AI Chatbot with Memory (OpenAI + Next.js)

A working AI chatbot that remembers users across sessions. OpenAI GPT-4o + persistent memory. Clone and deploy in 5 minutes.

👉 Want to add memory to your own app? See CLAIV Memory — the memory API powering this chatbot.

Without memory:

User:  My name is Alex and I run a fitness business.
...next session...
AI:    How can I help you today?

With memory:

AI:    How is your fitness business going, Alex?

This is a full, working chatbot that remembers users using CLAIV Memory — not chat history, not a vector database, but structured persistent memory that works across sessions.

What makes this different from other chatbot starters

Most chatbot starters use chat history or session state. That means:

• The AI forgets everything when the session ends
• Long conversations hit token limits and get truncated
• Users have to repeat themselves

This chatbot uses persistent memory:

• Facts are extracted and stored after each turn
• Memory survives across sessions, devices, and restarts
• Only relevant context is injected — no token waste

Quickstart

git clone https://github.com/Claiv-Memory/ai-chatbot-with-memory
cd ai-chatbot-with-memory
npm install
cp .env.example .env.local
npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000.

Environment variables

OPENAI_API_KEY=   # from platform.openai.com
CLAIV_API_KEY=    # from claiv.io

How the memory works

User sends message
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GET /api/chat
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claiv.recall() — fetch what CLAIV knows about this user
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Inject memory.llm_context.text into system prompt
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OpenAI GPT-4o streams the response
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claiv.ingest() — store both turns for next time

The key file is src/app/api/chat/route.ts — under 40 lines.

Stack

• Next.js 14 — React framework
• Vercel AI SDK — streaming UI
• OpenAI GPT-4o — language model
• CLAIV Memory — persistent memory layer

Deploy

One click with Vercel:

Set OPENAI_API_KEY and CLAIV_API_KEY in the Vercel dashboard.

Want to add document memory?

See template-document-rag-nextjs — adds drag-and-drop document upload so your AI can answer questions about uploaded files.

More templates

• template-openai-nodejs — plain Node.js
• template-openai-python — Python
• template-langchain — LangChain
• claiv-memory — all examples

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