total-recall SKILL.md skillA
total-recall from skillmds/skillmd is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add skillmds/skillmd/total-recall@git:20260919.fecc0d5Pins git:20260919.fecc0d5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- skillmds/skillmd
- Path
plugins/agents-mcp/skills/total-recall/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20260919.fecc0d5, committed Sep 19, 2026
- Size
- 14,485 bytes
- Repository stars
- 250
- License
- MIT
The only memory skill that watches on its own. No database. No vectors. No manual saves. Just an LLM observer that compresses your conversations into prioritised notes, consolidates when they grow, and recovers anything missed. Five layers of redundancy, zero maintenance. ~$0.00/month (using free-tier models). While other memory skills ask you to remember to remember, this one just pays attention.
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
# Total Recall — Autonomous Agent Memory
**The only memory skill that watches on its own.**
No database. No vectors. No manual saves. Just an LLM observer that compresses your conversations into prioritised notes, consolidates when they grow, and recovers anything missed. Five layers of redundancy, zero maintenance. ~$0.00/month (using free-tier models).
While other memory skills ask you to remember to remember, this one just pays attention.
## Architecture
```
Layer 1: Observer (cron, every 15-30 min)
↓ compresses recent messages → observations.md
Layer 2: Reflector (auto-triggered when observations > 8000 words)
↓ consolidates, removes superseded info → 40-60% reduction
Layer 3: Session Recovery (runs on every /new or /reset)
↓ catches any session the Observer missed
Layer 4: Reactive Watcher (inotify daemon, Linux only)
↓ triggers Observer after 40+ new JSONL writes, 5-min cooldown
Layer 5: Pre-compaction hook (memoryFlush)
↓ emergency capture before OpenClaw compacts context
```
## What It Does
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add skillmds/skillmd/total-recall@sha256:465c348b8db9c677The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260919.fecc0d5, 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_azjo7sh5objm2mcc)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Sep 19, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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- pass: No script tag
Source
skillmds/skillmd · 250 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_azjo7sh5objm2mcc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=skillmds/skillmd/total-recall GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/465c348b8db9c677390ffc003164dd033ec95ee4fe8818e8c63abfb48643dda7
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.
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