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tuyv (@tuyv) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Status by tuyv — Agent Skill

Name: Status
Author: tuyv

File contents

Basic Memory status

Report the plugin's current state for this project, then present a concise summary. This is a quick diagnostic — gather the facts and lay them out; don't over-investigate.

Gather

CLI reachable? Run basic-memory --version (fall back to bm --version). If neither is found, report that Basic Memory isn't installed or on PATH, and stop — nothing else will work without it.
Configuration. Read .claude/settings.json (and .claude/settings.local.json if present) and report:
- From the basicMemory block: primaryProject (or note none is pinned — the default project is used), secondaryProjects (team/shared read sources), teamProjects (share targets for /basic-memory:share), captureFolder (default sessions), rememberFolder (default bm-remember), and preCompactCapture mode (default extractive).
- From the root settings object (not basicMemory): whether outputStyle is basic-memory — i.e. whether the capture reflexes are on.
Recent checkpoints. search_notes with metadata_filters={"type": "session"}, page_size 5, scoped to primaryProject if one is set. List the most recent session checkpoints by title + permalink.
Active tasks. search_notes with metadata_filters={"type": "task", "status": "active"} — report just the count.

When scoping these queries to primaryProject, pass it as project, or as project_id if it's an external_id UUID (a bare UUID in project won't route).

Present

Lay it out like this (fill in real values; write "—" or a short note for anything you couldn't determine, rather than failing the whole report):

## Basic Memory status

- CLI:               basic-memory <version>
- Project:           <primaryProject, or "default project (not pinned)">
- Reads from (team): <secondaryProjects joined, or "none">
- Share targets:     <teamProjects keys joined, or "none">
- Capture folder:    <captureFolder>
- Remember folder:   <rememberFolder>
- Output style:      <enabled | not enabled>
- PreCompact:        <mode>
- Recent checkpoints: <n>
    - <title> — <permalink>
    ...
- Active tasks:      <n>

If there are no checkpoints yet, say "none yet" and remind the user that checkpoints are written automatically before context compaction (and that a primaryProject must be set for them to be written).

---name: statusdescription: Show the Basic Memory plugin's current state for this project — active project, capture folders, output style, recent session checkpoints, and whether Basic Memory is reachable.---# Basic Memory statusReport the plugin's current state for this project, then present a concise summary.This is a quick diagnostic — gather the facts and lay them out; don't over-investigate.## Gather1. **CLI reachable?** Run `basic-memory --version` (fall back to `bm --version`). If neither is found, report that Basic Memory isn't installed or on PATH, and stop — nothing else will work without it.2. **Configuration.** Read `.claude/settings.json` (and `.claude/settings.local.json` if present) and report: - From the `basicMemory` block: `primaryProject` (or note none is pinned — the default project is used), `secondaryProjects` (team/shared read sources), `teamProjects` (share targets for `/basic-memory:share`), `captureFolder` (default `sessions`), `rememberFolder` (default `bm-remember`), and `preCompactCapture` mode (default `extractive`). - From the **root** settings object (not `basicMemory`): whether `outputStyle` is `basic-memory` — i.e. whether the capture reflexes are on.3. **Recent checkpoints.** `search_notes` with `metadata_filters={"type": "session"}`, `page_size` 5, scoped to `primaryProject` if one is set. List the most recent session checkpoints by title + permalink.4. **Active tasks.** `search_notes` with `metadata_filters={"type": "task", "status": "active"}` — report just the count.When scoping these queries to `primaryProject`, pass it as `project`, or as`project_id` if it's an `external_id` UUID (a bare UUID in `project` won't route).## PresentLay it out like this (fill in real values; write "—" or a short note for anythingyou couldn't determine, rather than failing the whole report):```## Basic Memory status- CLI: basic-memory <version>- Project: <primaryProject, or "default project (not pinned)">- Reads from (team): <secondaryProjects joined, or "none">- Share targets: <teamProjects keys joined, or "none">- Capture folder: <captureFolder>- Remember folder: <rememberFolder>- Output style: <enabled | not enabled>- PreCompact: <mode>- Recent checkpoints: <n> - <title> — <permalink> ...- Active tasks: <n>```If there are no checkpoints yet, say "none yet" and remind the user that checkpointsare written automatically before context compaction (and that a `primaryProject` mustbe set for them to be written).

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