bm-remember

Quickly save a small fact, reminder, or user preference into Basic Memory from Codex without turning it into a full decision or checkpoint.

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The body is concise, actionable, and well-sequenced for a simple capture skill, providing concrete tool fields and config semantics without padding.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Lean ~32-line body that assumes Claude's competence; no padding or explanation of what Basic Memory is, and the bm-writing cross-reference is a justified, constrained pointer.	3 / 3
Actionability	Gives executable guidance: named tool (write_note) with concrete fields (title/directory/content/tags), exact config file paths, override semantics, and routing rules.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Clear 4-step sequence with a clarification checkpoint (ask one short question when the referent is unclear) and a confirm-with-permalink verification step at the end.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Under 50 lines with no need for external detail files; well-organized into a Steps section and an explicit boundary clause, which is sufficient for a simple skill.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Description

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Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description clearly scopes a lightweight capture task and distinguishes it from sibling decision/checkpoint skills, but lacks an explicit when-to-use trigger clause and multiple concrete actions.

Suggestions

Add an explicit 'Use when ...' clause listing natural triggers (e.g. 'Use when the user says remember that, save this, or note this small fact').

Surface more concrete actions (e.g. 'read project/user config, write a tagged note, confirm with permalink') to strengthen specificity.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Names the domain ('Basic Memory from Codex') and a concrete action ('save a small fact, reminder, or user preference') but does not list multiple distinct concrete actions like the score-3 anchor.	2 / 3
Completeness	States what the skill does but has no explicit 'Use when...' trigger clause, so when-to-use is only implied, which caps completeness at 2.	2 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Includes natural terms ('fact, reminder, or user preference') but omits common phrasings like 'remember this' / 'note this', and 'from Codex' is contextual jargon.	2 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Carves a clear lightweight-capture niche and explicitly contrasts with decisions/checkpoints, making it unlikely to trigger the wrong sibling skill.	3 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

Validation

100%

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Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

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Repository: basicmachines-co/basic-memory
Path: plugins/codex/skills/bm-remember/SKILL.md
Commit: 60408ad

Reviewed: 11 days ago

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