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Try itExperimental

See what an agent can do with Airweave before you ever sign up. Pick a story: recorded sessions replay real probe-harness transcripts; commands tagged live-capable can re-run against the real endpoint from our edge, right now (▶ run live — the exact same request, live and recorded lines always labeled); sandboxed self-drive sessions are designed and gated (docs/TRY-IT.md).

$curl -s https://docs.airweave.ai/quickstart.md | head -6recorded session — replayed, not live
recorded 2026-09-10 · exit 0 · captured verbatim by our probe harness, secrets redacted · pure-HTTP probe — ▶ run live re-runs it from our edge

Verified integrations

No integration evidence found in our corpus for this product yet — that means none was found, never that it doesn’t integrate.

By theme — the product's score on each story themeBy theme

Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticnessevidence →

How well agents can access and operate the product

46.0/100

Automation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depthevidence →

How much of the product can run unattended

19.7/100

Data lifecycle — stories about data lifecycle in this arenaData lifecycleevidence →

Stories about data lifecycle in this arena

0.0/100

Deployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self hostevidence →

Stories about deployment self host in this arena

66.0/100

Graph entity memory — stories about graph entity memory in this arenaGraph entity memoryevidence →

Stories about graph entity memory in this arena

0.0/100

Memory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall qualityevidence →

Stories about memory recall quality in this arena

4.0/100

Openness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpennessevidence →

Open source, data portability, and self-hosting stories

44.4/100

Pricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plansevidence →

Plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocks

0.0/100

Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy postureevidence →

Data-handling and privacy stories

0.0/100

Retrieval performance — stories about retrieval performance in this arenaRetrieval performanceevidence →

Stories about retrieval performance in this arena

24.0/100

Sdk integrations — stories about sdk integrations in this arenaSdk integrationsevidence →

Stories about sdk integrations in this arena

28.0/100

Session context — stories about session context in this arenaSession contextevidence →

Stories about session context in this arena

32.0/100

Tenancy permissions — stories about tenancy permissions in this arenaTenancy permissionsevidence →

Stories about tenancy permissions in this arena

0.0/100

Story verdicts — every judged story with its evidenceStory verdicts

What’s free: 4 free · 0 paid · 0 enterprise · 18 not stated in evidence

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Sorted by importance (agentic first) (high → low) · 57/57 stories · click a row’s chevron for the rationale and evidence

Connect an agent via an official MCP server G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Drive the product through a documented public API G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3full8/10T

Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3none0/10

Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness3n/auntestednone yet

Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent) G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full9/10T

Operate the product with natural-language commands G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Subscribe to events via webhooks G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10C

Use an official CLI G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2full8/10T

Run the product headlessly / in CI for automation G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partialfree7/10T

Build against official SDKs G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial6/10T

Set up automations that run autonomously in the background G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial5/10C

Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examples G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2partial4/10T

Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product G

Agentic features

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policy G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2none0/10

Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent G

Agent access

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness2noneuntestednone yet

Test against a sandbox environment without touching production data G

Api quality

ai-native userAgenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productAgenticness1noneuntestednone yet

Self-host the core product G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3fullfree8/10C

Self-host the memory layer from open-source code (e.g. via Docker) on infrastructure I control C

Self host

platform-engineerDeployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self host3fullfree8/10C

Export all of my data in open formats and leave G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness3partial4/10T

Define rules that trigger actions automatically on events G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth3partial3/10C

Add memories from conversations and retrieve them later with semantic search, so context persists across sessions C

Core memory

developerMemory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall quality3none0/10

My agent can manage its own memory mid-conversation — adding, searching, updating, and deleting memories through tools or API calls it invokes itself C

Agent memory

ai-native userMemory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall quality3none0/10

Scope memories per user, agent, or application so one tenant's memories never leak into another's retrieval C

Isolation

developerTenancy permissions — stories about tenancy permissions in this arenaTenancy permissions3none0/10

Store memories as a knowledge graph of entities and relationships so multi-hop and entity-centric questions are answerable C

Knowledge graph

ml-engineerGraph entity memory — stories about graph entity memory in this arenaGraph entity memory3none0/10

Get summaries of past sessions or threads so an agent can pick up where the last conversation left off C

Context assembly

developerSession context — stories about session context in this arenaSession context3n/auntestednone yet

Prevent my data from being used to train AI models G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture3noneuntestednone yet

Connect off-the-shelf assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor) to the same memory so every tool I use shares what it knows about me C

Agent memory

ai-native userSdk integrations — stories about sdk integrations in this arenaSdk integrations2full8/10T

Ingest documents, JSON, and business data into memory — not just chat transcripts C

Ingestion

developerSession context — stories about session context in this arenaSession context2full8/10X

Do everything through the API that I can do in the UI G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partial6/10T

Ingest at scale with async or batch processing and check the status of background memory operations C

Scale

platform-engineerRetrieval performance — stories about retrieval performance in this arenaRetrieval performance2partial5/10C

