diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e77387..8009ffb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.18.0] - 2026-06-12
+
+### Added
+- **MCP `memory_note` tool** — the agent can now record a durable user
+  preference or standing fact itself (not just the user via the CLI), so it
+  learns how you work over time. De-duplicated; injected into every future
+  session like CLI-added preferences.
+- **`stats` now reports memory metrics** — the global cross-project recall
+  index size and the number of stored preferences, so the memory platform's
+  state is visible at a glance.
+
+### Notes
+- Consolidation (clustering episodic events into durable semantic/procedural
+  facts) is intentionally deferred: a good version needs the offline LLM
+  backend for quality, and a pure heuristic would manufacture noise. Tracked
+  separately. claude-mem/mem0 *import* likewise awaits their on-disk format +
+  sample data rather than being guessed at.
+
 ## [0.17.0] - 2026-06-12
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 9d0896b..8ad55ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2572,7 +2572,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "task-journal-cli"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "assert_cmd",
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "task-journal-core"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
@@ -2620,9 +2620,10 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "task-journal-mcp"
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "chrono",
  "clap",
  "rmcp",
  "rusqlite",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0c7381e..d0854c7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.17.0"
+version = "0.18.0"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.88"
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/crates/tj-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/tj-cli/Cargo.toml
index bd220d2..21c7c7e 100644
--- a/crates/tj-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tj-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ default = ["embed"]
 embed = ["tj-core/embed"]
 
 [dependencies]
-tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.17.0", path = "../tj-core", default-features = false }
+tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.18.0", path = "../tj-core", default-features = false }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/tj-cli/src/main.rs b/crates/tj-cli/src/main.rs
index fabcbc4..29059a7 100644
--- a/crates/tj-cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/tj-cli/src/main.rs
@@ -1849,6 +1849,19 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 let ratio = confirmed as f64 / total as f64 * 100.0;
                 println!("  confirmed ratio: {ratio:.1}%");
             }
+            // Memory platform (Pillars A/B/C): the global cross-project index.
+            let mem_path = tj_core::paths::memory_db()?;
+            if mem_path.exists() {
+                if let Ok(g) = tj_core::memory::open(&mem_path) {
+                    let entries = tj_core::memory::count(&g).unwrap_or(0);
+                    let prefs = tj_core::memory::list_preferences(&g)
+                        .map(|p| p.len())
+                        .unwrap_or(0);
+                    println!("memory (global cross-project recall index):");
+                    println!("  recall entries: {entries}");
+                    println!("  preferences: {prefs}");
+                }
+            }
         }
         Commands::Doctor { json } => {
             let report = run_doctor()?;
diff --git a/crates/tj-cli/tests/cli.rs b/crates/tj-cli/tests/cli.rs
index 379966e..532180f 100644
--- a/crates/tj-cli/tests/cli.rs
+++ b/crates/tj-cli/tests/cli.rs
@@ -5190,3 +5190,22 @@ fn remembered_preference_lists_and_injects_at_session_start() {
     );
     assert!(body.contains("additionalContext"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn stats_reports_memory_preferences_count() {
+    // stats surfaces the global memory state (Pillar A/B/C metrics).
+    let dir = assert_fs::TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    Command::cargo_bin("task-journal")
+        .unwrap()
+        .env("XDG_DATA_HOME", dir.path())
+        .args(["remember", "respond in Russian"])
+        .assert()
+        .success();
+    Command::cargo_bin("task-journal")
+        .unwrap()
+        .env("XDG_DATA_HOME", dir.path())
+        .args(["stats"])
+        .assert()
+        .success()
+        .stdout(contains("preferences: 1"));
+}
diff --git a/crates/tj-mcp/Cargo.toml b/crates/tj-mcp/Cargo.toml
index f7a7d42..db3dd90 100644
--- a/crates/tj-mcp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/tj-mcp/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 # Lean: the MCP server doesn't embed yet, so it skips the model2vec backend.
-tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.17.0", path = "../tj-core", default-features = false }
+tj-core = { package = "task-journal-core", version = "0.18.0", path = "../tj-core", default-features = false }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 schemars = { workspace = true }
 ulid = { workspace = true }
+chrono = { workspace = true }
 rusqlite = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/crates/tj-mcp/src/main.rs b/crates/tj-mcp/src/main.rs
index 9504b82..968df9d 100644
--- a/crates/tj-mcp/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/tj-mcp/src/main.rs
@@ -260,6 +260,20 @@ pub struct TaskCloseResult {
     pub completeness_gaps: Vec<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
+pub struct MemoryNoteParams {
+    /// The durable user preference or standing fact to remember across all
+    /// projects and sessions — e.g. "respond in Russian, terse", "this team
+    /// always squash-merges". Keep it one short sentence.
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, schemars::JsonSchema)]
+pub struct MemoryNoteResult {
+    pub remembered: bool,
+    pub text: String,
+}
+
 fn parse_event_type(s: &str) -> anyhow::Result<tj_core::event::EventType> {
     use tj_core::event::EventType::*;
     Ok(match s {
@@ -664,6 +678,29 @@ impl TaskJournalServer {
         })
         .await
     }
+
+    #[tool(
+        name = "memory_note",
+        description = "Remember a durable user preference or standing fact across ALL projects and sessions — how the user wants to be worked with (\"respond in Russian, terse\"), or a stable team/project rule. Injected into every future session's context. Use it when you learn something about the user or their workflow that should outlive this task. De-duplicated."
+    )]
+    async fn memory_note(
+        &self,
+        Parameters(p): Parameters<MemoryNoteParams>,
+    ) -> Result<Json<MemoryNoteResult>, McpError> {
+        traced_tool("memory_note", async move {
+            run_blocking(move || {
+                let global = tj_core::memory::open(tj_core::paths::memory_db()?)?;
+                let now = chrono::Utc::now().to_rfc3339();
+                let remembered = tj_core::memory::add_preference(&global, &p.text, &now)?;
+                Ok(Json(MemoryNoteResult {
+                    remembered,
+                    text: p.text.trim().to_string(),
+                }))
+            })
+            .await
+        })
+        .await
+    }
 }
 
 #[tool_handler(router = Self::tool_router())]
diff --git a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 04c6e92..9010280 100644
--- a/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "task-journal",
-  "version": "0.17.0",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
   "description": "Append-only journal of AI-coding task reasoning chains: hypotheses, decisions, rejections, evidence. Renders compact resume packs so an agent can pick up a 2-week-old task with full context.",
   "author": {
     "name": "Mher Shahinyan"