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brain-ops is agent-read markdown (skill) from garrytan/gbrain: Brain knowledge base operations. The core read/write cycle: brain-first lookup, read-enrich-write loop, source attribution, ambient enrichment, back-linking. Read this before any brain interaction..

Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified before it reaches your agent: the main file against the SHA-256 recorded here, the others against the git hashes of its source commit. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Brain Operations — The Ambient Context Layer

Recall relevant context before responding. Save explicit requests with
provenance; automatic capture is off until the user opts in. Reading this skill
does not enable capture, delegation, or paid enrichment. A chat-only instruction
suppresses writes for that turn, including when standing capture is enabled.

> **Convention:** See `skills/conventions/brain-first.md` for the 5-step lookup protocol.
> **Convention:** See `skills/conventions/quality.md` for citation and back-link rules.

> **Memory verbs (MEMORY_VERBS v1, gbrain ≥ 0.43).** Over MCP, prefer the five
> core memory verbs for the read/write cycle: **`remember(fact, provenance,
> ttl?)`** to save a single durable fact (mandatory provenance; dedupes +
> supersedes), **`recall(query | entity, budget_tokens)`** to read it back
> budget-packed, **`entity(name)`** for a zero-LLM card, **`synthesize(question)`**
> for the expensive cross-page answer, **`forget(id)`** to withdraw active memory
> (history, source material, and backups may remain). `context_pack` and `delta`
> complete the seven-verb surface. Use
…

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How to install

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mdr add garrytan/gbrain/brain-ops@v1.2.0
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v1.1.02026-08-31 2a56b51 10,444 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (13445 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

garrytan/gbrain · 30,334 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-26 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_7v7ktwtydu2euom2
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=garrytan/gbrain/brain-ops
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/566dcf7f12f18fab09967c5ab4f77ce949f1a2151dc707f678c0a9e3b835b3df

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