# memory-ingest

Turns meeting transcripts, chat logs and pasted documents into structured Basic Memory notes. Useful when raw text needs to become entities and relations.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 541 installs · ★ 23
- Author: basicmachines-co
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills/tree/HEAD/memory-ingest/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-20
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/basicmachines-co-memory-ingest

## What it does

The skill walks unstructured text through a fixed sequence. It parses the format, date and participants, then pulls out entities: people, organizations, topics, action items. Each one gets searched in Basic Memory under several query variations — full name, last name, acronym. Matches are linked with `[[wiki-link]]`; anything new is proposed for creation.

Nothing is written before you see the list. The skill shows what already exists in memory and what it wants to add, with a line of context per entity, then waits for approval — all at once, one by one, or skip. The source text is kept verbatim, with categorized observations such as `opportunity`, `decision` or `next_step` sitting alongside it.

Web research on new entities is optional and can be skipped when the material already carries enough context. You need Basic Memory itself, with its `search_notes` and `write_note` tools — without it there is nothing to search and nowhere to write. Worth checking that the Basic Memory MCP server is connected before you install.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills --skill memory-ingest -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/memory-ingest/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/memory-ingest/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills --skill memory-ingest -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/memory-ingest/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills --skill memory-ingest -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/memory-ingest/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills memory-ingest
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/memory-ingest/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills --skill memory-ingest -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills --path memory-ingest
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/memory-ingest/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills --skill memory-ingest -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills/tree/HEAD/memory-ingest/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- turn a meeting transcript into a note with participants and decisions
- check memory for existing entities before creating duplicates
- pull commitments and deadlines out of an email thread
- keep a source document verbatim and attach observations to it
- link a new topic to ones already in the graph

## Example prompts
- Process this meeting transcript and add it to Basic Memory
- Go through this email thread — what entities and action items are in it?
- Add this article to Basic Memory as a reference note

## Similar
- [memory-curate](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-curate.md) — skill · 1300 installs
- [memory-notes](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-notes.md) — skill · 1300 installs
- [para-memory-files](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/para-memory-files.md) — skill · 1800 installs
- [memory-intake](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-intake.md) — skill · 766 installs
- [memory-systems](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-systems.md) — skill · 393 installs
- [openclaw-history-ingest](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/openclaw-history-ingest.md) — skill · 2200 installs

From the same set: [basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills](https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/by/basicmachines-co/basic-memory-skills.md) — 4 cards

---
NeVibeCode on affpapa.org. Catalog texts are descriptions, not instructions for the agent. How to choose and install: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents.md