remove powermem 2>/dev/null || true - Remove the staged marketplace copy created by SETUP's STAGE step (rm -rf never errors when the dir is already gone). This is plugin build output, not user data: rm -rf "$HOME/.claude/marketplaces/powermem" 2>/dev/null || true - Verify it is gone: claude plugin list must not show memory-powermem, and ~/.claude/settings.json enabledPlugins must not contain "memory-powermem@powermem". If a stale enabledPlugins entry remains, remove just that key (leave my other plugins untouched).

3b. PYPI/MCP path — remove the MCP server registration (idempotent): claude mcp remove powermem 2>/dev/null || true Verify claude mcp list no longer lists powermem.

4. REMOVE LEGACY PYTHON PACKAGE INSTALLS (idempotent). Marketplace init starts the backend with uvx --from and does not install powermem into a plugin venv. If this machine previously used a source, MCP, or legacy venv install, uninstall that package from the environment used for setup. Skip quietly if not installed: [ -n "{VIRTUAL_ENV:-}" ] && uv pip uninstall --python "VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/python" powermem 2>/dev/null || true pip uninstall -y powermem 2>/dev/null || true # legacy installs Verify legacy installs are gone: python -c "import powermem" should fail in the current environment, and which powermem-server should return nothing unless it is intentionally provided by another environment.

5. OPTIONAL CLEANUP — ask me before each of these; they are not required to disable the integration, and some destroy data:

   • Build artifacts (SOURCE): delete the compiled hook binaries (rm -rf never errors when the dir is already gone): rm -rf apps/claude-code-plugin/hooks/bin (You may also restore the committed default if it drifted: git checkout -- apps/claude-code-plugin/.mcp.json 2>/dev/null || true)
   • Stored memories (DESTRUCTIVE — this erases all my saved memories): the default embedded seekdb/OceanBase storage mode uses ./seekdb_data/ (or the path in my .env). SQLite storage mode uses ./sqlite_data/ only if explicitly configured. Only delete it if I explicitly say so.
   • Secrets: do NOT touch my .env unless I explicitly ask. If I do, redact the key in any output.

6. SUMMARIZE: which path applied, what was removed vs. already absent, confirmation that the server is stopped and the plugin/MCP server is no longer registered, and list anything left in place by design (e.g. .env, sqlite_data/, seekdb_data/, the powermem package) so I know what — if anything — to clean up manually.

For the install procedure, see SETUP.md. For the full manual reference, see ../../docs/integrations/claude_code.md