diff --git a/ecc2/src/config/mod.rs b/ecc2/src/config/mod.rs
index 4e00bc9b..702e66af 100644
--- a/ecc2/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/ecc2/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,21 @@ pub struct OrchestrationTemplateStepConfig {
     pub task_group: Option<String>,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "kind", rename_all = "snake_case")]
+pub enum MemoryConnectorConfig {
+    JsonlFile(MemoryConnectorJsonlFileConfig),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+pub struct MemoryConnectorJsonlFileConfig {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    pub session_id: Option<String>,
+    pub default_entity_type: Option<String>,
+    pub default_observation_type: Option<String>,
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ResolvedOrchestrationTemplate {
     pub template_name: String,
@@ -139,6 +154,7 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub default_agent_profile: Option<String>,
     pub agent_profiles: BTreeMap<String, AgentProfileConfig>,
     pub orchestration_templates: BTreeMap<String, OrchestrationTemplateConfig>,
+    pub memory_connectors: BTreeMap<String, MemoryConnectorConfig>,
     pub auto_dispatch_unread_handoffs: bool,
     pub auto_dispatch_limit_per_session: usize,
     pub auto_create_worktrees: bool,
@@ -203,6 +219,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             default_agent_profile: None,
             agent_profiles: BTreeMap::new(),
             orchestration_templates: BTreeMap::new(),
+            memory_connectors: BTreeMap::new(),
             auto_dispatch_unread_handoffs: false,
             auto_dispatch_limit_per_session: 5,
             auto_create_worktrees: true,
@@ -1231,6 +1248,37 @@ task = "Plan {{task}} for {{component}}"
         assert!(error_text.contains("missing orchestration template variable(s): component"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn memory_connectors_deserialize_from_toml() {
+        let config: Config = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+[memory_connectors.hermes_notes]
+kind = "jsonl_file"
+path = "/tmp/hermes-memory.jsonl"
+session_id = "latest"
+default_entity_type = "incident"
+default_observation_type = "external_note"
+"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let connector = config
+            .memory_connectors
+            .get("hermes_notes")
+            .expect("connector should deserialize");
+        match connector {
+            crate::config::MemoryConnectorConfig::JsonlFile(settings) => {
+                assert_eq!(settings.path, PathBuf::from("/tmp/hermes-memory.jsonl"));
+                assert_eq!(settings.session_id.as_deref(), Some("latest"));
+                assert_eq!(settings.default_entity_type.as_deref(), Some("incident"));
+                assert_eq!(
+                    settings.default_observation_type.as_deref(),
+                    Some("external_note")
+                );
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn completion_summary_notifications_deserialize_from_toml() {
         let config: Config = toml::from_str(
diff --git a/ecc2/src/main.rs b/ecc2/src/main.rs
index 9329af08..993f92dd 100644
--- a/ecc2/src/main.rs
+++ b/ecc2/src/main.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ mod session;
 mod tui;
 mod worktree;
 
-use anyhow::Result;
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::Parser;
-use serde::Serialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter;
 
@@ -502,6 +504,17 @@ enum GraphCommands {
         #[arg(long)]
         json: bool,
     },
+    /// Import external memory from a configured connector
+    ConnectorSync {
+        /// Connector name from ecc2.toml
+        name: String,
+        /// Maximum non-empty records to process
+        #[arg(long, default_value_t = 256)]
+        limit: usize,
+        /// Emit machine-readable JSON instead of the human summary
+        #[arg(long)]
+        json: bool,
+    },
     /// Recall relevant context graph entities for a query
     Recall {
         /// Filter by source session ID or alias
@@ -552,6 +565,29 @@ enum MessageKindArg {
     Conflict,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct GraphConnectorSyncStats {
+    connector_name: String,
+    records_read: usize,
+    entities_upserted: usize,
+    observations_added: usize,
+    skipped_records: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(default)]
+struct JsonlMemoryConnectorRecord {
+    session_id: Option<String>,
+    entity_type: Option<String>,
+    entity_name: String,
+    path: Option<String>,
+    entity_summary: Option<String>,
+    metadata: BTreeMap<String, String>,
+    observation_type: Option<String>,
+    summary: String,
+    details: BTreeMap<String, String>,
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
@@ -1352,6 +1388,14 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                     );
                 }
             }
+            GraphCommands::ConnectorSync { name, limit, json } => {
+                let stats = sync_memory_connector(&db, &cfg, &name, limit)?;
+                if json {
+                    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&stats)?);
+                } else {
+                    println!("{}", format_graph_connector_sync_stats_human(&stats));
+                }
+            }
             GraphCommands::Recall {
                 session_id,
                 query,
