alive-history SKILL.md skillA
alive-history from alivecontext/alive is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add alivecontext/alive/alive-history@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- alivecontext/alive
- Path
hermes/hermes-skills/alive-history/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Apr 10, 2026
- Size
- 1,967 bytes
- Repository stars
- 131
- License
- MIT
Search past sessions -- what happened, when, and why. Filters by walnut, topic, person, or timeframe.
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
# Session History Search squirrel entries and logs for past session context. ## Sources 1. **Squirrel entries** -- `.alive/_squirrels/*.yaml` (session metadata, stash, recovery state) 2. **Log entries** -- `_kernel/log.md` (decisions, narrative, signed entries) 3. **Stash file** -- `.alive/stash.json` (unrouted items from sessions) ## Search If the user asks about a specific walnut: ```bash # Read that walnut's log cat "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/[walnut_path]/_kernel/log.md" # Find squirrel entries for that walnut grep -l "[walnut_name]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/.alive/_squirrels/"*.yaml 2>/dev/null ``` If the user asks about a topic or person: ```bash # Search all logs grep -rl "[query]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/_kernel/log.md "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT"/*/*/_kernel/log.md 2>/dev/null # Search squirrel entries grep -rl "[query]" "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/.alive/_squirrels/"*.yaml 2>/dev/null ``` If the user asks about recent sessions: ```bash # List recent squirrel entries by date ls -lt "$ALIVE_WORLD_ROOT/.alive/_squirrels/"*.yaml 2>/dev/null | head -10 ``` ## Display ``` Recent sessions for [walnut/topic]: [date] -- squirrel:[id] ([engine]) Walnut: [name] Bundle: [bundle or none] …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add alivecontext/alive/alive-history@sha256:6f554dfaf36769ffThe line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_5d7gwiwnodx6kwjm)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 10, 2026.
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 (1967 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
alivecontext/alive · 131 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5d7gwiwnodx6kwjm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=alivecontext/alive/alive-history GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6f554dfaf36769ffdaca55da0b40b9fdc52513969054ec3a04a4313458e2fef5
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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.