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Agent skill

Bm Decide

by basicmachines-co in basicmachines-co/basic-memory

Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passed

Install Bm Decide

skills CLI
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-decide -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-decide --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-decide .claude/skills/bm-decide && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
bm-decide
GitHub stars
4.1k
Token cost
~512 tokens
SKILL.md length
237 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
49
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work.

  • Works in 5 steps: Resolve config: read the basicMemory… → Clarify only if the choice itself is… → Write a type: decision note (note_type:… → …
  • Asks to record a real choice — lets go with X
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Record this decision

What it does

Bm Decide is an agent skill from basicmachines-co/basic-memory. Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work. Use when the user makes or asks to record a real choice — "let's go with X", "record this decision", or runs /basic-memory:bm-decide.

Its SKILL.md is about 510 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: AI conversations that actually remember. Never re-explain your project to your AI again. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/tyvKNccgqN. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Asks to record a real choice — lets go with X
  • Record this decision
  • Runs /basic-memory:bm-decide

Example prompts

  • “s go with X”
  • “record this decision”
  • “/bm-decide”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Resolve config: read the basicMemory block with the same precedence the
  2. Clarify only if the choice itself is ambiguous. Do not ask for every field if
  3. Write a type: decision note (note_type: decision)
  4. Include
  5. Confirm with the permalink. If this supersedes an older decision, update the old

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6982cfc. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Bm Decide loads about 512 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 237 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~512

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from basicmachines-co/basic-memory at commit 6982cfc, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© basicmachines-co). 237 words, ~512 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/bm-decide/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
bm-decide
description
Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work. Use when the user makes or asks to record a real choice — "let's go with X", "record this decision", or runs /basic-memory:bm-decide.
argument-hint
(optional short statement of the decision)

Capture A Decision

Use this when the user makes or asks to record a durable choice. A decision is a choice with rationale and consequences, not a casual preference. This is the deliberate version of the basic-memory output style's decision-capture reflex — it works whether or not that style is enabled.

Steps

  1. 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:

    • write to primaryProject when set (pass it as project, or as project_id if it's an external_id UUID)
    • follow placementConventions for the directory when they are specific
    • otherwise use decisions

    Apply the bm-writing skill before drafting the note.

  2. Clarify only if the choice itself is ambiguous. Do not ask for every field if the conversation already contains the rationale.

  3. Write a type: decision note (note_type: decision):

    • status: open unless the user says it is accepted, superseded, or rejected
    • decided: <ISO timestamp when known>
    • project: <primaryProject if known>

  4. Include:

    • the decision
    • context
    • rationale
    • alternatives considered
    • consequences
    • affected files, specs, issues, PRs, or notes

  5. Confirm with the permalink. If this supersedes an older decision, update the old note or link it as supersedes.

© basicmachines-co, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-decide of basicmachines-co/basic-memory.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6982cfc

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Questions about Bm Decide

What does Bm Decide do?

Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work. Bm Decide is an agent skill from basicmachines-co/basic-memory. Capture a durable engineering decision in Basic Memory with rationale, alternatives, consequences, and affected work.

When should I use Bm Decide?

Bm Decide fits situations like: asks to record a real choice — lets go with X; record this decision; runs /basic-memory:bm-decide.

How do I install Bm Decide in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-decide -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-decide in basicmachines-co/basic-memory) into .claude/skills/bm-decide in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Bm Decide in Codex?

Run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-decide -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-decide in basicmachines-co/basic-memory) into .agents/skills/bm-decide in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Bm Decide in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-decide -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/bm-decide, .gemini/skills/bm-decide, .github/skills/bm-decide and .opencode/skills/bm-decide in your project.

What does Bm Decide need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Bm Decide is instructions for the agent only.

Does Bm Decide access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Bm Decide safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Bm Decide use?

Bm Decide is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Bm Decide use?

About 512 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Bm Decide?

basicmachines-co (a GitHub organization) maintains it in basicmachines-co/basic-memory, which has 4,107 GitHub stars. The repository holds 49 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: basicmachines-co/basic-memory on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.