Agent skill

Deleting Thoughts

by NateBJones-Projects in NateBJones-Projects/OB1

A skill your agent uses when asked to delete, remove, purge, wipe, or "get rid of" an Open Brain thought, or before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector), which…

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Install Deleting Thoughts

skills CLI
$ npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill deleting-thoughts -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install NateBJones-Projects/OB1 deleting-thoughts --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/NateBJones-Projects/OB1.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/deleting-thoughts .claude/skills/deleting-thoughts && 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
deleting-thoughts
GitHub stars
4.7k
Token cost
~995 tokens
SKILL.md length
499 words
Files
3
Skills in repo
24
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when asked to delete, remove, purge, wipe, or "get rid of" an Open Brain thought, or before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector), which…

  • Works in 3 steps: Resolve the id via search_thoughts /… → Show the target and confirm. Surface the… → Delete only after confirmation. Call…
  • Asked to delete
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use, Process and This Is Irreversible — No…, plus 4 more sections
  • Needs MCP_ACCESS_KEY

What it does

Deleting Thoughts is an agent skill from NateBJones-Projects/OB1. Use when asked to delete, remove, purge, wipe, or "get rid of" an Open Brain thought, or before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector), which HARD-deletes with no undo. Also use when tempted to delete a thought that is merely outdated or wrong. To edit or deprecate instead of removing, see updating-thoughts.

Its SKILL.md is about 1000 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `README.md` and `metadata.json`).

The repository describes itself as: Open Brain — The infrastructure layer for your thinking. One database, one AI gateway, one chat channel — any AI plugs in. No middleware, no SaaS.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to delete
  • Get rid of an Open Brain thought
  • Before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector)
  • Which HARD-deletes with no undo

Example prompts

  • “get rid of”
  • “/deleting-thoughts”

Requirements

  • A credential in MCP_ACCESS_KEY

Workflow steps

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

  1. Resolve the id via search_thoughts / list_thoughts. delete_thought
  2. Show the target and confirm. Surface the thought's content to the user
  3. Delete only after confirmation. Call delete_thought(id). It pre-checks

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 238df6c. 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • MCP_ACCESS_KEY

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

Context cost

Deleting Thoughts loads about 995 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 499 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~88
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~995

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 499 words (~995 tokens).

“delete_thought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector) performs a hard delete — the row is gone the moment it returns, with no tombstone, no soft-delete, and no restore. Recovery depends entirely on database backups. The Open Brain maintainer's stance is "deprecate and version…”

— opening of SKILL.md by NateBJones-Projects, Custom licence
name
deleting-thoughts
author
Ezana Azene
version
1.0.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files in skills/deleting-thoughts of NateBJones-Projects/OB1.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • metadata.json

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 238df6c

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Questions about Deleting Thoughts

What does Deleting Thoughts do?

A skill your agent uses when asked to delete, remove, purge, wipe, or "get rid of" an Open Brain thought, or before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector), which…. Deleting Thoughts is an agent skill from NateBJones-Projects/OB1. Use when asked to delete, remove, purge, wipe, or "get rid of" an Open Brain thought, or before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector), which HARD-deletes with no undo.

When should I use Deleting Thoughts?

Deleting Thoughts fits situations like: asked to delete; get rid of an Open Brain thought; before calling deletethought (the open-brain-delete-thought connector); which HARD-deletes with no undo.

How do I install Deleting Thoughts in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill deleting-thoughts -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/deleting-thoughts in NateBJones-Projects/OB1) into .claude/skills/deleting-thoughts in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Deleting Thoughts in Codex?

Run `npx skills add NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill deleting-thoughts -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/deleting-thoughts in NateBJones-Projects/OB1) into .agents/skills/deleting-thoughts in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Deleting Thoughts 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 NateBJones-Projects/OB1 --skill deleting-thoughts -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/deleting-thoughts, .gemini/skills/deleting-thoughts, .github/skills/deleting-thoughts and .opencode/skills/deleting-thoughts in your project.

What does Deleting Thoughts need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Deleting Thoughts needs credentials named MCP_ACCESS_KEY. Our summary lists: A credential in MCP_ACCESS_KEY.

Does Deleting Thoughts 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 Deleting Thoughts 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 Deleting Thoughts use?

Deleting Thoughts has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Deleting Thoughts use?

About 995 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Deleting Thoughts?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Deleting Thoughts: Warp Feature Flag Removal (warpdotdev/warp, 65k stars), Dead Code Remover (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Remove Bg Automation (ComposioHQ/awesome-claude-skills, 77k stars) and Remove AI Slops (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Deleting Thoughts?

NateBJones-Projects (a GitHub organization) maintains it in NateBJones-Projects/OB1, which has 4,710 GitHub stars. The repository holds 24 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: NateBJones-Projects/OB1 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.