Agent skill

Claude Mem Install

by thedotmack in thedotmack/claude-mem

Use this when setting up claude-mem on Cursor: local or remote worker, local host-login observer or remote cmem.ai inference.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedAI & LLM Engineering

Install Claude Mem Install

skills CLI
$ npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill claude-mem-install -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install thedotmack/claude-mem claude-mem-install --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/thedotmack/claude-mem.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude-mem-cursor/skills/install .claude/skills/claude-mem-install && 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
claude-mem-install
GitHub stars
99k
Token cost
~261 tokens
SKILL.md length
90 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
26
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Use this when setting up claude-mem on Cursor: local or remote worker, local host-login observer or remote cmem.ai inference.

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Local worker (default) and Remote worker
  • Calls npx; reaches cmem.ai; needs CLAUDE_MEM_MCP_TOKEN

What it does

Claude Mem Install is an agent skill from thedotmack/claude-mem. Use this when setting up claude-mem on Cursor: local or remote worker, local host-login observer or remote cmem.ai inference.

Its SKILL.md is about 260 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 AI & LLM Engineering. It works with OpenRouter. The repository describes itself as: Persistent Context Across Sessions for Every Agent – Captures everything your agent does during sessions, compresses it with AI, and injects relevant context back into future…. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • AI & LLM Engineering work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/claude-mem-install”

Requirements

  • Node.js
  • A credential in CLAUDE_MEM_MCP_TOKEN

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit fa8ab09. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • npx

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • cmem.ai

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • CLAUDE_MEM_MCP_TOKEN

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

Context cost

Claude Mem Install loads about 261 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 90 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~261

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 thedotmack/claude-mem at commit fa8ab09, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© thedotmack). 90 words, ~261 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/claude-mem-install/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
claude-mem-install
description
Use this when setting up claude-mem on Cursor: local or remote worker, local host-login observer or remote cmem.ai inference.

Install claude-mem on Cursor

Independent of Grok Bot. Do not require the other IDE.

Local worker (default)

npx claude-mem install --ide cursor

Starts the local worker. Hooks already ship with this plugin. MCP claude-mem-local talks to it.

Observer:

  • Remote inference (typical): leave provider as openrouter / cmem.ai (CLAUDE_MEM_OPENROUTER_BASE_URL=https://cmem.ai/api/inference/v1)
  • Local host-login: --provider host (loopback shim; never bind the worker port — on macOS the worker is often 37777, so the shim uses 37778)

Remote worker

npx claude-mem install --ide cursor --runtime server --server-url https://YOUR_HOST

Set plugin variable CLAUDE_MEM_MCP_TOKEN for claude-mem-remote (https://cmem.ai/api/mcp or your server).

Never restart a healthy worker (RAM queue). No Claude CLI required for host/openrouter.

© thedotmack, Apache-2.0. 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 claude-mem-cursor/skills/install of thedotmack/claude-mem.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit fa8ab09

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Works with

Questions about Claude Mem Install

What does Claude Mem Install do?

Use this when setting up claude-mem on Cursor: local or remote worker, local host-login observer or remote cmem.ai inference. Claude Mem Install is an agent skill from thedotmack/claude-mem.ai inference.

When should I use Claude Mem Install?

Claude Mem Install fits situations like: AI & LLM Engineering work in your project.

How do I install Claude Mem Install in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill claude-mem-install -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (claude-mem-cursor/skills/install in thedotmack/claude-mem) into .claude/skills/claude-mem-install in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Claude Mem Install in Codex?

Run `npx skills add thedotmack/claude-mem --skill claude-mem-install -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (claude-mem-cursor/skills/install in thedotmack/claude-mem) into .agents/skills/claude-mem-install in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Claude Mem Install 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 thedotmack/claude-mem --skill claude-mem-install -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/claude-mem-install, .gemini/skills/claude-mem-install, .github/skills/claude-mem-install and .opencode/skills/claude-mem-install in your project.

What does Claude Mem Install need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Claude Mem Install needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx) and credentials named CLAUDE_MEM_MCP_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Node.js; A credential in CLAUDE_MEM_MCP_TOKEN.

Does Claude Mem Install access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: cmem.ai; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Claude Mem Install 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 Claude Mem Install use?

Claude Mem Install is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Claude Mem Install use?

About 261 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1k 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 Claude Mem Install?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Claude Mem Install: Add Model (get-convex/convex-evals, 130 stars), To Img (rtadewald/skills, 185 stars), Openrouter (davidondrej/skills, 4.1k stars) and Openrouter Text2music (QinghongLin/data2story-skill, 155 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Claude Mem Install?

thedotmack (a GitHub user) maintains it in thedotmack/claude-mem, which has 99,047 GitHub stars. The repository holds 26 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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