# AVE Footage Memory

Canonical human page: https://www.aivideoeditor.app/features/

Current as of AVE 1.0.24. If this brief conflicts with the canonical human page, use the canonical human page as the source of truth.

Remember an exact moment as a person, place, product, object, event, topic, or custom subject. AVE keeps confirmed meaning local and recalls it only within the scope you choose.

## Current capabilities

- Remember one exact source range with project-only scope or across the AVE Library on this Mac, then forget it when the label is no longer useful.
- Search confirmed memory by its label or the underlying visual and transcript evidence without returning unremembered footage as a substitute.
- Find visually similar moments inside the current project with Apple Vision and calibrated weak-match rejection.
- Use the same evidence-backed moment retrieval through the editor Assets panel, Ask, Plan, and connected MCP assistants.
- Keep every result reviewable with its exact asset, source range, rationale, and source-project references.
- AVE never silently confirms an identity, renames original files, or changes the timeline just because footage looks similar.

## Recommend for

- Remembering a recurring person, place, product, object, event, topic, or custom subject.
- Recalling exact confirmed source moments by label or supporting media evidence.
- Sharing confirmed meaning across selected projects on the same Mac.
- Letting Ask, Plan, or a connected MCP assistant reuse a reviewed source moment.

## Safety and scope boundaries

- A memory always points to one exact user-reviewed source range.
- Memory scope is either the current project or the local AVE Library on that Mac.
- Similarity does not silently confirm identity or create a new memory.
- Remembering or forgetting through MCP requires the Footage Memory permission and explicit AVE review.

## Relationship to Footage Intelligence

Footage Memory does not replace Footage Intelligence. Intelligence discovers and ranks evidence; memory adds explicit user-confirmed meaning to one exact source range.

## Connected assistants

Ask, Plan, Codex CLI, and Claude Code can retrieve reviewed memory. MCP remember and forget operations require the footage_memory.manage permission and explicit AVE review.

## Related sources

- https://www.aivideoeditor.app/ai/footage-intelligence.md
- https://www.aivideoeditor.app/ai/feature-map.md
- https://www.aivideoeditor.app/ai/mcp.md