@@ -1532,6 +1576,133 @@ fn sync_runtime_session_metrics(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn sync_memory_connector(
+    db: &session::store::StateStore,
+    cfg: &config::Config,
+    name: &str,
+    limit: usize,
+) -> Result<GraphConnectorSyncStats> {
+    let connector = cfg
+        .memory_connectors
+        .get(name)
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("Unknown memory connector: {name}"))?;
+
+    match connector {
+        config::MemoryConnectorConfig::JsonlFile(settings) => {
+            sync_jsonl_memory_connector(db, name, settings, limit)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fn sync_jsonl_memory_connector(
+    db: &session::store::StateStore,
+    name: &str,
+    settings: &config::MemoryConnectorJsonlFileConfig,
+    limit: usize,
+) -> Result<GraphConnectorSyncStats> {
+    if settings.path.as_os_str().is_empty() {
+        anyhow::bail!("memory connector {name} has no path configured");
+    }
+
+    let default_session_id = settings
+        .session_id
+        .as_deref()
+        .map(|value| resolve_session_id(db, value))
+        .transpose()?;
+    let file = File::open(&settings.path)
+        .with_context(|| format!("open memory connector file {}", settings.path.display()))?;
+    let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+
+    let mut stats = GraphConnectorSyncStats {
+        connector_name: name.to_string(),
+        ..Default::default()
+    };
+
+    for line in reader.lines() {
+        let line = line?;
+        let trimmed = line.trim();
+        if trimmed.is_empty() {
+            continue;
+        }
+        if stats.records_read >= limit {
+            break;
+        }
+        stats.records_read += 1;
+
+        let record: JsonlMemoryConnectorRecord = match serde_json::from_str(trimmed) {
+            Ok(record) => record,
+            Err(_) => {
+                stats.skipped_records += 1;
+                continue;
+            }
+        };
+
+        let session_id = match record.session_id.as_deref() {
+            Some(value) => match resolve_session_id(db, value) {
+                Ok(resolved) => Some(resolved),
+                Err(_) => {
+                    stats.skipped_records += 1;
+                    continue;
+                }
+            },
+            None => default_session_id.clone(),
+        };
+        let entity_type = record
+            .entity_type
+            .as_deref()
+            .or(settings.default_entity_type.as_deref())
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|value| !value.is_empty());
+        let observation_type = record
+            .observation_type
+            .as_deref()
+            .or(settings.default_observation_type.as_deref())
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|value| !value.is_empty());
+        let entity_name = record.entity_name.trim();
+        let summary = record.summary.trim();
+
+        let Some(entity_type) = entity_type else {
+            stats.skipped_records += 1;
+            continue;
+        };
+        let Some(observation_type) = observation_type else {
+            stats.skipped_records += 1;
+            continue;
+        };
+        if entity_name.is_empty() || summary.is_empty() {
+            stats.skipped_records += 1;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        let entity_summary = record
+            .entity_summary
+            .as_deref()
+            .map(str::trim)
+            .filter(|value| !value.is_empty())
+            .unwrap_or(summary);
+        let entity = db.upsert_context_entity(
+            session_id.as_deref(),
+            entity_type,
+            entity_name,
+            record.path.as_deref(),
+            entity_summary,
+            &record.metadata,
+        )?;
+        db.add_context_observation(
+            session_id.as_deref(),
+            entity.id,
+            observation_type,
+            summary,
+            &record.details,
+        )?;
+        stats.entities_upserted += 1;
+        stats.observations_added += 1;
+    }
+
+    Ok(stats)
+}
+
 fn build_message(
     kind: MessageKindArg,
     text: String,
@@ -2480,6 +2651,17 @@ fn format_graph_compaction_stats_human(
     .join("\n")
 }
 
+fn format_graph_connector_sync_stats_human(stats: &GraphConnectorSyncStats) -> String {
+    [
+        format!("Memory connector sync complete: {}", stats.connector_name),
+        format!("- records read {}", stats.records_read),
+        format!("- entities upserted {}", stats.entities_upserted),
+        format!("- observations added {}", stats.observations_added),
+        format!("- skipped records {}", stats.skipped_records),
+    ]
+    .join("\n")
+}
+
 fn format_graph_entity_detail_human(detail: &session::ContextGraphEntityDetail) -> String {
     let mut lines = vec![format_graph_entity_human(&detail.entity)];
     lines.push(String::new());
@@ -4488,6 +4670,31 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn cli_parses_graph_connector_sync_command() {
+        let cli = Cli::try_parse_from([
+            "ecc",
+            "graph",
+            "connector-sync",
+            "hermes_notes",
+            "--limit",
+            "32",
+            "--json",
+        ])
+        .expect("graph connector-sync should parse");
+
+        match cli.command {
+            Some(Commands::Graph {
+                command: GraphCommands::ConnectorSync { name, limit, json },