Read the product's source under an open license G

ai-native userOpenness — open source, data portability, and self-hosting storiesOpenness2partialfree5/10C

Perform bulk operations across many items at once G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial4/10C

Steer retrieval with metadata filters, keyword/hybrid search modes, or reranking instead of accepting a single fixed similarity search C

Retrieval controls

developerMemory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall quality2partial4/10C

Drop the memory layer into agent frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or the Vercel AI SDK via documented first-party integrations C

Frameworks

developerSdk integrations — stories about sdk integrations in this arenaSdk integrations2partial3/10C

Schedule recurring jobs or workflows G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth2partial3/10C

See documented retrieval-latency targets or measured numbers (e.g. p50/p95) backing the product's speed claims C

Latency

platform-engineerRetrieval performance — stories about retrieval performance in this arenaRetrieval performance2partial3/10C

Export memories in a machine-readable format so the memory store is portable and not a lock-in trap C

Portability

platform-engineerData lifecycle — stories about data lifecycle in this arenaData lifecycle2none0/10

Rely on the memory layer to update, supersede, or merge memories when new information contradicts what was stored C

Core memory

developerMemory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall quality2none0/10

Retrieve a token-budgeted, prompt-ready context block assembled from relevant memories in one call C

Context assembly

developerSession context — stories about session context in this arenaSession context2none0/10

See published memory-quality benchmark results (e.g. LongMemEval, LoCoMo) backing the product's recall-accuracy claims C

Benchmarks

ml-engineerMemory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall quality2none0/10

See published pricing with a free tier and per-unit rates so I can project memory costs before committing G

Pricing

platform-engineerPricing plans — plan structure and value — what each tier costs and what it unlocksPricing plans2none0/10

Build against official SDKs in at least Python and TypeScript with equivalent memory APIs C

Sdks

developerSdk integrations — stories about sdk integrations in this arenaSdk integrations2noneuntestednone yet

Choose where my data is stored (region/residency) G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Control data retention and deletion G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

Delete a user's memories on demand — single memory, per-entity, or full erasure — to satisfy privacy requirements C

Forgetting

platform-engineerData lifecycle — stories about data lifecycle in this arenaData lifecycle2noneuntestednone yet

Govern who and what can read or write memory with roles, policies, or access-control lists, and audit that access C

Governance

platform-engineerTenancy permissions — stories about tenancy permissions in this arenaTenancy permissions2noneuntestednone yet

Make memories expire or decay — via TTL, expiration dates, or recency weighting — so stale facts stop surfacing C

Forgetting

developerData lifecycle — stories about data lifecycle in this arenaData lifecycle2noneuntestednone yet

Opt out of telemetry and usage tracking G

ai-native userPrivacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrivacy posture2noneuntestednone yet

The memory layer decides for itself what is worth remembering — extracting salient facts from raw conversation and consolidating them in the background C

Agent memory

ai-native userMemory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMemory recall quality2n/auntestednone yet

Track when facts became valid or invalid (temporal reasoning) so the memory distinguishes current from outdated information C

Knowledge graph

ml-engineerGraph entity memory — stories about graph entity memory in this arenaGraph entity memory2noneuntestednone yet

Run the memory layer fully locally — embedded in-process or against local models — without any cloud dependency C

Self host

developerDeployment self host — stories about deployment self host in this arenaDeployment self host1partial4/10C

Customize the memory schema — entity types, edge types, or ontology — to match my domain C

Schema customization

ml-engineerGraph entity memory — stories about graph entity memory in this arenaGraph entity memory1none0/10

Store images, PDFs, or other files as memory inputs and recall information from them later C

Ingestion

developerSession context — stories about session context in this arenaSession context1none0/10

Wire memory into real-time voice pipelines (e.g. LiveKit, Pipecat, ElevenLabs) with documented integrations fast enough for live conversation C

Frameworks

developerSdk integrations — stories about sdk integrations in this arenaSdk integrations1none0/10

Share selected memory across multiple agents or users (team or group memory) while keeping private memory private C

Sharing

developerTenancy permissions — stories about tenancy permissions in this arenaTenancy permissions1noneuntestednone yet

Version, review, and roll back my automations G

ai-native userAutomation depth — how much of the product can run unattendedAutomation depth1n/auntestednone yet

Opportunities — the stories that would move this product's scores, from its own judged verdictsOpportunitiestop 8 of 42 stories with headroom

What would move Airweave’s scores — derived from its own judged verdicts, biggest headroom first. Each line quotes what the judge found missing; shipping it (or evidencing it publicly) is the fix.

  1. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productPlug MCP servers into this product so it can use their tools

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 45

    Airweave documents itself as an MCP *server* that lets external AI assistants query its data (airweave-docs-5, airweave-probe-3), and its integrations (auth-providers, connectors) are proprietary, not MCP-based consumption of external servers.

