Agent skill

Last 30 Minutes

by deusXmachina-dev in deusXmachina-dev/memorylane

Summarize what you've been doing in the last 30 minutes. An agent skill from deusXmachina-dev/memorylane.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passed

Install Last 30 Minutes

skills CLI
$ npx skills add deusXmachina-dev/memorylane --skill last-30-minutes -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install deusXmachina-dev/memorylane last-30-minutes --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/deusXmachina-dev/memorylane.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/memorylane/skills/last-30-minutes .claude/skills/last-30-minutes && 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
last-30-minutes
GitHub stars
121
Token cost
~696 tokens
SKILL.md length
344 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Summarize what you've been doing in the last 30 minutes. An agent skill from deusXmachina-dev/memorylane.

  • Works in 5 steps: Fetch Recent Activity → Handle Empty Results → Group and Summarize → …
  • SKILL.md covers Before you start, Instructions and Notes
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Last 30 Minutes is an agent skill from deusXmachina-dev/memorylane. Summarize what you've been doing in the last 30 minutes.

Its SKILL.md is about 700 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The licence is GPL-3.0.

Example prompts

  • “/last-30-minutes”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): mcp__memorylane__browse_timeline, mcp__memorylane__search_context, mcp__memorylane__get_activity_details

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Fetch Recent Activity
  2. Handle Empty Results
  3. Group and Summarize
  4. Drill Into Details (only if needed)
  5. Present the Summary

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 16abbe0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • mcp__memorylane__browse_timeline
    • mcp__memorylane__search_context
    • mcp__memorylane__get_activity_details

    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

Last 30 Minutes loads about 696 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 18 tokens; SKILL.md has 344 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~18
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~696

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 deusXmachina-dev/memorylane at commit 16abbe0, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© deusXmachina-dev). 344 words, ~696 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/last-30-minutes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
last-30-minutes
description
Summarize what you've been doing in the last 30 minutes.
allowed-tools
mcp__memorylane__browse_timeline, mcp__memorylane__search_context, mcp__memorylane__get_activity_details

Recent Activity

Summarize the user's recent screen activity.

Before you start

If the browse_timeline tool is not available, stop and reply with exactly:

MemoryLane isn't connected to Claude yet. Open the MemoryLane app, go to Integrations, click Add to Claude, then restart Claude Desktop and run this again.

Do not suggest plugin settings, Retry, or toggling the plugin.

Instructions

Step 1 — Fetch Recent Activity

Call browse_timeline(startTime="30 minutes ago", endTime="now", limit=50, sampling="recent_first").

Step 2 — Handle Empty Results
  • If nothing returned: Widen the window to browse_timeline(startTime="2 hours ago", endTime="now", limit=50, sampling="recent_first").
  • If the wider window also returns nothing: Report that MemoryLane may not be capturing (the app might not be running, or there has been no screen activity). Stop here.
  • If the wider window returns results but the 30-minute window didn't: Note the gap to the user (e.g., "No activity in the last 30 minutes, but here's what you were doing earlier").
Step 3 — Group and Summarize

From the returned entries:

  1. Identify distinct apps from the activity summaries.
  2. Cluster entries by task — use the summary text to group related activities together.
  3. Estimate approximate time spent on each cluster from the timestamps of its entries.
  4. Order groups by recency (most recent first).
Step 4 — Drill Into Details (only if needed)

Only call get_activity_details(ids) when a summary is ambiguous and the exact on-screen text would genuinely help clarify what the user was doing. Do not fetch OCR speculatively.

Step 5 — Present the Summary

Format as a brief narrative followed by bullet points:

**Last 30 minutes** (N activities recorded)

You were primarily working on [main task].

- **[App Name]** (~X min) — [what you were doing]
- **[App Name]** (~X min) — [what you were doing]

If the results came from the wider 2-hour window, adjust the heading accordingly.

Notes

  • Summaries are the primary source of truth. They are pre-generated from the captured activity and are sufficient for most reporting. Reserve get_activity_details for ambiguous cases.
  • Use search_context(query) if the user asks follow-up questions like "what was I doing in Chrome?" or "find that thing I was reading about X".
  • recent_first sampling is used instead of uniform because the user cares most about what just happened, and the window is short enough that uniform sampling would not add value.

© deusXmachina-dev, GPL-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/memorylane/skills/last-30-minutes of deusXmachina-dev/memorylane.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 16abbe0

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Questions about Last 30 Minutes

What does Last 30 Minutes do?

Summarize what you've been doing in the last 30 minutes. An agent skill from deusXmachina-dev/memorylane. Last 30 Minutes is an agent skill from deusXmachina-dev/memorylane. Summarize what you've been doing in the last 30 minutes.

How do I install Last 30 Minutes in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add deusXmachina-dev/memorylane --skill last-30-minutes -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/memorylane/skills/last-30-minutes in deusXmachina-dev/memorylane) into .claude/skills/last-30-minutes in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Last 30 Minutes in Codex?

Run `npx skills add deusXmachina-dev/memorylane --skill last-30-minutes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/memorylane/skills/last-30-minutes in deusXmachina-dev/memorylane) into .agents/skills/last-30-minutes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Last 30 Minutes 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 deusXmachina-dev/memorylane --skill last-30-minutes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/last-30-minutes, .gemini/skills/last-30-minutes, .github/skills/last-30-minutes and .opencode/skills/last-30-minutes in your project.

What does Last 30 Minutes need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Last 30 Minutes is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: mcp__memorylane__browse_timeline, mcp__memorylane__search_context, mcp__memorylane__get_activity_details.

Does Last 30 Minutes 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 Last 30 Minutes 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 Last 30 Minutes use?

Last 30 Minutes is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Last 30 Minutes use?

About 696 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.8k 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 Last 30 Minutes?

deusXmachina-dev (a GitHub organization) maintains it in deusXmachina-dev/memorylane, which has 121 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: deusXmachina-dev/memorylane on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.