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Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable.
AGPL-3.0Auto-check passed
Install Bm Status
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-status --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ 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-status .claude/skills/bm-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "bm-status" agent skill from https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status into .claude/skills/bm-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bm-status", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-statusType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-status --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status .agents/skills/bm-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "bm-status" agent skill from https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status into .agents/skills/bm-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bm-status", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-status --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status .cursor/skills/bm-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "bm-status" agent skill from https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status into .cursor/skills/bm-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bm-status", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git --path plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-status --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status .gemini/skills/bm-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "bm-status" agent skill from https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status into .gemini/skills/bm-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bm-status", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-statusInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status .github/skills/bm-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "bm-status" agent skill from https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status into .github/skills/bm-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bm-status", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory bm-status --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status .opencode/skills/bm-status && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "bm-status" agent skill from https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/main/plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status into .opencode/skills/bm-status/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "bm-status", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
bm-status- GitHub stars
- 4.1k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 474 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 49
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
At a glance
Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable.
- Works in 5 steps: CLI reachable? Run basic-memory… → Configuration. Read the basicMemory… → Core hook health. With the first… → …
- SKILL.md covers Gather and Present
- Calls uv and uvx
What it does
Bm Status is an agent skill from basicmachines-co/basic-memory. Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k 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.
Example prompts
- “/bm-status”
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- CLI reachable? Run basic-memory --version, then bm --version, then
- Configuration. Read the basicMemory block with the hooks' precedence.
- Core hook health. With the first available launcher, run
- Recent checkpoints. search_notes with
- Active tasks. search_notes with
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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
uvuvx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use uv and uvx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
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 Status loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 47 tokens; SKILL.md has 474 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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). 474 words, ~1,222 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/bm-status/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- bm-status
- description
- Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable.
- disable-model-invocation
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Basic Memory status
Report the plugin's current state for this project, then present a concise summary. This is a quick diagnostic — gather the facts and lay them out; don't over-investigate.
Gather
CLI reachable? Run
basic-memory --version, thenbm --version, thenuvx --prerelease=allow basic-memory --version. If no launcher resolves, report the CLI status as unavailable and continue with MCP/config checks. The plugin hooks can still use their uv-managed environment.Configuration. Read the
basicMemoryblock with the hooks' precedence. For the user-level base, appendsettings.jsonto the literal value ofCLAUDE_CONFIG_DIRwhen that environment variable is present; do not trim it, expand~, or treat an empty value as unset. Use~/.claude/settings.jsononly when the variable is absent. Then the project's.claude/settings.jsonand.claude/settings.local.jsonoverride per key. Report the result, noting when a value comes from the user-level block versus the project:- From the
basicMemoryblock:primaryProject(or note none is pinned — the default project is used),secondaryProjects(team/shared read sources),teamProjects(share targets for/basic-memory:bm-share),captureFolder(defaultsessions),rememberFolder(defaultbm-remember),preCompactCapturemode (defaultextractive),sessionProfile(defaultgeneral),repository(coding profile only),captureEvents(defaulttrue). - From the root settings object (not
basicMemory): whetheroutputStyleisbasic-memory— i.e. whether the capture reflexes are on.
- From the
Core hook health. With the first available launcher, run
basic-memory hook status --harness claude --project-dir <project-root>. Report its shared inbox path, pending envelopes, archived envelopes, pending checkpoint requests, last flush, settings state, resolved primary project, capture state, capture folder, Basic Memory version, and uv version. Inbox counts are global across supported harnesses; do not attribute a backlog solely to Claude. Treat this command's settings resolution as canonical for hook behavior; if it disagrees with the manually merged config, show the mismatch. If no launcher resolves, mark these fields unavailable and continue.Recent checkpoints.
search_noteswithmetadata_filters={"type": "session"},page_size5, scoped toprimaryProjectif one is set. WhensessionProfileiscoding, also querymetadata_filters={"type": "coding_session", "repository": "<configured repository>"}, then merge, deduplicate, sort newest first, and keep the newest five. List them by title + permalink.Active tasks.
search_noteswithmetadata_filters={"type": "task", "status": "active"}— report just the count.
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When scoping these queries to primaryProject, pass it as project, or as
project_id if it's an external_id UUID (a bare UUID in project won't route).
Present
Lay it out like this (fill in real values; write "—" or a short note for anything you couldn't determine, rather than failing the whole report):
## Basic Memory status
- CLI: basic-memory <version>
- Project: <primaryProject, or "default project (not pinned)">
- Reads from (team): <secondaryProjects joined, or "none">
- Share targets: <teamProjects keys joined, or "none">
- Capture folder: <captureFolder>
- Remember folder: <rememberFolder>
- Output style: <enabled | not enabled>
- PreCompact: <mode>
- Session profile: <general | coding>
- Repository: <owner/name or none>
- Event capture: <enabled | disabled>
- Shared hook inbox: <path or unavailable>
- Shared pending envelopes: <count or unavailable>
- Shared archived envelopes: <count or unavailable>
- Pending checkpoint requests: <count or unavailable>
- Last flush: <timestamp, never, or unavailable>
- Hook runtime: basic-memory <version>; uv <version or missing>
- Recent checkpoints: <n across session and coding_session>
- <title> — <permalink>
...
- Active tasks: <n>If there are no checkpoints yet, say "none yet" and remind the user that checkpoints
are written automatically before context compaction (and that a primaryProject must
be set for them to be written).
Warn when event capture is enabled and pending envelopes are accumulating or the
last flush is never, while noting that another harness may contribute to the
shared counts. Do not warn about an empty inbox when capture is disabled.
© 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-status of basicmachines-co/basic-memory.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6982cfc
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| Bm Status this skillbasicmachines-co/basic-memory | 4.1k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 | |
| Basicbergside/awesome-design-skills | 3.1k | 1 repos | ~969 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Makepad Basicssickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Bigquery Basicsdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Gke Basicsdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Alloydb Basicsdavila7/claude-code-templates | 32k | — | ~611 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Bm Status
What does Bm Status do?
Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable. Bm Status is an agent skill from basicmachines-co/basic-memory. Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable.
How do I install Bm Status in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status in basicmachines-co/basic-memory) into .claude/skills/bm-status in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Bm Status in Codex?
Run `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill bm-status -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/claude-code/skills/bm-status in basicmachines-co/basic-memory) into .agents/skills/bm-status in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Bm Status 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-status -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-status, .gemini/skills/bm-status, .github/skills/bm-status and .opencode/skills/bm-status in your project.
What does Bm Status need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Bm Status needs the command-line tools its instructions call (uv and uvx).
Does Bm Status access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use uv and uvx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Bm Status 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 Status use?
Bm Status 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 Status use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.9k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Bm Status?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Bm Status: Basic (bergside/awesome-design-skills, 3.1k stars), Makepad Basics (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars), Bigquery Basics (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars) and Gke Basics (davila7/claude-code-templates, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Bm Status?
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.