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35 added, 52 removed. Audit B to B.
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name: cloud-sync
description: Set up or check claude-mem cloud sync with cmem.ai Pro. Use when the user says "set up cloud sync", "sync my memories", "cmem pro", "cloud backup", "sync status", or wants their memory database backed up or synced to their cmem.ai account.
allowed-tools:
- Bash
- Read
- AskUserQuestion
---
# Cloud Sync (cmem.ai Pro)
The installed worker syncs through SyncHub. There is one client, one durable
- operation log, and no separate sync daemon. This skill checks status or writes
- the three connection values issued by **cmem.ai → Connect**.
+ operation log, and no separate sync daemon. This skill checks status and points
+ the user to the installer's cmem.ai sign-in, which writes the connection.
- **Security rule:** never print the sync token, put it in argv, or log it.
- Confirm only its length. Preserve every unrelated setting and keep
- `~/.claude-mem/settings.json` mode `0600`.
+ **Security rule:** never ask the user to paste the sync token into this chat,
+ and never put it in a command you write, print it, put it in argv, or log it. A
+ secret pasted into a chat lands in the transcript, which claude-mem itself can
+ capture and sync. The installer writes the token to
+ `~/.claude-mem/settings.json` (mode `0600`) without it ever passing through
+ this conversation.
## 1. Check status
Resolve the worker port and query the always-registered status route:
```bash
PORT="${CLAUDE_MEM_WORKER_PORT:-$(node -e "const fs=require('fs'),p=require('path'),os=require('os');const uid=(typeof process.getuid==='function'?process.getuid():77);const fallback=String(37700+(uid%100));try{const s=JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(p.join(os.homedir(),'.claude-mem','settings.json'),'utf-8'));process.stdout.write(String(s.CLAUDE_MEM_WORKER_PORT||fallback));}catch{process.stdout.write(fallback);}" 2>/dev/null)}"
curl -s "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/api/sync/status"
```
- `configured: true` and `hub.reachable: true` → the worker completed an
authenticated `GET /v1/sync/status` against SyncHub. Report `deviceId`,
pending counts, `lastFlushAt`, `lastError`, and the Hub head/checkpoint;
stop unless the user asked to replace the connection.
- `configured: true` and `hub.reachable: false` → report `hub.error` and say
the SyncHub connection is not verified. A zero pending count or
`lastError: null` is not success because an empty queue performs no push.
- `configured: false` → continue.
- Connection refused, 404, or 503 immediately after restart → retry every
three seconds for about 30 seconds before diagnosing the worker.
- ## 2. Obtain the connection
-
- Ask for all three values shown by **cmem.ai → Connect**:
+ ## 2. Connect through the installer
- 1. sync token;
- 2. user id;
- 3. SyncHub URL.
+ Ask the user to run this in their own terminal:
- The Hub URL must be an absolute `https://` URL. Do not substitute the cmem.ai
- application API URL; the installed client talks only to SyncHub.
+ ```bash
+ npx claude-mem install
+ ```
- ## 3. Write installed-client settings
+ and to choose **CMEM Pro** when the installer asks. The installer signs them in
+ through the browser (they approve a device code), then writes the sync token,
+ user id and SyncHub URL into `~/.claude-mem/settings.json` itself and restarts
+ the worker. Nothing secret is typed into this chat.
- Substitute the collected values inside this quoted stdin script. Do not echo
- them before or after running it:
+ If the user cannot run the installer interactively (CI, a remote box), point
+ them to the headless setup guide, https://docs.claude-mem.ai/cmem-pro-headless,
+ and let them apply its manual recipe in their own terminal or editor. Do not
+ collect the values yourself.
- ```bash
- node - <<'EOF'
- const fs = require('fs'), os = require('os'), path = require('path');
- const token = 'PASTE_TOKEN_HERE';
- const userId = 'PASTE_USER_ID_HERE';
- const hubUrl = 'PASTE_HUB_URL_HERE';
- if (!token || !userId || !/^https:\/\/[^\s]+$/.test(hubUrl)) {
- console.error('token, user id, and an https SyncHub URL are required');
- process.exit(1);
- }
- const dir = path.join(os.homedir(), '.claude-mem');
- const file = path.join(dir, 'settings.json');
- fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
- const settings = fs.existsSync(file) ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8')) : {};
- const target = settings.env && typeof settings.env === 'object' ? settings.env : settings;
- target.CLAUDE_MEM_CLOUD_SYNC_TOKEN = token;
- target.CLAUDE_MEM_CLOUD_SYNC_USER_ID = userId;
- target.CLAUDE_MEM_CLOUD_SYNC_HUB_URL = hubUrl.replace(/\/+$/, '');
- fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify(settings, null, 2) + '\n', { mode: 0o600 });
- fs.chmodSync(file, 0o600);
- console.log(`saved cloud connection: token length ${token.length}, user id length ${userId.length}`);
- EOF
- ```
+ The worker mints and persists a device id on first start and defaults the device
+ name to the hostname.
- These are the only required connection keys. The worker mints and persists a
- device id on first start and defaults the device name to the hostname.
+ ## 3. Verify
- ## 4. Restart and verify
+ Once the installer finishes, poll the status route every five seconds for up to
+ 30 seconds. If the worker was not restarted, restart it first:
```bash
curl -s -X POST "http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}/api/admin/restart"
```
- Poll the status route every five seconds for up to 30 seconds while the
- successor starts. Success means `configured: true`, `hub.reachable: true`, and
- `lastError: null`. The local route always makes an authenticated, read-only
- SyncHub status probe, even when every pending count is zero; it never uses a
- legacy cmem.ai Pro status route and never appends or advances sync state.
- Pending counts describe only writes made after the SyncHub launch baseline;
- setup does not migrate a pre-launch local corpus.
+ Success means `configured: true`, `hub.reachable: true`, and `lastError: null`.
+ The local route always makes an authenticated, read-only SyncHub status probe,
+ even when every pending count is zero; it never uses a legacy cmem.ai Pro status
+ route and never appends or advances sync state. Pending counts describe only
+ writes made after the SyncHub launch baseline; setup does not migrate a
+ pre-launch local corpus.
If `hub.reachable` is false, report `hub.error`. If `lastError` is non-null,
- report it too. Ask the user to verify the three values in **cmem.ai →
- Connect**. Never include the token.
+ report it too, and suggest running `npx claude-mem install` again to refresh the
+ connection. Never include the token.
- ## 5. Report
+ ## 4. Report
Report device id, pending counts, last successful flush, Hub reachability and
checkpoint, and any Hub/flush error. End with this privacy note:
> Cloud sync uploads your observation narratives and full prompt text to your
> cmem.ai account.