feat: upgrade chromadb to v1.1.0, improve types

- update imports and include handling for chromadb v1.1.0  
- fix mypy and typing_compat issues (required, typeddict, voyageai)  
- refine embedderconfig typing and allow base provider instances  
- handle mem0 as special case for external memory storage  
- bump tools and clean up redundant deps

src/crewai/memory/entity/entity_memory.py

@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ class EntityMemory(Memory):
     _memory_provider: str | None = PrivateAttr()
 
     def __init__(self, crew=None, embedder_config=None, storage=None, path=None):
-        memory_provider = embedder_config.get("provider") if embedder_config else None
+        memory_provider = None
+        if embedder_config and isinstance(embedder_config, dict):
+            memory_provider = embedder_config.get("provider")
+
         if memory_provider == "mem0":
             try:
                 from crewai.memory.storage.mem0_storage import Mem0Storage
@@ -35,7 +38,11 @@ class EntityMemory(Memory):
                 raise ImportError(
                     "Mem0 is not installed. Please install it with `pip install mem0ai`."
                 ) from e
-            config = embedder_config.get("config") if embedder_config else None
+            config = (
+                embedder_config.get("config")
+                if embedder_config and isinstance(embedder_config, dict)
+                else None
+            )
             storage = Mem0Storage(type="short_term", crew=crew, config=config)
         else:
             storage = (

src/crewai/memory/external/external_memory.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from crewai.events.types.memory_events import (
 from crewai.memory.external.external_memory_item import ExternalMemoryItem
 from crewai.memory.memory import Memory
 from crewai.memory.storage.interface import Storage
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.types import ProviderSpec
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from crewai.memory.storage.mem0_storage import Mem0Storage
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ class ExternalMemory(Memory):
         }
 
     @staticmethod
-    def create_storage(crew: Any, embedder_config: dict[str, Any] | None) -> Storage:
+    def create_storage(
+        crew: Any, embedder_config: dict[str, Any] | ProviderSpec | None
+    ) -> Storage:
         if not embedder_config:
             raise ValueError("embedder_config is required")
 
@@ -159,6 +162,6 @@ class ExternalMemory(Memory):
         super().set_crew(crew)
 
         if not self.storage:
-            self.storage = self.create_storage(crew, self.embedder_config)
+            self.storage = self.create_storage(crew, self.embedder_config)  # type: ignore[arg-type]
 
         return self

src/crewai/memory/memory.py

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional
 
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
+from crewai.rag.embeddings.types import EmbedderConfig
+
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from crewai.agent import Agent
     from crewai.task import Task
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ class Memory(BaseModel):
     Base class for memory, now supporting agent tags and generic metadata.
     """
 
-    embedder_config: dict[str, Any] | None = None
+    embedder_config: EmbedderConfig | dict[str, Any] | None = None
     crew: Any | None = None
 
     storage: Any

src/crewai/memory/short_term/short_term_memory.py

@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ class ShortTermMemory(Memory):
     _memory_provider: str | None = PrivateAttr()
 
     def __init__(self, crew=None, embedder_config=None, storage=None, path=None):
-        memory_provider = embedder_config.get("provider") if embedder_config else None
+        memory_provider = None
+        if embedder_config and isinstance(embedder_config, dict):
+            memory_provider = embedder_config.get("provider")
+
         if memory_provider == "mem0":
             try:
                 from crewai.memory.storage.mem0_storage import Mem0Storage
@@ -37,7 +40,11 @@ class ShortTermMemory(Memory):
                 raise ImportError(
                     "Mem0 is not installed. Please install it with `pip install mem0ai`."
                 ) from e
-            config = embedder_config.get("config") if embedder_config else None
+            config = (
+                embedder_config.get("config")
+                if embedder_config and isinstance(embedder_config, dict)
+                else None
+            )
             storage = Mem0Storage(type="short_term", crew=crew, config=config)
         else:
             storage = (