memory-notes SKILL.md skillA
memory-notes 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-notes@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-notes/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261029.bde8034, committed Oct 29, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 30, 2026
- Size
- 17,607 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
How to write well-structured Basic Memory notes: frontmatter, categorized observations, wiki-link relations, and knowledge-graph best practices. Use when creating or improving notes.
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 Notes Write well-structured notes that Basic Memory can parse into a searchable knowledge graph. Every note is a markdown file with three key sections: frontmatter, observations, and relations. ## 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. ## Note Anatomy ```markdown --- title: API Design Decisions tags: [api, architecture, decisions] --- # API Design Decisions The API team evaluated multiple approaches for the public API during Q1. After prototyping both REST and GraphQL, the team chose REST due to broader ecosystem support and simpler caching semantics. This note captures the key decisions and …
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How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-notes@sha256:7470f21b7fa11ea7The 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between May 30, 2026 and Oct 29, 2026, about one every 25 days.
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| git:20261029.bde8034 latest | 2026-10-29 | bde8034 | 17,607 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261024.3d433fd | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 16,441 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.fe3e5a2 | 2026-10-14 | fe3e5a2 | 16,313 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261012.373ec2e | 2026-10-12 | 373ec2e | 14,131 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260929.e9a89af | 2026-09-29 | e9a89af | 14,170 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260531.877e52f | 2026-05-31 | 877e52f | 13,808 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260530.5365f97 | 2026-05-30 | 5365f97 | 13,208 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 (17607 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_q5dekh3x3ntplzm7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/memory-notes GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7470f21b7fa11ea76195fad5a3ce58e5fd1270f1a13cfab9a70ec3ac6fa79683
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