Agent skill

Memtrace Change Impact Analysis

by syncable-dev in syncable-dev/memtrace-public

Compute what a planned source-code change will break — blast radius, affected processes, cross-repo callers, temporal stability, and Cortex decision-memory constraints — and produce a risk-rated…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Memtrace Change Impact Analysis

skills CLI
$ npx skills add syncable-dev/memtrace-public --skill memtrace-change-impact-analysis -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install syncable-dev/memtrace-public memtrace-change-impact-analysis --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/syncable-dev/memtrace-public.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/memtrace-skills/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis .claude/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis && 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
memtrace-change-impact-analysis
GitHub stars
486
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
582 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Compute what a planned source-code change will break — blast radius, affected processes, cross-repo callers, temporal stability, and Cortex decision-memory constraints — and produce a risk-rated…

  • Works in 7 steps: Identify what's being changed → Get 360° context for each target → Compute blast radius → …
  • Multi-part edits
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Steps, Decision Points and Output
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Memtrace Change Impact Analysis is an agent skill from syncable-dev/memtrace-public. Compute what a planned source-code change will break — blast radius, affected processes, cross-repo callers, temporal stability, and Cortex decision-memory constraints — and produce a risk-rated change plan. Use for multi-symbol or multi-part edits, refactors, API changes, renames, removals, PR reviews, or risk assessments that need a plan; for one symbol's raw blast radius, call getimpact directly. Do not manually grep references or browse files for impact; use Memtrace graph context, change history, and…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests and Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: Structural memory for AI coding agents. Bi-temporal graph, MCP-native, zero LLM calls. Cursor · Claude Code · Codex · DeepSeek Harness · Hermes · VS Code · Windsurf.

When your agent uses it

  • Multi-part edits
  • Risk assessments that need a plan
  • For one symbols raw blast radius
  • Call getimpact directly

Example prompts

  • “/memtrace-change-impact-analysis”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify what's being changed
  2. Get 360° context for each target
  3. Compute blast radius
  4. Check Cortex decision memory
  5. Check temporal stability
  6. Map affected execution flows
  7. Produce the risk assessment

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3a3084d. 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

Memtrace Change Impact Analysis loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 143 tokens; SKILL.md has 582 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~143
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 582 words (~1,441 tokens).

“Pre-change risk assessment workflow. Before modifying code, this workflow maps the full blast radius, identifies affected processes, checks recent change history for instability signals, checks Cortex decision memory for recorded decisions/bans/contracts, and produces a risk-rated change plan.”

— opening of SKILL.md by syncable-dev, Custom licence
name
memtrace-change-impact-analysis

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in plugins/memtrace-skills/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis of syncable-dev/memtrace-public.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3a3084d

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Categories

Questions about Memtrace Change Impact Analysis

What does Memtrace Change Impact Analysis do?

Compute what a planned source-code change will break — blast radius, affected processes, cross-repo callers, temporal stability, and Cortex decision-memory constraints — and produce a risk-rated…. Memtrace Change Impact Analysis is an agent skill from syncable-dev/memtrace-public. Compute what a planned source-code change will break — blast radius, affected processes, cross-repo callers, temporal stability, and Cortex decision-memory constraints — and produce a risk-rated change plan.

When should I use Memtrace Change Impact Analysis?

Memtrace Change Impact Analysis fits situations like: multi-part edits; risk assessments that need a plan; for one symbols raw blast radius; call getimpact directly.

How do I install Memtrace Change Impact Analysis in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add syncable-dev/memtrace-public --skill memtrace-change-impact-analysis -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/memtrace-skills/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis in syncable-dev/memtrace-public) into .claude/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Memtrace Change Impact Analysis in Codex?

Run `npx skills add syncable-dev/memtrace-public --skill memtrace-change-impact-analysis -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/memtrace-skills/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis in syncable-dev/memtrace-public) into .agents/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Memtrace Change Impact Analysis 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 syncable-dev/memtrace-public --skill memtrace-change-impact-analysis -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis, .gemini/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis, .github/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis and .opencode/skills/memtrace-change-impact-analysis in your project.

What does Memtrace Change Impact Analysis need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Memtrace Change Impact Analysis is instructions for the agent only.

Does Memtrace Change Impact Analysis 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 Memtrace Change Impact Analysis 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 Memtrace Change Impact Analysis use?

Memtrace Change Impact Analysis 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 Memtrace Change Impact Analysis use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.8k 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 Memtrace Change Impact Analysis?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Memtrace Change Impact Analysis: Smell Check (Zhen-Bo/smell-check, 239 stars), Coding Agent (mastra-ai/mastra, 29k stars), Code Reviewer (Yikai-Liao/symusic, 189 stars) and Typescript React Reviewer (SuFxGIT/scoutarr, 114 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Memtrace Change Impact Analysis?

syncable-dev (a GitHub organization) maintains it in syncable-dev/memtrace-public, which has 486 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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