diff --git a/hud/tools/__init__.py b/hud/tools/__init__.py
index 57f70e99..a9f77627 100644
--- a/hud/tools/__init__.py
+++ b/hud/tools/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from .base import BaseHub, BaseTool
 from .bash import BashTool
 from .edit import EditTool
+from .memory import MemoryTool
 from .playwright import PlaywrightTool
 from .response import ResponseTool
 from .submit import SubmitTool
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
     "OpenAIComputerTool",
     "PlaywrightTool",
     "ResponseTool",
+    "MemoryTool",
     "SubmitTool",
 ]
 
diff --git a/hud/tools/memory.py b/hud/tools/memory.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f40cc018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hud/tools/memory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+"""Lightweight memory tool with optional Qdrant backend."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+import uuid
+from typing import Any
+
+from mcp.types import ContentBlock, TextContent
+
+from hud.tools.base import BaseTool
+
+
+def _tokenize(text: str) -> set[str]:
+    return {t.lower() for t in text.split() if t}
+
+
+def _jaccard(a: set[str], b: set[str]) -> float:
+    if not a or not b:
+        return 0.0
+    inter = len(a & b)
+    union = len(a | b)
+    return inter / union if union else 0.0
+
+
+@dataclass
+class MemoryEntry:
+    text: str
+    metadata: dict[str, Any]
+    tokens: set[str]
+
+
+class InMemoryStore:
+    """Simple token-overlap store."""
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self._entries: list[MemoryEntry] = []
+
+    def add(self, text: str, metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+        self._entries.append(
+            MemoryEntry(text=text, metadata=metadata or {}, tokens=_tokenize(text))
+        )
+
+    def query(self, query: str, top_k: int = 5) -> list[MemoryEntry]:
+        q_tokens = _tokenize(query)
+        scored = [(entry, _jaccard(q_tokens, entry.tokens)) for entry in self._entries]
+        scored.sort(key=lambda x: x[1], reverse=True)
+        return [entry for entry, score in scored[:top_k] if score > 0.0]
+
+
+class MemoryTool(BaseTool):
+    """Add and search short-term memory for a session.
+
+    If Qdrant is available and configured (QDRANT_URL), a remote collection is used.
+    Otherwise, an in-memory fallback is used.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        collection: str = "hud_memory",
+        qdrant_url: str | None = None,
+        qdrant_api_key: str | None = None,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self._backend = self._build_backend(collection, qdrant_url, qdrant_api_key)
+
+    def _build_backend(
+        self, collection: str, qdrant_url: str | None, qdrant_api_key: str | None
+    ) -> Any:
+        if qdrant_url:
+            try:
+                from qdrant_client import QdrantClient
+                from qdrant_client.http.models import Distance, VectorParams
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+            else:
+                client = QdrantClient(url=qdrant_url, api_key=qdrant_api_key)
+                try:
+                    client.get_collection(collection)
+                except Exception:
+                    client.create_collection(
+                        collection_name=collection,
+                        vectors_config=VectorParams(size=384, distance=Distance.COSINE),
+                    )
+                return QdrantBackend(client, collection)
+        return InMemoryStore()
+
+    @property
+    def parameters(self) -> dict[str, Any]:  # type: ignore[override]
+        return {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "action": {
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "enum": ["add", "search"],
+                    "description": "add = store text, search = retrieve similar items",
+                },
+                "text": {"type": "string", "description": "content to store or query"},
+                "metadata": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "description": "optional metadata to store with the entry",
+                },
+                "top_k": {
+                    "type": "integer",
+                    "minimum": 1,
+                    "maximum": 50,
+                    "default": 5,
+                    "description": "results to return when searching",
+                },
+            },
+            "required": ["action", "text"],
+        }
+
+    async def __call__(
+        self, action: str, text: str, metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None, top_k: int = 5
+    ) -> list[ContentBlock]:
+        if action == "add":
+            self._backend.add(text=text, metadata=metadata)
+            return [TextContent(text="stored", type="text")]
+        if action == "search":
+            entries = self._backend.query(query=text, top_k=top_k)
+            if not entries:
+                return [TextContent(text="no matches", type="text")]
+            lines = []
+            for idx, entry in enumerate(entries, 1):
+                meta = entry.metadata or {}
+                meta_str = f" | metadata={meta}" if meta else ""
+                lines.append(f"{idx}. {entry.text}{meta_str}")
+            return [TextContent(text="\n".join(lines), type="text")]
+        return [TextContent(text="unknown action", type="text")]
+
+
+class QdrantBackend:
+    """Minimal Qdrant wrapper with on-the-fly sentence-transformer embeddings."""
+
+    def __init__(self, client: Any, collection: str) -> None:
+        self.client = client
+        self.collection = collection
+        self._embedder = self._load_embedder()
+
+    def _load_embedder(self) -> Any:
+        try:
+            from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise RuntimeError("sentence-transformers is required for Qdrant backend") from e
+        return SentenceTransformer("sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2")
+
+    def add(self, text: str, metadata: dict[str, Any] | None = None) -> None:
+        vec = self._embedder.encode(text).tolist()
+        payload = {"text": text, "metadata": metadata or {}}
+        self.client.upsert(
+            collection_name=self.collection,
+            points=[{"id": uuid.uuid4().hex, "vector": vec, "payload": payload}],
+        )
+
+    def query(self, query: str, top_k: int = 5) -> list[MemoryEntry]:
+        vec = self._embedder.encode(query).tolist()
+        res = self.client.search(
+            collection_name=self.collection,
+            query_vector=vec,
+            limit=top_k,
+            with_payload=True,
+        )
+        entries: list[MemoryEntry] = []
+        for point in res:
+            payload = point.payload or {}
+            entries.append(
+                MemoryEntry(
+                    text=payload.get("text", ""),
+                    metadata=payload.get("metadata", {}),
+                    tokens=set(),
+                )
+            )
+        return entries
diff --git a/hud/tools/tests/test_memory_tool.py b/hud/tools/tests/test_memory_tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c4adc88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hud/tools/tests/test_memory_tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import pytest
+from mcp.types import TextContent
+
+from hud.tools.memory import InMemoryStore, MemoryTool
+
+
+def test_inmemory_store_add_and_query() -> None:
+    store = InMemoryStore()
+    store.add("apple orange", {"kind": "fruit"})
+    store.add("carrot celery", {"kind": "veg"})
+
+    results = store.query("apple", top_k=5)
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    assert results[0].metadata["kind"] == "fruit"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_memory_tool_add_and_search() -> None:
+    tool = MemoryTool()
+
+    out_add = await tool(action="add", text="alpha beta", metadata={"id": 1})
+    assert isinstance(out_add[0], TextContent)
+
+    out_search = await tool(action="search", text="alpha")
+    assert out_search[0].text.startswith("1.")
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_memory_tool_unknown_action() -> None:
+    tool = MemoryTool()
+    res = await tool(action="noop", text="x")
+    assert res[0].text == "unknown action"