--- title: "Guides, Cookbooks, and Integrations" sidebarTitle: 'Overview' description: 'Helpful guides and design patterns for building with Honcho' icon: 'puzzle-piece' --- Honcho plugs into whatever you're already building. Add memory to an AI assistant, connect an external data source, wire Honcho into your agent framework, or migrate from another provider. ## AI Assistants Add persistent memory to AI assistants and agents: Long-term memory that survives context wipes, session restarts, and project switches Add Honcho memory to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and any MCP client Cross-session memory for Nous Research's Hermes agent Memory across every channel — WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and more Persistent memory plugin for the Agent Zero framework ## Platform Connectors Connect external platforms to Honcho: Build a Discord bot that remembers users across conversations Create a Telegram bot with persistent user understanding Import email threads into Honcho — peers, sessions, and messages from your inbox Ingest meeting transcripts with speaker turns and participant data Build an embodied voice robot with long-term memory ## Agent Frameworks Use Honcho as a memory layer in your agent orchestration stack: Add persistent memory and theory of mind to your LangGraph agents Give CrewAI agents memory that persists across sessions Build intelligent automation workflows with persistent memory ## Migrations Coming from another memory provider? Transfer your data and update your integration code