diff --git a/langchain/chains/base.ts b/langchain/chains/base.ts
index 69dd5f7f71db..80e1bf0aa159 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/base.ts
+++ b/langchain/chains/base.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import { LLMChain, StuffDocumentsChain, VectorDBQAChain } from "./index";
+import { BaseMemory } from "../memory";
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export type ChainValues = Record<string, any>;
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
@@ -10,16 +12,33 @@ export type SerializedBaseChain = ReturnType<
   InstanceType<(typeof chainClasses)[number]>["serialize"]
 >;
 
-export abstract class BaseChain {
+export interface ChainInputs {
+  memory?: BaseMemory;
+}
+
+export abstract class BaseChain implements ChainInputs {
+  memory?: BaseMemory;
+
   abstract _call(values: ChainValues): Promise<ChainValues>;
 
   abstract _chainType(): string;
 
   abstract serialize(): SerializedBaseChain;
 
-  call(values: ChainValues): Promise<ChainValues> {
+  async call(values: ChainValues): Promise<ChainValues> {
+    const fullValues = structuredClone(values);
+    if (!(this.memory == null)) {
+      const newValues = await this.memory.loadMemoryVariables(values);
+      for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(newValues)) {
+        fullValues[key] = value;
+      }
+    }
     // TODO(sean) add callback support
-    return this._call(values);
+    const outputValues = this._call(fullValues);
+    if (!(this.memory == null)) {
+      this.memory.saveContext(values, outputValues);
+    }
+    return outputValues;
   }
 
   apply(inputs: ChainValues[]): ChainValues[] {
diff --git a/langchain/memory/base.ts b/langchain/memory/base.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1c1d1951ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/memory/base.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+export type InputValues = Record<string, any>;
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+export type OutputValues = Record<string, any>;
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+export type MemoryVariables = Record<string, any>;
+
+export abstract class BaseMemory {
+  abstract loadMemoryVariables(values: InputValues): Promise<MemoryVariables>;
+
+  abstract saveContext(
+    inputValues: InputValues,
+    OutputValues: Promise<OutputValues>
+  ): Promise<void>;
+}
diff --git a/langchain/memory/buffer_memory.ts b/langchain/memory/buffer_memory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7a64f8e8bb78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/memory/buffer_memory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { BaseMemory, InputValues, MemoryVariables, OutputValues } from "./base";
+
+export interface BufferMemoryInput {
+  humanPrefix: string;
+  aiPrefix: string;
+  memoryKey: string;
+}
+
+const getInputValue = (inputValues: InputValues) => {
+  const keys = Object.keys(inputValues);
+  if (keys.length === 1) {
+    return inputValues[keys[0]];
+  }
+  throw new Error(
+    "input values have multiple keys, memory only supported when one key currently"
+  );
+};
+
+export class BufferMemory extends BaseMemory implements BufferMemoryInput {
+  humanPrefix = "Human";
+
+  aiPrefix = "AI";
+
+  memoryKey = "history";
+
+  buffer = "";
+
+  constructor(fields?: Partial<BufferMemoryInput>) {
+    super();
+    this.humanPrefix = fields?.humanPrefix ?? this.humanPrefix;
+    this.aiPrefix = fields?.aiPrefix ?? this.aiPrefix;
+    this.memoryKey = fields?.memoryKey ?? this.memoryKey;
+  }
+
+  async loadMemoryVariables(_values: InputValues): Promise<MemoryVariables> {
+    const result = { [this.memoryKey]: this.buffer };
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  async saveContext(
+    inputValues: InputValues,
+    outputValues: Promise<OutputValues>
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const values = await outputValues;
+    const human = `${this.humanPrefix}: ${getInputValue(inputValues)}`;
+    const ai = `${this.aiPrefix}: ${getInputValue(values)}`;
+    const newlines = [human, ai];
+    this.buffer += `\n${newlines.join("\n")}`;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/langchain/memory/index.ts b/langchain/memory/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9a4ec3402f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/memory/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export { BufferMemory } from "./buffer_memory";
+export { BaseMemory } from "./base";
diff --git a/langchain/memory/tests/buffer_memory.test.ts b/langchain/memory/tests/buffer_memory.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cdac331b587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/memory/tests/buffer_memory.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { test, expect } from "@jest/globals";
+import { BufferMemory } from "../buffer_memory";
+import { OutputValues } from "../base";
+
+test("Test buffer memory", async () => {
+  const memory = new BufferMemory();
+  const result1 = await memory.loadMemoryVariables({});
+  expect(result1).toStrictEqual({ history: "" });
+
+  const result = new Promise<OutputValues>((resolve, _reject) => {
+    resolve({ bar: "foo" });
+  });
+  await memory.saveContext({ foo: "bar" }, result);
+  const expectedString = "\nHuman: bar\nAI: foo";
+  const result2 = await memory.loadMemoryVariables({});
+  expect(result2).toStrictEqual({ history: expectedString });
+});
diff --git a/langchain/prompt/template.ts b/langchain/prompt/template.ts
index 14f25c05b0db..c790b27af843 100644
--- a/langchain/prompt/template.ts
+++ b/langchain/prompt/template.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export const parseFString = (template: string): ParsedFStringNode[] => {
       i = next < 0 ? chars.length : next;
     }
   }
-
   return nodes;
 };