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basic-memory-setup 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/basic-memory-setup@git:20261024.3d433fdPins git:20261024.3d433fd in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- basicmachines-co/basic-memory
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integrations/tau/skills/basic-memory-setup/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261024.3d433fd, committed Oct 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Sep 7, 2026
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- 15,198 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Guide Basic Memory setup in Tau. Use when a user wants to install or configure the Tau memory extension, choose a memory destination or capture policy, verify connectivity, or troubleshoot setup. Check compatibility and obtain approval before installation, configuration changes, or test writes.
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
# Set up Basic Memory in Tau Help the user choose where memory goes and what gets saved. Ask one decision at a time. Set up Basic Memory's shared workflow: schema-backed checkpoints, tasks, decisions, categorized observations, and verified relations that other agents can find. Tau provides the lifecycle callbacks; it does not define a separate memory system. Do not create projects, reorganize notes, change credentials, or install packages as incidental setup work. Tau preserves the server's `bm_*` tool names, including `bm_read`, `bm_write`, `bm_search`, and `bm_project`. Other advertised tools receive a `bm_` prefix. Use the names and argument schemas advertised by the active Tau runtime. ## 1. Inspect before changing anything - Locate the integration directory: the installed `~/.tau/extensions/basic-memory` from `bm install tau`, or `integrations/tau` in an explicitly identified Basic Memory checkout. Do not assume the current directory or this skill's directory contains the extension. A packaged install does not require a source checkout. - Read the integration directory's `README.md`, `pyproject.toml`, `bridge.py`, and …
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How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/basic-memory-setup@sha256:42a252b7e75cab89The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261024.3d433fd, 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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The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Sep 7, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 47 days.
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| git:20261024.3d433fd latest | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 15,198 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.b7b8f39 | 2026-09-07 | b7b8f39 | 14,938 B | A | view |
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Source
basicmachines-co/basic-memory · 4,501 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
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