# memory-continue

This skill rebuilds context from the Basic Memory graph so your assistant picks up previous work instead of starting cold.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1300 installs · ★ 4357
- Author: basicmachines-co
- License: AGPL-3.0 · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/tree/HEAD/skills/memory-continue/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-continue

## What it does

Reach for it at the start of a session, or when you say something like “continue with the refactor” and expect the agent to know what that means. The skill reconstructs the thread from notes stored in Basic Memory.

It walks the knowledge graph with MCP tools. `bm_context` follows relations outward from a starting note at a chosen depth, `bm_project(command="recent")` surfaces what changed lately, `bm_search` finds candidate notes by keyword, and `bm_read` opens one in full or just a slice. Time windows come as plain words: `"today"`, `"3d"`, `"2 weeks"`, `"1 month"`.

None of those calls work without the Basic Memory MCP server configured, since the skill has nothing else to read from. Project names differ per user, so run `bm_project(command="list")` first and scope a `memory://` URL with a project prefix when you keep several, as in `memory://research/papers/crdt`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill memory-continue -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/tree/HEAD/skills/memory-continue/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- rebuild session context without retelling it yourself
- locate notes on a topic when the filename is long gone
- pull related notes around a spec or project
- see what changed over the past few days
- continue a task that spans several sessions

## Example prompts
- Continue work on SPEC-24 and pull the context from memory
- Where did we leave the Postgres migration?
- Go back to the async client refactor and show me the last week of changes

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