basic-memory SKILL.md skillA
basic-memory from basicmachines-co/basic-memory is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/basic-memory@git:20261024.3d433fdPins git:20261024.3d433fd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- basicmachines-co/basic-memory
- Path
integrations/hermes/skill/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261024.3d433fd, committed Oct 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 30, 2026
- Size
- 11,874 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Use the Basic Memory knowledge graph for persistent memory across sessions. Search before answering; capture decisions, meetings, and insights as notes.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Basic Memory Knowledge Graph You have access to a persistent knowledge graph backed by Basic Memory. The graph survives across sessions and is shared with other tools (Claude Desktop, Obsidian, the `bm` CLI). Use the `bm_*` tools below to recall and capture information. ## Use `bm_*`, not the `bm` CLI Use the `bm_*` tools for note operations rather than shelling out to the `bm` CLI. The `bm_*` tools route through a persistent MCP connection — roughly 0.1 seconds per call. Running `bm` from the shell spawns a fresh Python process per call (1-2 seconds of cold-start every time) and bypasses Hermes's automatic per-turn capture, so the session-transcript and summary notes won't reflect what you did. The CLI is fine when you genuinely need a feature these wrappers don't expose (rare). Otherwise, prefer: | Use case | Tool (not CLI) | |---|---| | Search the graph | `bm_search` | | Read a note | `bm_read` | | Create / update a note | `bm_write` / `bm_edit` | | Navigate relations | `bm_context` | | Move / delete | `bm_move` / `bm_delete` | | What's been touched lately | `bm_recent` | | List available projects | `bm_projects` | | List cloud workspaces | `bm_workspaces` | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/basic-memory@sha256:96ec2f0f8ef5a239The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.3d433fd, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 30, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 37 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261024.3d433fd latest | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 11,874 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.161539a | 2026-09-29 | 161539a | 11,484 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.e9a89af | 2026-09-29 | e9a89af | 11,239 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260829.8148191 | 2026-08-29 | 8148191 | 12,612 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260530.5365f97 | 2026-05-30 | 5365f97 | 12,358 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (11874 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
basicmachines-co/basic-memory · 4,501 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_3a7m6luuh7fdd6zj GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/basic-memory GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/96ec2f0f8ef5a239b1a02942856f9823ce1ad5a0f974e94a8c4da11614c615da
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.