Agent skill

Memory Starter Kit

by mage0535 in mage0535/hermes-memory-installer

Historical starter note for the memory sidecar stack. An agent skill from mage0535/hermes-memory-installer.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Memory Starter Kit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mage0535/hermes-memory-installer --skill memory-starter-kit -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mage0535/hermes-memory-installer memory-starter-kit --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/mage0535/hermes-memory-installer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory-starter-kit .claude/skills/memory-starter-kit && 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
memory-starter-kit
GitHub stars
209
Token cost
~363 tokens
SKILL.md length
156 words
Files
6 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
3
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Historical starter note for the memory sidecar stack. An agent skill from mage0535/hermes-memory-installer.

  • Tasks that involve Project scaffolding
  • SKILL.md covers Current Status, Use This Skill For, Do Not Use This Skill As and Current Portable Runtime, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Memory Starter Kit is an agent skill from mage0535/hermes-memory-installer. Historical starter note for the memory sidecar stack.

Its SKILL.md is about 360 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `references/archive-patterns.md` and `references/writing-guide.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Project scaffolding. It works with Python. The repository describes itself as: 🧠 Production-grade memory sidecar for AI agents — gbrain + Hindsight + 3-tier recall. Agent-agnostic, battle-tested. | 生产级外挂记忆系统,兼容Hermes/Claude/Cursor等任意AI智能体. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Project scaffolding

Example prompts

  • “/memory-starter-kit”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3f6974b. 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

Memory Starter Kit loads about 363 tokens when it runs, and up to ~669 if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 18 tokens; SKILL.md has 156 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
~363
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~669

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 mage0535/hermes-memory-installer at commit 3f6974b, republished under its MIT licence (© mage0535). 156 words, ~363 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/memory-starter-kit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
memory-starter-kit
description
Historical starter note for the memory sidecar stack.

Memory Starter Kit

Hermes-only historical note: this skill is kept for repository continuity, not as a current portable install contract.

Current Status

The old four-layer description is obsolete. The maintained local/public build is the three-layer sidecar documented in:

  • README.md
  • ARCHITECTURE.md
  • docs/compatibility-matrix.md

Use This Skill For

  • understanding the historical evolution of the project
  • mapping old Hermes deployments to the current sidecar surfaces
  • identifying which older helpers are no longer part of the default install set

Do Not Use This Skill As

  • a production installation guide
  • a multi-agent compatibility contract
  • a source of current runtime dependencies

Current Portable Runtime

Use the installed scripts under $AGENT_HOME/scripts/ together with:

  • session_to_gbrain.py
  • memory_governance_rebuild.py
  • tiered_context_injector.py
  • memory_guardian.py
  • memory_maintenance_cycle.py
  • sidecar_acceptance_check.py

Historical Notes

  • older Hermes deployments used additional local helpers not shipped by the current installer
  • legacy bridge layers mentioned in earlier versions were removed from the maintained public stack
  • if a teammate is working from old notes, reconcile them against docs/compatibility-matrix.md before changing runtime behavior

© mage0535, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in skills/memory-starter-kit of mage0535/hermes-memory-installer.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/archive-patterns.md
  • references/writing-guide.md
  • templates/knowledge.md.j2
  • templates/person.md.j2
  • templates/project.md.j2

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3f6974b

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Works with

Questions about Memory Starter Kit

What does Memory Starter Kit do?

Historical starter note for the memory sidecar stack. An agent skill from mage0535/hermes-memory-installer. Memory Starter Kit is an agent skill from mage0535/hermes-memory-installer. Historical starter note for the memory sidecar stack.

When should I use Memory Starter Kit?

Memory Starter Kit fits situations like: tasks that involve Project scaffolding.

How do I install Memory Starter Kit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mage0535/hermes-memory-installer --skill memory-starter-kit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/memory-starter-kit in mage0535/hermes-memory-installer) into .claude/skills/memory-starter-kit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Memory Starter Kit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mage0535/hermes-memory-installer --skill memory-starter-kit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/memory-starter-kit in mage0535/hermes-memory-installer) into .agents/skills/memory-starter-kit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Memory Starter Kit 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 mage0535/hermes-memory-installer --skill memory-starter-kit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/memory-starter-kit, .gemini/skills/memory-starter-kit, .github/skills/memory-starter-kit and .opencode/skills/memory-starter-kit in your project.

What does Memory Starter Kit need to run?

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

Does Memory Starter Kit 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 Memory Starter Kit 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 Memory Starter Kit use?

Memory Starter Kit 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 Memory Starter Kit use?

About 363 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 306 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Memory Starter Kit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Memory Starter Kit: Mirage VFS Adapter Authoring (strukto-ai/mirage, 3.7k stars), CLI-Anything for Codex (HKUDS/CLI-Anything, 52k stars), CLI-Anything for Hermes Agent (HKUDS/CLI-Anything, 52k stars) and MCP Scaffold (timothywarner-org/claude-code, 224 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Memory Starter Kit?

mage0535 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mage0535/hermes-memory-installer, which has 209 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 22, 2026.

Source: mage0535/hermes-memory-installer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.