diff --git a/packages/agent-memory/package.json b/packages/agent-memory/package.json
index 4976d40e..65dd088d 100644
--- a/packages/agent-memory/package.json
+++ b/packages/agent-memory/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base": "^1.30.1",
     "@types/node": "^22.19.15",
+    "iovalkey": ">=0.3.0",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
     "vitest": "^4.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/agent-memory/src/__tests__/MemoryStore.integration.test.ts b/packages/agent-memory/src/__tests__/MemoryStore.integration.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..36488706
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/agent-memory/src/__tests__/MemoryStore.integration.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+import { describe, it, expect, beforeAll, afterAll, vi } from 'vitest';
+import Valkey from 'iovalkey';
+import { MemoryStore } from '../MemoryStore';
+import type { MemoryStoreClient } from '../types';
+import { fakeEmbed } from './helpers/fakeEmbed';
+
+const VALKEY_URL = process.env.VALKEY_URL ?? 'redis://localhost:6380';
+const NAME = 'agentmem_it';
+const INDEX = `${NAME}:mem:idx`;
+const DIMS = 16;
+
+let client: Valkey;
+let store: MemoryStore;
+let skip = false;
+
+function sleep(ms: number): Promise<void> {
+  return new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+}
+
+async function pollUntil(fn: () => Promise<boolean>, timeoutMs = 5000): Promise<void> {
+  const start = Date.now();
+  while (Date.now() - start < timeoutMs) {
+    if (await fn()) {
+      return;
+    }
+    await sleep(100);
+  }
+  throw new Error('pollUntil timed out');
+}
+
+async function ftCount(filter: string): Promise<number> {
+  const raw = await client.call('FT.SEARCH', INDEX, filter, 'LIMIT', '0', '0', 'DIALECT', '2');
+  return Array.isArray(raw) ? Number(raw[0]) : 0;
+}
+
+async function dropAndClean(): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    await client.call('FT.DROPINDEX', INDEX);
+  } catch {
+    // index may not exist yet
+  }
+  const keys = await client.keys(`${NAME}:*`);
+  if (keys.length > 0) {
+    await client.del(...keys);
+  }
+}
+
+async function createIndex(): Promise<void> {
+  await client.call(
+    'FT.CREATE',
+    INDEX,
+    'ON',
+    'HASH',
+    'PREFIX',
+    '1',
+    `${NAME}:mem:`,
+    'SCHEMA',
+    'vector',
+    'VECTOR',
+    'FLAT',
+    '6',
+    'TYPE',
+    'FLOAT32',
+    'DIM',
+    String(DIMS),
+    'DISTANCE_METRIC',
+    'COSINE',
+    'threadId',
+    'TAG',
+    'agentId',
+    'TAG',
+    'namespace',
+    'TAG',
+    'tags',
+    'TAG',
+    'SEPARATOR',
+    ',',
+    'source',
+    'TAG',
+    'importance',
+    'NUMERIC',
+    'created_at',
+    'NUMERIC',
+    'last_accessed_at',
+    'NUMERIC',
+    'access_count',
+    'NUMERIC',
+    'content',
+    'TEXT',
+  );
+}
+
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  client = new Valkey(VALKEY_URL, { lazyConnect: true, retryStrategy: () => null });
+  // Attach unconditionally: iovalkey emits 'error' on the client, so a mid-run
+  // connection drop on the happy path would otherwise be an unhandled rejection.
