memory-onboarding SKILL.md skillA
memory-onboarding 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/memory-onboarding@git:20261029.bde8034Pins git:20261029.bde8034 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
skills/memory-onboarding/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261029.bde8034, committed Oct 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 14, 2026
- Size
- 14,553 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Help a new user design a Basic Memory knowledge system and set up their assistant to load it. Use when someone is getting started, has an empty or messy project, or wants context kept across sessions.
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 Onboarding You are guiding a person who is new to Basic Memory through building a knowledge system that fits *their* life — then teaching them to use it and wiring it into their AI assistant so every future session starts already knowing the rules. This skill works with any LLM or assistant platform. Where platform-specific setup is needed (system prompts, project instructions), identify what YOUR environment supports and adapt the generic patterns in `references/assistant-setup.md`. ## Project scope If the project is unknown, discover it with `bm_project(command="list")`. Pass a nonempty `project` on every note, folder, context and schema call, even with one project or a qualified `memory://` URL. Use the chosen project's name, `workspace/project`, or external ID; `<project>` below is a placeholder for it. Recent activity also requires `project`. Search accepts `project` for one project, `projects` for selected projects, or `all_projects=True` explicitly. Discovery and bundled manuals need no project. Keep the same scope when following returned paths, paginating, or recovering from a refusal. ## Why this approach …
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How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-onboarding@sha256:5d3be1981f4e0868The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261029.bde8034, 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 6 versions of this file, between Jul 14, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, about one every 21 days.
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| git:20261029.bde8034 latest | 2026-10-29 | bde8034 | 14,553 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261024.3d433fd | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 13,845 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.2f8530d | 2026-10-14 | 2f8530d | 13,786 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.373ec2e | 2026-10-12 | 373ec2e | 13,633 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.e9a89af | 2026-09-29 | e9a89af | 13,933 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260714.7ab99dd | 2026-07-14 | 7ab99dd | 14,162 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
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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_3kfngeapnb2h6wqf GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-onboarding GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5d3be1981f4e08689366217d7548fcbc8a549ad9783d7f9d831b32d7071cb831
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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.