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claude-mem Mode Creator

Interviews you, designs a custom claude-mem memory mode, installs it, wires optional Telegram alerts, and verifies it is actually active.

UtilitiesIntermediate★ 91,819⑂ 8,061AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 23, 2026

What it does

  • Builds a custom claude-mem mode — the taxonomy that decides what gets remembered from your sessions.
  • Interviews you about your work, then proposes 4–8 observation types and 4–8 concept tags, plus recording/skipping policies, and waits for approval.
  • Drafts the mode JSON, validates it with scripts/install-mode.mjs --dry-run, then installs it under the resolved data directory's modes/ folder and sets CLAUDE_MEM_MODE.
  • Optionally configures Telegram alerts for selected types/tags via a helper that takes the bot token through hidden terminal input and never prints it.
  • Restarts the worker and proves activation by checking that startup context contains Mode: <name> (<id>), reporting install and backup paths.

Who it's for

  • Existing claude-mem users on a local worker whose work isn't served by the default code mode.
  • Non-developers (law, architecture, research) who want domain-specific memory categories.
  • Anyone who wants Telegram pings when specific kinds of memories are recorded.

Examples

  1. A law student gets a mode capturing rule-establishing cases, professor-flagged exam traps, and doctrinal conflicts.
  2. An ML platform engineer gets a code--inherited variant tracking experiment outcomes, data-contract changes, production incidents, and cost findings.
  3. Telegram alerts are enabled only for the incident type or security tag, merged without deleting existing triggers.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thedotmack/claude-mem/HEAD/plugin/skills/mode-creator/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the plugin/skills/mode-creator folder from the GitHub repo thedotmack/claude-mem into my ~/.claude/skills/mode-creator/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r claude-mem/plugin/skills/mode-creator ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal in a working directory.
  2. Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git
  3. Create the skills folder: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r claude-mem/plugin/skills/mode-creator ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Check prerequisites: Node.js 20+ and a running local claude-mem worker (npx claude-mem status).
  6. Restart Claude Code, then say something like "customize what claude-mem remembers" to start the interview.
  7. For Telegram alerts, have a Telegram account and a BotFather bot ready. Enter the token only in the helper script's hidden prompt — never paste it into chat.
View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0