+  client.on('error', () => {});
+  try {
+    await client.connect();
+    await client.ping();
+  } catch {
+    skip = true;
+    return;
+  }
+  await dropAndClean();
+  await createIndex();
+  store = new MemoryStore({
+    client: client as unknown as MemoryStoreClient,
+    name: NAME,
+    embedFn: fakeEmbed(DIMS),
+  });
+});
+
+afterAll(async () => {
+  if (!skip) {
+    await dropAndClean().catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+  if (client) {
+    client.disconnect();
+  }
+});
+
+describe('MemoryStore integration (real valkey-search)', () => {
+  it('round-trips remember -> recall at near-zero distance', async () => {
+    if (skip) return;
+    const text = 'The Eiffel Tower is in Paris';
+    const id = await store.remember(text, { namespace: 'rt' });
+
+    await pollUntil(async () => (await store.recall(text, { namespace: 'rt', k: 5 })).length > 0);
+    const hits = await store.recall(text, { namespace: 'rt', k: 5 });
+
+    expect(hits.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(hits[0].item.id).toBe(id);
+    expect(hits[0].item.content).toBe(text);
+    expect(hits[0].similarity).toBeLessThan(0.01);
+  });
+
+  it('isolates recall by scope and tag filters', async () => {
+    if (skip) return;
+    const text = 'shared topic alpha';
+    await store.remember(text, { namespace: 'tenantA', tags: ['team-x'] });
+    await store.remember(text, { namespace: 'tenantB', tags: ['team-y'] });
+    await pollUntil(async () => (await ftCount('@namespace:{tenantA}')) >= 1);
+    await pollUntil(async () => (await ftCount('@namespace:{tenantB}')) >= 1);
+
+    const a = await store.recall(text, { namespace: 'tenantA', k: 5 });
+    expect(a.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(a.every((h) => h.item.namespace === 'tenantA')).toBe(true);
+
+    const tagged = await store.recall(text, { tags: ['team-x'], k: 5 });
+    expect(tagged.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(tagged.every((h) => h.item.tags.includes('team-x'))).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('evicts past capacity on a live server and records the eviction', async () => {
+    if (skip) return;
+    const capped = new MemoryStore({
+      client: client as unknown as MemoryStoreClient,
+      name: NAME,
+      embedFn: fakeEmbed(DIMS),
+      maxItemsPerScope: 3,
+    });
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+      await capped.remember(`capacity item number ${i}`, { namespace: 'cap' });
+      await pollUntil(async () => (await ftCount('@namespace:{cap}')) >= Math.min(i + 1, 3));
+    }
+
+    const evictions = Number(await client.call('HGET', `${NAME}:__mem_stats`, 'evictions'));
+    expect(evictions).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(1);
+    await pollUntil(async () => (await ftCount('@namespace:{cap}')) <= 3);
+    expect(await ftCount('@namespace:{cap}')).toBeLessThanOrEqual(3);
+  });
+
+  it('expires a ttl-scoped memory', async () => {
+    if (skip) return;
+    const id = await store.remember('ephemeral note', { namespace: 'ttl', ttl: 1 });
+    expect(await client.exists(`${NAME}:mem:${id}`)).toBe(1);
+
+    await sleep(1500);
+    expect(await client.exists(`${NAME}:mem:${id}`)).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('consolidates old memories into a recallable summary', async () => {
+    if (skip) return;
+    await store.remember('meeting note one', { namespace: 'cons', importance: 0.2 });
+    await store.remember('meeting note two', { namespace: 'cons', importance: 0.2 });
+    await pollUntil(async () => (await ftCount('@namespace:{cons}')) >= 2);
+
+    const summarize = vi.fn(async (items: { id: string }[]) => `Summary of ${items.length} notes`);
+    const result = await store.consolidate({ namespace: 'cons', maxImportance: 0.5, summarize });
+
+    expect(summarize).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(result.consolidated).toBe(2);
+    expect(result.created).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(result.deleted).toBe(2);
+
+    await pollUntil(async () => {
+      const hits = await store.recall('Summary of 2 notes', { namespace: 'cons', k: 5 });
+      return hits.some((h) => h.item.source === 'summary');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index e211bf9a..7709b419 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ importers:
       '@types/node':
         specifier: ^22.19.15
         version: 22.19.15
+      iovalkey:
+        specifier: '>=0.3.0'
+        version: 0.3.3
       typescript:
         specifier: ^5.9.3
         version: 5.9.3
@@ -15733,7 +15736,7 @@ snapshots:
       isstream: 0.1.2
       jsonwebtoken: 9.0.3
       mime-types: 2.1.35
-      retry-axios: 2.6.0(axios@1.16.0(debug@4.4.3))
+      retry-axios: 2.6.0(axios@1.16.0)
       tough-cookie: 4.1.4
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - supports-color
@@ -17869,7 +17872,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   ret@0.5.0: {}
 
-  retry-axios@2.6.0(axios@1.16.0(debug@4.4.3)):
+  retry-axios@2.6.0(axios@1.16.0):
     dependencies:
       axios: 1.16.0(debug@4.4.3)