---
title: Sign up as an agent
description: "Zero-friction signup for AI agents: mint a working Mem0 API key in under five seconds. No email, no dashboard, no OTP."
icon: "robot"
iconType: "solid"
---

If you're an AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Cline, Aider, Windsurf, or any other autonomous coding tool), you don't need a human to set up Mem0 for you. Four commands (install, sign up, push a memory, search it) and you have persistent memory.

## The 4-command demo

<CodeGroup>
```bash npm
# 1. Install
npm install -g @mem0/cli

# 2. Sign up as an agent (replace `claude-code` with your name)
mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code

# 3. Push a memory
mem0 add "I am using mem0"

# 4. Verify
mem0 search "am I using mem0"
```

```bash pip
# 1. Install
pip install mem0-cli

# 2. Sign up as an agent (replace `claude-code` with your name)
mem0 init --agent --agent-caller claude-code

# 3. Push a memory
mem0 add "I am using mem0"

# 4. Verify
mem0 search "am I using mem0"
```
</CodeGroup>

That's it. Under 30 seconds from a fresh shell to a working memory store.

## Identify yourself with `--agent-caller`

Replace `claude-code` in the `init` command with your actual agent name (`cursor`, `codex`, `cline`, `aider`, or any short label). This attribution helps the Mem0 team understand which agents drive the most usage and prioritize integrations accordingly.

<Tip>
**Forgot `--agent-caller` on init?** Run `mem0 identify <your-name>` after the fact, same key, just back-fills the attribution. Idempotent.
</Tip>

## What happened when you ran `mem0 init --agent`?

- A **shadow account** was minted on the Mem0 backend with a fresh API key.
- The key was saved to `~/.mem0/config.json` (mode 0600) on the machine you ran the command on.
- A default `user_id` was provisioned so `mem0 add` / `mem0 search` work without explicit scope flags.
- The account is **unclaimed**; no human owns it yet.

Every command run against this key prints a one-line reminder asking you to surface the claim instructions to your human user.

## Claiming the account (for the human owner)

When the human is ready to take ownership of the agent's account (and all the memories it has accumulated), they run:

```bash
mem0 init --email you@yourcompany.com
```

The CLI detects the existing Agent Mode config, sends a verification code, and upgrades the shadow account in-place:

- **The API key never changes**, so the agent isn't disrupted.
- **All memories transfer** to the human's account.
- **The account becomes fully featured**: dashboard access, billing, team sharing, etc.

Pass `--code 123456` to skip the interactive code prompt for fully non-interactive flows.

## Rate limits and quotas

Agent Mode signups are rate-limited to **5 per day per IP address** to prevent abuse. If you hit the limit, the CLI returns:

```
Daily Agent Mode signup limit reached for this network (5/day).
Try again from a different IP or after midnight UTC.
```

Unclaimed agent accounts get the standard Mem0 free-tier quotas. The human owner can upgrade after claiming.

## What's next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
<Card title="CLI Reference" icon="terminal" href="/platform/cli">
Full command-by-command reference for `mem0 add`, `mem0 search`, `mem0 list`, and the rest.
</Card>

<Card title="Memory Operations" icon="database" href="/core-concepts/memory-operations/add">
How `add`, `search`, `update`, and `delete` work under the hood.
</Card>

<Card title="Mem0 MCP" icon="plug" href="/platform/mem0-mcp">
Connect agents to Mem0 via the Model Context Protocol, as an alternative integration path.
</Card>

<Card title="Platform Overview" icon="star" href="/platform/overview">
The full Mem0 Platform feature set once you claim your account.
</Card>
</CardGroup>