config.toml

crossmem reads configuration from ~/.crossmem/config.toml. If the file doesn’t exist, it’s created with defaults on first run.

Location

~/.crossmem/config.toml

[cite_key]
pattern = "[auth:lower][year][shorttitle:1:nopunct]"

Key	Default	Description
`pattern`	`[auth:lower][year][shorttitle:1:nopunct]`	Pattern DSL for generating cite keys. See cite_key Pattern DSL.

These are not in config.toml but affect crossmem’s behavior:

Variable	Default	Description
`CROSSMEM_OLLAMA_MODEL`	`llama3.2:3b`	Ollama model for compile pass
`BRIDGE_PORT`	`7600`	Bridge server port
`RUST_LOG`	`info` (bridge) / `warn` (MCP)	Log level filter

crossmem stores all data under ~/crossmem/:

~/crossmem/
  raw/          # Downloaded PDFs + metadata JSON sidecars
  wiki/         # Compiled wiki notes (markdown)