basicmachines-co

bm-status

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.

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Install

npx skillscat add basicmachines-co/basic-memory/bm-status

Install via the SkillsCat registry.

SKILL.md

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

  1. CLI reachable? Run basic-memory --version, then bm --version, then
    uvx --prerelease=allow basic-memory --version. If no launcher resolves, report the CLI status as
    unavailable and continue with MCP/config checks. The plugin hooks can still use
    their uv-managed environment.

  2. Configuration. Read the basicMemory block with the hooks' precedence.
    For the user-level base, append settings.json to the literal value of
    CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR when that environment variable is present; do not trim it,
    expand ~, or treat an empty value as unset. Use ~/.claude/settings.json only
    when the variable is absent. Then the project's .claude/settings.json and
    .claude/settings.local.json override per key. Report the result, noting when
    a value comes from the user-level block versus the project:

    • 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:bm-share), captureFolder
      (default sessions), rememberFolder (default bm-remember),
      preCompactCapture mode (default extractive), sessionProfile (default
      general), repository (coding profile only), captureEvents (default
      true).
    • From the root settings object (not basicMemory): whether outputStyle is
      basic-memory — i.e. whether the capture reflexes are on.
  3. Core hook health. With the first available launcher, run
    basic-memory hook status --harness claude --project-dir <project-root>.
    Report its shared inbox path, pending envelopes, archived envelopes, pending
    checkpoint requests, last
    flush, settings state, resolved primary project, capture state, capture folder,
    Basic Memory version, and uv version. Inbox counts are global across supported
    harnesses; do not attribute a backlog solely to Claude. Treat this command's
    settings resolution as canonical for hook behavior; if it disagrees with the
    manually merged config, show the mismatch. If no launcher resolves, mark these
    fields unavailable and continue.

  4. Recent checkpoints. search_notes with
    metadata_filters={"type": "session"}, page_size 5, scoped to primaryProject
    if one is set. When sessionProfile is coding, also query
    metadata_filters={"type": "coding_session", "repository": "<configured repository>"},
    then merge, deduplicate, sort newest first, and keep the newest five. List them
    by title + permalink.

  5. 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>
- Session profile:   <general | coding>
- Repository:        <owner/name or none>
- Event capture:     <enabled | disabled>
- Shared hook inbox: <path or unavailable>
- Shared pending envelopes: <count or unavailable>
- Shared archived envelopes: <count or unavailable>
- Pending checkpoint requests: <count or unavailable>
- Last flush:        <timestamp, never, or unavailable>
- Hook runtime:      basic-memory <version>; uv <version or missing>
- Recent checkpoints: <n across session and coding_session>
    - <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).

Warn when event capture is enabled and pending envelopes are accumulating or the
last flush is never, while noting that another harness may contribute to the
shared counts. Do not warn about an empty inbox when capture is disabled.