bm-checkpoint SKILL.md skillA
bm-checkpoint 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-checkpoint@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/claude-code/skills/bm-checkpoint/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261024.3d433fd, committed Oct 24, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 21, 2026
- Size
- 6,251 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,501
- License
- AGPL-3.0
Save a deliberate work checkpoint to Basic Memory with the story, changed files, verification, decisions, blockers, and the next action. Use when the user asks to checkpoint, wrap up, hand off, or remember the state of the 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
# Checkpoint Claude Work Create a durable handoff note for the current work. Use this when the user asks to checkpoint, wrap up, hand off, remember the state of the work, or before a long context transition. This is the deliberate, high-signal counterpart to the automatic PreCompact checkpoint. 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. ## Gather Resolve config: read the `basicMemory` block with the same precedence the hooks use. For the user-level base, append `settings.json` to the literal value of `CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR` when that environment variable is present; do not trim it, expand `~`, or treat an empty value as unset. Use `~/.claude/settings.json` only when the variable is absent. Then the project's `.claude/settings.json` and `.claude/settings.local.json` override it per key: - `primaryProject`, optional; discover and explicitly select the listed default or sole project when absent - `captureFolder`, default `sessions` …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-checkpoint@sha256:873da5ef6a7f7dddThe 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_u7tupivahswfkhnc)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jul 21, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026, about one every 24 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261024.3d433fd latest | 2026-10-24 | 3d433fd | 6,251 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260907.b7b8f39 | 2026-09-07 | b7b8f39 | 5,926 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260904.9408035 | 2026-09-04 | 9408035 | 5,531 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.d8e9ab8 | 2026-07-21 | d8e9ab8 | 5,323 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.25a4b37 | 2026-07-21 | 25a4b37 | 5,173 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 (6251 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_u7tupivahswfkhnc GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-checkpoint GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/873da5ef6a7f7ddd87b693cae0361402b9118f686f3177382c4d20348b9c575a
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