memory-doctor SKILL.md skillA
memory-doctor 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-doctor@git:20261023.d3424c7Pins git:20261023.d3424c7 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-doctor/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20261023.573c3df, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 23, 2026
- Size
- 3,617 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Check local Basic Memory projects with bm doctor, explain the findings, and run the suggested fixes once the user agrees. Use when search misses or repeats notes, or a save looks lost.
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
# Memory Doctor
`bm doctor` checks the user's local Basic Memory projects and reports what is
wrong. Each problem comes with the command that fixes it, when one exists.
Doctor's checks only read; they never change a project's notes or index. The
fixes it suggests do change things, so run them only after the user agrees.
This skill needs a shell with the `bm` (or `basic-memory`) command.
## When to Use
- Search misses a note the user knows exists, or returns the same note twice
- A note was saved but its file did not change, or the reverse
- The user asks whether Basic Memory is working, or to "check" or "fix" it
- After a crash, an interrupted import, or moving a project's folder
## Run It
Start with the report alone. It is fast and has a stable JSON shape:
```bash
bm doctor --skip-self-test --json
```
Add `--project NAME` to check one project. Without `--skip-self-test`, doctor
also runs a self-test: it writes, indexes and searches a note in a throwaway
sandbox, which takes a few seconds and proves the install itself works. Run it
when the report is clean but something still seems broken.
## Read the Report
```json
{
"projects": [
{
"name": "work",
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-doctor@sha256:92c9b5ec762fe3dcThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.d3424c7, 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 4 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 23, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261023.573c3df latest | 2026-10-23 | 573c3df | 3,617 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261023.72144ca | 2026-10-23 | 72144ca | 3,603 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261023.d3424c7 | 2026-10-23 | d3424c7 | 3,651 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261023.d52dbc9 | 2026-10-23 | d52dbc9 | 3,614 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 (3617 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_4fg6qv4cv7un3bbg GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-doctor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/92c9b5ec762fe3dc2bf36978e6872280233f318c638ce6d501ea70c4e2505011
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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.
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