bm-orient SKILL.md skillA
bm-orient 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-orient@git:20261024.3d433fdPins git:20261024.3d433fd 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-orient/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261024.3d433fd, committed Oct 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 20, 2026
- Size
- 6,178 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Resume from an exact Basic Memory checkpoint or orient Codex from current graph and repository evidence.
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
# Orient From Basic Memory Use this before substantial work in a repo, before resuming an old thread, or when the user asks where things stand. Accept an optional Basic Memory identifier, permalink, or topic after `$bm-orient`. When no project is pinned, discover projects with `bm_project(command="list")` and pass the selected project's external ID as `project` on note/search calls. With several addressable projects, these calls require an explicit scope even when a default is configured. ## Resolve Configuration Read `~/.codex/basic-memory.json`, then the nearest project `.codex/basic-memory.json`; project keys override user keys. Use `primaryProject`, `secondaryProjects`, `recallTimeframe`, `sessionProfile`, `repository`, and `placementConventions`. If the file is missing, continue by discovering projects and explicitly selecting the listed default or sole project. Mention that setup has not been run. ## Choose One Recall Route Choose exactly one route from the invocation. ### Exact checkpoint When the user supplies an exact Basic Memory identifier or permalink, read that note directly. When `primaryProject` is configured, call `bm_read` with both the exact …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-orient@sha256:f351c032fc30e13dThe 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_ppkwuqduyjd4flwn)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jul 20, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 19 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261024.3d433fd latest | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 6,178 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260725.11bdc05 | 2026-07-25 | 11bdc05 | 5,768 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.c28159d | 2026-07-22 | c28159d | 2,358 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.0a52e32 | 2026-07-21 | 0a52e32 | 2,403 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.d8e9ab8 | 2026-07-21 | d8e9ab8 | 2,323 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260720.20acaad | 2026-07-20 | 20acaad | 1,736 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 (6178 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_ppkwuqduyjd4flwn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-orient GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f351c032fc30e13dcb935455f0693277390b5f7a1e22bef4f09525de234f2cd8
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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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