Remember

Capture $ARGUMENTS into Basic Memory as a quick note, keeping the user's words.

When no project is pinned, discover projects with bm_project(command="list") and pass the selected project's external ID as project on note/search calls. With several addressable projects, these calls require an explicit scope even when a default is configured.

Steps

1. Resolve config. Read the basicMemory block with the same precedence the

hooks use. 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 it per key. A user-level block alone is enough; a project can still pin its own values:

• rememberFolder — folder for quick captures (default: bm-remember)
• primaryProject — project to write to (when absent, discover projects and explicitly

select the listed default or sole project)

Both are optional. Use the defaults if the block or a key is missing. Don't fail if there's no settings file.

1. Derive the note. Apply the bm-writing skill before drafting; match its

depth to this lightweight capture — keep the user's wording and do not pad a small fact into an essay.

• Content = the text in $ARGUMENTS, verbatim. Don't rewrite or pad it.
• Title = the first line of that text, trimmed to ≤ 80 characters (append …

if you truncate). If it's one long line, write a short descriptive title instead.

• If $ARGUMENTS is empty (e.g. you were invoked because the user said "remember

that…"), capture the specific thing they asked you to remember from the conversation. If it's genuinely unclear what to save, ask one short question.

1. Write it with bm_write:

• title = the derived title
• directory = the resolved rememberFolder
• content = the text
• tags = ["manual-capture"]
• Route to primaryProject if set: pass it as project, including when

it is an external_id UUID. Omit project if primaryProject isn't set. Don't overwrite an existing note unless the user explicitly asks.

1. Confirm in one line: what was saved and its permalink —

e.g. Saved → bm-remember/<slug>.

Notes

• This is a quick capture. Keep the user's wording; don't add observations,

relations, or structure unless they ask.

• For a decision with rationale and alternatives, use the bm-decide skill

instead (the basic-memory output style also captures these inline). Wrapping up a work session is bm-checkpoint's job, not this skill's.

• Use whichever Basic Memory MCP server is connected — don't assume a specific host-added

server prefix; use the advertised bm_write tool.