bm-decide SKILL.md skillA
bm-decide 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/bm-decide@git:20260724.5d444f0Pins git:20260724.5d444f0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- basicmachines-co/basic-memory
- Path
plugins/codex/skills/bm-decide/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 4
- Latest version
- git:20260724.5d444f0, committed Jul 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jun 5, 2026
- Size
- 1,289 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work.
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
# Capture A Decision Use this when the user makes or asks to record a durable choice. A decision is a choice with rationale and consequences, not a casual preference. ## Steps 1. Resolve `~/.codex/basic-memory.json`, then the nearest project `.codex/basic-memory.json`; project keys override user keys: - write to `primaryProject` when set - follow `placementConventions` for the directory when they are specific - otherwise use `codex/decisions` Apply the `bm-writing` skill before drafting the note. 2. Clarify only if the choice itself is ambiguous. Do not ask for every field if the conversation already contains the rationale. 3. Write a `type: decision` note: - `status: open` unless the user says it is accepted, superseded, or rejected - `decided: <ISO timestamp when known>` - `project: <primaryProject if known>` 4. Include: - the decision - context - rationale - alternatives considered - consequences - affected files, specs, issues, PRs, or notes 5. Confirm with the permalink. If this supersedes an older decision, update the old note or link it as `supersedes`.
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-decide@sha256:fb037b4ea24490c5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260724.5d444f0, 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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Versions
The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Jun 5, 2026 and Jul 24, 2026, about one every 16 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20260724.5d444f0 latest | 2026-07-24 | 5d444f0 | 1,289 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.0a52e32 | 2026-07-21 | 0a52e32 | 1,283 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260720.89733e0 | 2026-07-20 | 89733e0 | 1,192 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260605.5973f9b | 2026-06-05 | 5973f9b | 1,133 B | A | view |
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 (1289 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
basicmachines-co/basic-memory · 4,501 stars · license AGPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ii66hncu76dhusvx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-decide GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fb037b4ea24490c5ee5b7d0823985d9198162399034c394d9c10742bab61f004
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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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