  2. Memory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaMy agent can manage its own memory mid-conversation — adding, searching, updating, and deleting memories through tools or API calls it invokes itself

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Airweave's documented capability is agentic *search* over synced external data sources (docs-4, docs-5, docs-17) and syncing/connecting data, not an agent-writable memory store.

  3. Graph entity memory — stories about graph entity memory in this arenaStore memories as a knowledge graph of entities and relationships so multi-hop and entity-centric questions are answerable

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Airweave's docs describe vector search and an agent that can 'navigate entity hierarchies (parent/child/sibling)', but this is document/entity hierarchy navigation within a RAG pipeline, not a knowledge graph of entities and relationships designed for multi-hop, entity-centric reasoning.

  4. Memory recall quality — stories about memory recall quality in this arenaAdd memories from conversations and retrieve them later with semantic search, so context persists across sessions

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Missing: an add-memory/write API for conversational turns, evidence of session-scoped recall, and any first-party or community confirmation of using Airweave as a conversation memory layer.

  5. Tenancy permissions — stories about tenancy permissions in this arenaScope memories per user, agent, or application so one tenant's memories never leak into another's retrieval

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    Airweave's docs describe collections, source connections, and organizations as organizational units, but nothing in the evidence pack describes per-user/agent/application scoping guarantees or tenant-isolation enforcement in retrieval.

  6. Privacy posture — data-handling and privacy storiesPrevent my data from being used to train AI models

    nonemoves PA Scoreimpact 30

    No evidence in the pack addresses AI-model training data usage policies, opt-out mechanisms, or data-retention/training guarantees for Airweave; the docs focus on data syncing, search, and integrations but never mention training-data controls.

  7. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productGet AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the product

    nonemoves Built-in AIimpact 30

    Missing: any proactive insight-generation capability, any UI or output described as 'suggestions' rather than query-driven retrieval.

  8. Agenticness — how well agents can access and operate the productIssue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agent

    nonemoves agent-readyimpact 30

    Missing: any documentation of scoped API key creation, permission/role-based credential issuance, or least-privilege agent access controls.

Showing the top 8 of 42 — every none/partial verdict in the story verdicts table is headroom.

Think a verdict is wrong? Every verdicts-table row has a Flag link — see the methodology.

Coverage map — which docs area, API section, or community source covers which judged storiesCoverage map12 surfaces · 26 covered stories

Where the cited evidence behind each covered verdict came from — the same citations the verdicts table shows, no extra judging.

Probe proofs — replayable recordings from the probe harnessProbe proofs

Replayable recordings from our probe harness — see the Prove-It protocol to submit one.

$curl -s https://docs.airweave.ai/quickstart.md | head -6reproduced
$ curl -s https://docs.airweave.ai/quickstart.md | head -6
> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL.
> For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.airweave.ai/llms.txt.
> For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://docs.airweave.ai/_mcp/server.

# Quickstart
$curl -s https://docs.airweave.ai/llms.txt | head -6reproduced
$ curl -s https://docs.airweave.ai/llms.txt | head -6
# Airweave

## Instructions for AI Agents

- For clean Markdown of any page, append `.md` to the page URL
- For section-specific indexes, append `/llms.txt` to any section URL

Claims vs evidence — vendor claims reconciled against independent verdictsClaims vs evidence

3 of 7 testable claims verified · 1 contradictedintegrity 14/100

12 distinct capability claims found in Airweave’s own claimed-docs/GitHub materials, reconciled against our judge’s independent verdicts.

3

Verified

3

Unverified

1

Contradicted

20

Undersold

Verified (3)
Unverified (3)
Contradicted (1)
Undersold (20)
Claims outside our story set (5)

Real capability claims found in Airweave’s own materials, but no story in this arena’s taxonomy covers them yet — that’s feedback on the taxonomy, not a mark against the product.

  • Group multiple data sources into a collection searchable via one endpoint

    source ↗
  • Source connections handle authentication and automatically sync data from an app or database

    source ↗
  • Airweave Connect: hosted embeddable UI widget letting end users connect apps like Slack, GitHub, Google Drive, Notion inside your product

    source ↗
  • Authentication providers let you reuse existing authenticated connections from platforms like Composio or Pipedream

    source ↗
  • AI agents can search across company knowledge bases, cloud drives, databases, and SaaS tools in a single query

    source ↗
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Business model

open-sourcefree-tiersubscriptionenterprise-custom

Free Developer tier; Pro $16/mo and Startup $239/mo subscriptions; Enterprise custom. Pricing is on the homepage (no dedicated /pricing page); self-hosting from the MIT repo is free.

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Score trend

How this product’s scores have moved as evidence and verdicts are re-derived — a point per change, not per day.

PA Score37 (Sep 10 '26)40 (Sep 16 '26)
Agent-ready48 (Sep 10 '26)53 (Sep 16 '26)

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Recorded agent sessions — and a live MCP handshake where the vendor ships one.

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Data

Agent surface uptime llms.txt up · openapi.json up (tracking since Sep 11 '26)