+            }) => {
+                assert_eq!(name, "hermes_notes");
+                assert_eq!(limit, 32);
+                assert!(json);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected graph connector-sync subcommand"),
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn format_decisions_human_renders_details() {
         let text = format_decisions_human(
@@ -4650,6 +4857,96 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(text.contains("- observations retained 9"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn format_graph_connector_sync_stats_human_renders_counts() {
+        let text = format_graph_connector_sync_stats_human(&GraphConnectorSyncStats {
+            connector_name: "hermes_notes".to_string(),
+            records_read: 4,
+            entities_upserted: 3,
+            observations_added: 3,
+            skipped_records: 1,
+        });
+
+        assert!(text.contains("Memory connector sync complete: hermes_notes"));
+        assert!(text.contains("- records read 4"));
+        assert!(text.contains("- entities upserted 3"));
+        assert!(text.contains("- observations added 3"));
+        assert!(text.contains("- skipped records 1"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn sync_memory_connector_imports_jsonl_observations() -> Result<()> {
+        let tempdir = TestDir::new("graph-connector-sync")?;
+        let db = session::store::StateStore::open(&tempdir.path().join("state.db"))?;
+        let now = chrono::Utc::now();
+        db.insert_session(&session::Session {
+            id: "session-1".to_string(),
+            task: "recovery incident".to_string(),
+            project: "ecc-tools".to_string(),
+            task_group: "incident".to_string(),
+            agent_type: "claude".to_string(),
+            working_dir: PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
+            state: session::SessionState::Running,
+            pid: None,
+            worktree: None,
+            created_at: now,
+            updated_at: now,
+            last_heartbeat_at: now,
+            metrics: session::SessionMetrics::default(),
+        })?;
+
+        let connector_path = tempdir.path().join("hermes-memory.jsonl");
+        std::fs::write(
+            &connector_path,
+            [
+                serde_json::json!({
+                    "entity_name": "Auth callback recovery",
+                    "summary": "Customer wiped setup and got charged twice",
+                    "details": {"customer": "viktor"}
+                })
+                .to_string(),
+                serde_json::json!({
+                    "session_id": "latest",
+                    "entity_type": "file",
+                    "entity_name": "callback.ts",
+                    "path": "src/routes/auth/callback.ts",
+                    "observation_type": "incident_note",
+                    "summary": "Recovery flow needs portal-first routing"
+                })
+                .to_string(),
+            ]
+            .join("\n"),
+        )?;
+
+        let mut cfg = config::Config::default();
+        cfg.memory_connectors.insert(
+            "hermes_notes".to_string(),
+            config::MemoryConnectorConfig::JsonlFile(config::MemoryConnectorJsonlFileConfig {
+                path: connector_path,
+                session_id: Some("latest".to_string()),
+                default_entity_type: Some("incident".to_string()),
+                default_observation_type: Some("external_note".to_string()),
+            }),
+        );
+
+        let stats = sync_memory_connector(&db, &cfg, "hermes_notes", 10)?;
+        assert_eq!(stats.records_read, 2);
+        assert_eq!(stats.entities_upserted, 2);
+        assert_eq!(stats.observations_added, 2);
+        assert_eq!(stats.skipped_records, 0);
+
+        let recalled = db.recall_context_entities(None, "charged twice routing", 5)?;
+        assert_eq!(recalled.len(), 2);
+        assert!(recalled
+            .iter()
+            .any(|entry| entry.entity.name == "Auth callback recovery"));
+        assert!(recalled
+            .iter()
+            .any(|entry| entry.entity.name == "callback.ts"));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn format_graph_sync_stats_human_renders_counts() {
         let text = format_graph_sync_stats_human(
diff --git a/ecc2/src/session/manager.rs b/ecc2/src/session/manager.rs
index 2d7254f7..093d7bf1 100644
--- a/ecc2/src/session/manager.rs
+++ b/ecc2/src/session/manager.rs
@@ -3253,6 +3253,7 @@ mod tests {
             default_agent_profile: None,
             agent_profiles: Default::default(),
             orchestration_templates: Default::default(),
+            memory_connectors: Default::default(),
             auto_dispatch_unread_handoffs: false,
             auto_dispatch_limit_per_session: 5,
             auto_create_worktrees: true,
diff --git a/ecc2/src/tui/dashboard.rs b/ecc2/src/tui/dashboard.rs
index b4cf65be..c0a013fa 100644
--- a/ecc2/src/tui/dashboard.rs
+++ b/ecc2/src/tui/dashboard.rs
@@ -14509,6 +14509,7 @@ diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
             default_agent_profile: None,
             agent_profiles: Default::default(),
             orchestration_templates: Default::default(),
+            memory_connectors: Default::default(),
             auto_dispatch_unread_handoffs: false,
             auto_dispatch_limit_per_session: 5,
             auto_create_worktrees: true,