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Agent skill

Remnic Recall

by joshuaswarren in joshuaswarren/remnic

Search Remnic memories by natural-language query. An agent skill from joshuaswarren/remnic.

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Install Remnic Recall

skills CLI
$ npx skills add joshuaswarren/remnic --skill remnic-recall -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install joshuaswarren/remnic remnic-recall --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/joshuaswarren/remnic.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/packages/remnic-core/skills/remnic-recall .claude/skills/remnic-recall && 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
remnic-recall
GitHub stars
218
Token cost
~556 tokens
SKILL.md length
277 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Search Remnic memories by natural-language query. An agent skill from joshuaswarren/remnic.

  • Works in 5 steps: Build a concise natural-language query… → Call remnic_recall with that query. Ask… → Skim the returned memories. Discard… → …
  • Phrases include what do you remember about
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, Inputs, Procedure and Efficiency plan, plus 2 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Remnic Recall is an agent skill from joshuaswarren/remnic. Search Remnic memories by natural-language query. Trigger phrases include "what do you remember about", "recall anything on", "have we discussed".

Its SKILL.md is about 560 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Open-source memory and context for user-aware agents: scoped memory, provenance, retrieval quality, correction, boundaries, evals, and MCP/HTTP access. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Phrases include what do you remember about
  • Recall anything on
  • Have we discussed

Example prompts

  • “what do you remember about”
  • “recall anything on”
  • “have we discussed”
  • “/remnic-recall”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): remnic_recall

Workflow steps

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

  1. Build a concise natural-language query from the user's request. Prefer the user's own wording over paraphrase.
  2. Call remnic_recall with that query. Ask for 3–8 results unless the caller hinted otherwise.
  3. Skim the returned memories. Discard anything clearly off-topic.
  4. Present 1–5 relevant bullet points to the user, each attributed to its source memory when useful.
  5. If nothing relevant came back, say so plainly and suggest remnic-remember if there is something worth storing now.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 002ea68. 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:

    • remnic_recall

    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

Remnic Recall loads about 556 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 40 tokens; SKILL.md has 277 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~40
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~556

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 joshuaswarren/remnic at commit 002ea68, republished under its MIT licence (© joshuaswarren). 277 words, ~556 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/remnic-recall/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
remnic-recall
description
Search Remnic memories by natural-language query. Trigger phrases include "what do you remember about", "recall anything on", "have we discussed".
allowed-tools
remnic_recall

When to use

Use when the user or the current task needs prior context from Remnic. This is the default first step for any non-trivial turn that could benefit from memory.

Triggers:

  • "What do you remember about …"
  • "Have we talked about …"
  • "Recall anything on …"
  • A new task begins and the agent wants background.

Inputs

  • query (required) — natural-language question or topic string.
  • Optional budget hint from the caller (e.g., "brief", "deep").

Procedure

  1. Build a concise natural-language query from the user's request. Prefer the user's own wording over paraphrase.
  2. Call remnic_recall with that query. Ask for 3–8 results unless the caller hinted otherwise.
  3. Skim the returned memories. Discard anything clearly off-topic.
  4. Present 1–5 relevant bullet points to the user, each attributed to its source memory when useful.
  5. If nothing relevant came back, say so plainly and suggest remnic-remember if there is something worth storing now.

Efficiency plan

  • One broad recall beats several narrow ones.
  • Reuse results within the same turn — do not re-query for the same topic.
  • Skip recall entirely for trivially local requests (formatting, arithmetic, mechanical refactors).

Pitfalls and fixes

  • Pitfall: Quoting irrelevant recalls just because they came back. Fix: Filter by topical relevance before surfacing.
  • Pitfall: Over-narrowing the query and missing useful context. Fix: Start broad; refine only if the first pass was noisy.
  • Pitfall: Presenting raw memory blobs. Fix: Summarize in the user's own terms.

Verification checklist

  • remnic_recall was called with a natural-language query.
  • Results were filtered for relevance before surfacing.
  • User-facing summary is concise (≤ 5 bullets unless requested).
  • Legacy engram_recall alias was not preferred over remnic_recall.

Tool names: canonical name is remnic_recall. The legacy engram_recall alias remains accepted during v1.x.

© joshuaswarren, MIT. 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 packages/remnic-core/skills/remnic-recall of joshuaswarren/remnic.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 002ea68

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Questions about Remnic Recall

What does Remnic Recall do?

Search Remnic memories by natural-language query. An agent skill from joshuaswarren/remnic. Remnic Recall is an agent skill from joshuaswarren/remnic. Search Remnic memories by natural-language query.

When should I use Remnic Recall?

Remnic Recall fits situations like: phrases include what do you remember about; recall anything on; have we discussed.

How do I install Remnic Recall in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add joshuaswarren/remnic --skill remnic-recall -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/remnic-core/skills/remnic-recall in joshuaswarren/remnic) into .claude/skills/remnic-recall in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Remnic Recall in Codex?

Run `npx skills add joshuaswarren/remnic --skill remnic-recall -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (packages/remnic-core/skills/remnic-recall in joshuaswarren/remnic) into .agents/skills/remnic-recall in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Remnic Recall 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 joshuaswarren/remnic --skill remnic-recall -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/remnic-recall, .gemini/skills/remnic-recall, .github/skills/remnic-recall and .opencode/skills/remnic-recall in your project.

What does Remnic Recall need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Remnic Recall is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: remnic_recall.

Does Remnic Recall 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 Remnic Recall 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 Remnic Recall use?

Remnic Recall is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Remnic Recall use?

About 556 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 Remnic Recall?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Remnic Recall: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), MCP Server Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), MCP Integration for Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars) and Figma use_figma Plugin API Rules (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Remnic Recall?

joshuaswarren (a GitHub user) maintains it in joshuaswarren/remnic, which has 218 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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