diff --git a/packages/agent-memory/src/AgentMemory.ts b/packages/agent-memory/src/AgentMemory.ts
index 560ddbfd..c451ddf0 100644
--- a/packages/agent-memory/src/AgentMemory.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-memory/src/AgentMemory.ts
@@ -1 +1,86 @@
-export class AgentMemory {}
+import { AgentCache, type AgentCacheOptions } from '@betterdb/agent-cache';
+import {
+  MemoryStore,
+  type MemoryDiscoveryConfig,
+  type MemoryConfigRefreshConfig,
+} from './MemoryStore';
+import type { RecallWeights } from './compositeScore';
+import type { EmbedFn, MemoryStoreClient } from './types';
+
+const DEFAULT_NAME = 'betterdb_ac';
+
+export interface AgentMemoryConfig {
+  defaultThreshold?: number;
+  recall?: {
+    weights?: RecallWeights;
+    halfLifeSeconds?: number;
+  };
+  maxItemsPerScope?: number;
+  discovery?: boolean | MemoryDiscoveryConfig;
+  configRefresh?: boolean | MemoryConfigRefreshConfig;
+}
+
+export interface AgentMemoryOptions extends AgentCacheOptions {
+  embedFn: EmbedFn;
+  memory?: AgentMemoryConfig;
+}
+
+export class AgentMemory {
+  readonly llm: AgentCache['llm'];
+  readonly tool: AgentCache['tool'];
+  readonly session: AgentCache['session'];
+  readonly memory: MemoryStore;
+  private readonly cache: AgentCache;
+
+  constructor(options: AgentMemoryOptions) {
+    if (typeof options.embedFn !== 'function') {
+      throw new Error('AgentMemory requires an embedFn to back the memory tier');
+    }
+
+    // Resolve the name once and hand the same value to both tiers so their key
+    // prefixes, discovery markers, and stats keys can never drift apart.
+    const name = options.name ?? DEFAULT_NAME;
+    this.cache = new AgentCache({ ...options, name });
+    this.llm = this.cache.llm;
+    this.tool = this.cache.tool;
+    this.session = this.cache.session;
+
+    const memory = options.memory ?? {};
+    this.memory = new MemoryStore({
+      // AgentCacheOptions.client doesn't surface the `.call` method MemoryStore
+      // needs; a real ioredis/iovalkey client has it, so we assert the contract
+      // here. A method-only client/mock would compile but fail at runtime.
+      client: options.client as unknown as MemoryStoreClient,
+      name,
+      embedFn: options.embedFn,
+      defaultThreshold: memory.defaultThreshold,
+      weights: memory.recall?.weights,
+      halfLifeSeconds: memory.recall?.halfLifeSeconds,
+      maxItemsPerScope: memory.maxItemsPerScope,
+      // The facade is the batteries-included product: discover the memory tier
+      // alongside the cache tiers by default, unless explicitly disabled.
+      discovery: memory.discovery ?? true,
+      configRefresh: memory.configRefresh,
+      telemetry: options.telemetry?.registry ? { registry: options.telemetry.registry } : undefined,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async initialize(): Promise<void> {
+    // Surface a discovery name-collision from either tier: awaiting
+    // ensureDiscoveryReady() is AgentCache's documented strict collision check,
+    // and the memory tier already propagates, so the cache side isn't swallowed.
+    await Promise.all([
+      this.cache.ensureDiscoveryReady(),
+      this.memory.ensureDiscoveryReady(),
+    ]);
+  }
+
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    // Tear down both tiers even if one fails, so timers and heartbeats can't leak.
+    try {
+      await this.memory.close();
+    } finally {
+      await this.cache.shutdown();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/agent-memory/src/MemoryStore.ts b/packages/agent-memory/src/MemoryStore.ts
index 02d77961..2edb18d3 100644
--- a/packages/agent-memory/src/MemoryStore.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-memory/src/MemoryStore.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,12 @@ export class MemoryStore {
     return discovery;
   }
 
+  async ensureDiscoveryReady(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.discoveryReady) {
+      await this.discoveryReady.catch(() => undefined);
+    }
+  }
+
   async close(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.configRefreshHandle) {
       clearInterval(this.configRefreshHandle);
diff --git a/packages/agent-memory/src/__tests__/AgentMemory.test.ts b/packages/agent-memory/src/__tests__/AgentMemory.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9736ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agent-memory/src/__tests__/AgentMemory.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { Registry } from 'prom-client';
+import { AgentMemory, type AgentMemoryOptions } from '../AgentMemory';
+import { MemoryStore } from '../MemoryStore';
+import { fakeEmbed } from './helpers/fakeEmbed';
+
+function fakeValkey() {
+  const ok = vi.fn(async () => 'OK');
+  const nul = vi.fn(async () => null);
+  return {
+    call: vi.fn(async () => 'OK'),
+    get: nul,
+    set: ok,
+    del: ok,
+    hget: nul,
+    hset: ok,
+    hgetall: vi.fn(async () => ({})),
+    hincrby: ok,
+    expire: ok,
+    exists: vi.fn(async () => 0),
+    scan: vi.fn(async () => ['0', []]),
+  };
+}
+
+type FakeClient = ReturnType<typeof fakeValkey>;
+
+function makeOptions(overrides: Partial<AgentMemoryOptions> = {}): AgentMemoryOptions {
+  return {
+    client: fakeValkey() as unknown as AgentMemoryOptions['client'],
+    embedFn: fakeEmbed(8),
+    discovery: { enabled: false },
+    configRefresh: { enabled: false },
+    analytics: { disabled: true },
+    ...overrides,
+  } as AgentMemoryOptions;
+}
+
+describe('AgentMemory facade', () => {
+  it('exposes the three short-term tiers plus the memory tier', async () => {
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(makeOptions());
+
+    expect(mem.llm).toBeDefined();
