Agent skill

Memtrace Impact

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

Compute the blast radius of modifying a symbol through transitive graph impact.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Memtrace Impact

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install syncable-dev/memtrace-public memtrace-impact --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-impact .claude/skills/memtrace-impact && 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-impact
GitHub stars
486
Token cost
~986 tokens
SKILL.md length
363 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Compute the blast radius of modifying a symbol through transitive graph impact.

  • Works in 4 steps: Identify the symbol name → Run impact analysis → Interpret the risk rating → …
  • The user asks about blast radius
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, Quick Reference, Required parameters — get_impact and Steps, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Memtrace Impact is an agent skill from syncable-dev/memtrace-public. Compute the blast radius of modifying a symbol through transitive graph impact. Use when the user asks about blast radius, impact, what breaks, risk, upstream callers, downstream dependencies, or consequences of modifying a symbol, before or during source-code changes. Do not use Grep or manual reference search; Memtrace computes transitive graph impact. For a full risk-rated plan covering a multi-part change, use memtrace-change-impact-analysis.

Its SKILL.md is about 990 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. 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

  • The user asks about blast radius
  • Upstream callers
  • Downstream dependencies
  • Consequences of modifying a symbol

Example prompts

  • “/memtrace-impact”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify the symbol name
  2. Run impact analysis
  3. Interpret the risk rating
  4. For diff-based analysis

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 (its code samples are json).

    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 Impact loads about 986 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 117 tokens; SKILL.md has 363 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~117
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~986

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 363 words (~986 tokens).

“Compute the blast radius of changing a specific symbol. Traces upstream (what depends on this) and downstream (what this depends on) through the knowledge graph to quantify risk before making modifications.”

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

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3a3084d

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Categories

Questions about Memtrace Impact

What does Memtrace Impact do?

Compute the blast radius of modifying a symbol through transitive graph impact. Memtrace Impact is an agent skill from syncable-dev/memtrace-public. Compute the blast radius of modifying a symbol through transitive graph impact.

When should I use Memtrace Impact?

Memtrace Impact fits situations like: the user asks about blast radius; upstream callers; downstream dependencies; consequences of modifying a symbol.

How do I install Memtrace Impact in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Memtrace Impact in Codex?

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

Can I use Memtrace Impact 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-impact -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-impact, .gemini/skills/memtrace-impact, .github/skills/memtrace-impact and .opencode/skills/memtrace-impact in your project.

What does Memtrace Impact need to run?

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

Does Memtrace Impact 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 Impact 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 Impact use?

Memtrace Impact 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 Impact use?

About 986 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Impact?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Memtrace Impact: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars), PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars) and Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Memtrace Impact?

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.