mem-search SKILL.md skillA

mem-search from thedotmack/claude-mem is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add thedotmack/claude-mem/mem-search@git:20261020.826811e

Pins git:20261020.826811e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
thedotmack/claude-mem
Path
plugin/skills/mem-search/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
8
Latest version
git:20261020.826811e, committed Oct 20, 2026
First version recorded
Feb 7, 2026
Size
7,923 bytes
Repository stars
102,153
License
Apache-2.0

Smart search (default). Search claude-mem's persistent cross-session memory database in three steps: search, timeline, then selected get_observations. Use when user asks "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or needs work from previous 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

# Smart Search (Default)

Search past work across all sessions. Use the original three-step mem-search workflow by default: search → timeline → selected get_observations. Reason about the index and context before choosing details. Do not use auto or guided modes.

## Runtime and Tool Names

The examples below use the local worker tools. Native Pi and DSH integrations
name the same three steps `mem_search`, `mem_timeline`, and
`mem_get_observations`. Native OpenCode uses `claude_mem_search`,
`claude_mem_timeline`, and `claude_mem_get_observations`. CMEM Pro uses `memory_search`, `timeline`, and
`get_observations`; use the parameter names advertised by that connection.

A self-hosted server runtime uses the same three steps: `search`, `timeline`,
and `get_observations`, scoped to the configured server project. Server
observation IDs are strings. Set `projectId` only when selecting another
authorized server project. Dumb search is unavailable in server runtime. A direct self-hosted `/v1/mcp`
connection instead requires `projectId` on each call and `anchorId` for its
timeline. CMEM Pro also uses `anchorId` for timeline context, and uses
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add thedotmack/claude-mem/mem-search@sha256:29dce09590fda3f3

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261020.826811e, 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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[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_6e5sc5x6k2xj7ffs.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_6e5sc5x6k2xj7ffs)

5 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Feb 7, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, about one every 37 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20261020.826811e latest2026-10-20 826811e 7,923 BA view · diff
git:20261009.5c125f32026-10-09 5c125f3 5,687 BA view · diff
git:20260907.fd0ecf02026-09-07 fd0ecf0 5,609 BA view · diff
git:20260415.a390a532026-04-15 a390a53 4,081 BA view · diff
git:20260409.c648d5d2026-04-09 c648d5d 5,999 BA view · diff
git:20260407.95889c72026-04-07 95889c7 5,754 BA view · diff
git:20260223.7966c6c2026-02-23 7966c6c 3,836 BA view · diff
git:20260207.5969d672026-02-07 5969d67 4,248 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7923 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

GitHub

thedotmack/claude-mem · 102,153 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6e5sc5x6k2xj7ffs
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thedotmack/claude-mem/mem-search
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/29dce09590fda3f3b7de61d617cdc7c22730863576dab8c5795782870079d682

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