+    expect(mem.tool).toBeDefined();
+    expect(mem.session).toBeDefined();
+    expect(mem.memory).toBeInstanceOf(MemoryStore);
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+
+  it('throws a clear error when constructed without an embedFn', () => {
+    const options = { ...makeOptions(), embedFn: undefined } as unknown as AgentMemoryOptions;
+    expect(() => new AgentMemory(options)).toThrow(/embedFn/i);
+  });
+
+  it('wires the memory tier to the shared client and default prefix', async () => {
+    const client = fakeValkey();
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(
+      makeOptions({ client: client as unknown as AgentMemoryOptions['client'] }),
+    );
+
+    const id = await mem.memory.remember('hello');
+
+    expect(typeof id).toBe('string');
+    const hset = (client.call.mock.calls as unknown[][]).find(
+      (c) => c[0] === 'HSET' && typeof c[1] === 'string' && c[1].startsWith('betterdb_ac:mem:'),
+    );
+    expect(hset).toBeDefined();
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+
+  it('shares the configured name as the memory key prefix', async () => {
+    const client = fakeValkey();
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(
+      makeOptions({ client: client as unknown as AgentMemoryOptions['client'], name: 'myapp' }),
+    );
+
+    await mem.memory.remember('hello');
+
+    const hset = (client.call.mock.calls as unknown[][]).find(
+      (c) => c[0] === 'HSET' && typeof c[1] === 'string' && c[1].startsWith('myapp:mem:'),
+    );
+    expect(hset).toBeDefined();
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+
+  it('maps the memory sub-config onto the MemoryStore', async () => {
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(
+      makeOptions({
+        memory: {
+          defaultThreshold: 0.4,
+          recall: {
+            weights: { similarity: 0.5, recency: 0.3, importance: 0.2 },
+            halfLifeSeconds: 3600,
+          },
+          maxItemsPerScope: 100,
+        },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    expect(mem.memory.currentConfig()).toEqual({
+      threshold: 0.4,
+      weights: { similarity: 0.5, recency: 0.3, importance: 0.2 },
+      halfLifeSeconds: 3600,
+      maxItemsPerScope: 100,
+    });
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+
+  it('initialize() resolves and close() tears down both tiers', async () => {
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(makeOptions());
+    const memoryClose = vi.spyOn(mem.memory, 'close');
+
+    await expect(mem.initialize()).resolves.toBeUndefined();
+    await mem.close();
+
+    expect(memoryClose).toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('initialize() surfaces a cache discovery collision instead of swallowing it', async () => {
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(makeOptions());
+    const cache = (mem as unknown as { cache: { ensureDiscoveryReady: () => Promise<void> } }).cache;
+    vi.spyOn(cache, 'ensureDiscoveryReady').mockRejectedValue(new Error('cache name collision'));
+
+    await expect(mem.initialize()).rejects.toThrow(/collision/i);
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+
+  it('registers a memory discovery marker by default', async () => {
+    const client = fakeValkey();
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(
+      makeOptions({ client: client as unknown as AgentMemoryOptions['client'] }),
+    );
+
+    await mem.initialize();
+
+    const marker = (client.call.mock.calls as unknown[][]).find(
+      (c) => c[0] === 'HSET' && c[1] === '__betterdb:caches',
+    );
+    expect(marker).toBeDefined();
+    expect(JSON.parse(marker?.[3] as string).type).toBe('agent_memory');
+    // The memory marker registers under a distinct `{name}:mem` field so it
+    // can't clobber an agent_cache marker sharing the same name.
+    expect(marker?.[2]).toBe('betterdb_ac:mem');
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+
+  it('allows disabling memory discovery', async () => {
+    const client = fakeValkey();
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(
+      makeOptions({
+        client: client as unknown as AgentMemoryOptions['client'],
+        memory: { discovery: false },
+      }),
+    );
+
+    await mem.initialize();
+    await mem.close();
+
+    const marker = (client.call.mock.calls as unknown[][]).find(
+      (c) => c[0] === 'HSET' && c[1] === '__betterdb:caches',
+    );
+    expect(marker).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it('shares one prom registry across the cache and memory tiers', async () => {
+    const registry = new Registry();
+    const mem = new AgentMemory(makeOptions({ telemetry: { registry } }));
+
+    await mem.memory.remember('x');
+
+    const text = await registry.metrics();
+    expect(text).toMatch(/agent_memory_embedding_calls_total/);
+    expect(text).toMatch(/agent_cache_/);
+
+    await mem.close();
+  });
+});
+
+// Touch the FakeClient type so it is exercised by the suite.
+export type { FakeClient };
diff --git a/packages/agent-memory/src/index.ts b/packages/agent-memory/src/index.ts
index 87552912..7ac3f056 100644
--- a/packages/agent-memory/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/agent-memory/src/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export type { MemoryDiscoveryDeps, MemoryMarker } from './discovery';
 export { createMemoryTelemetry, DEFAULT_METRICS_PREFIX, DEFAULT_TRACER_NAME } from './telemetry';
 export type { MemoryTelemetry, MemoryTelemetryOptions, MemoryMetrics } from './telemetry';
 export { AgentMemory } from './AgentMemory';
+export type { AgentMemoryOptions, AgentMemoryConfig } from './AgentMemory';
 export type {
   EmbedFn,
   MemoryStoreClient,