memory-capture SKILL.md skillA
memory-capture 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/memory-capture@git:20261029.bde8034Pins git:20261029.bde8034 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
skills/memory-capture/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261029.bde8034, committed Oct 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 31, 2026
- Size
- 12,455 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Capture a working thread's current state into one coherent Basic Memory note; on re-capture, rewrite it in place. Use mid- or end-of-thread when decisions, insights, or context are worth keeping.
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
# Memory Capture Capture the gist of a working thread — the decisions made, insights surfaced, and context built — into a single coherent Basic Memory note that reflects where the thread has landed. ## Project scope If the project is unknown, discover it with `bm_project(command="list")`. Pass a nonempty `project` on every note, folder, context and schema call, even with one project or a qualified `memory://` URL. Use the chosen project's name, `workspace/project`, or external ID; `<project>` below is a placeholder for it. Recent activity also requires `project`. Search accepts `project` for one project, `projects` for selected projects, or `all_projects=True` explicitly. Discovery and bundled manuals need no project. Keep the same scope when following returned paths, paginating, or recovering from a refusal. ## Purpose A thread has a beginning, middle, and end. Things change as the conversation progresses: an early decision gets revised, a problem looks different in light of new information, a trade-off is settled differently than it first seemed. When this skill is invoked, capture the **current state of understanding**, not the history of how it got there. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-capture@sha256:db63802b9b6cbf42The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261029.bde8034, 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_kexdj7nuihmm7qph)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 31, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, about one every 38 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261029.bde8034 latest | 2026-10-29 | bde8034 | 12,455 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261024.3d433fd | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 11,810 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.2f8530d | 2026-10-14 | 2f8530d | 11,851 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.373ec2e | 2026-10-12 | 373ec2e | 11,361 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260531.877e52f | 2026-05-31 | 877e52f | 11,481 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 (12455 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_kexdj7nuihmm7qph GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-capture GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/db63802b9b6cbf42f02c14b5384d3096e2fc99ecb24e2f7697813611c6b60004
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