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mem-search

A layered memory-retrieval workflow for claude-mem that surfaces past-session work without blowing your token budget.

UtilitiesIntermediate★ 99,717⑂ 8,743AI score 6/10Last updated: Oct 11, 2026

What it does

  • Triggers when you ask things like "did we already solve this?", "how did we do X last time?", or request work from earlier sessions.
  • Enforces a four-step retrieval ladder: search(query) for an ID index → timeline(anchor=ID) for nearby context → get_observations(ids=[...]) for details on only those IDs → get_tool_uses(ids=[...]) for raw tool_input/tool_response as a last resort.
  • Warns that raw tool bodies are unsummarized and can run to thousands of tokens each.
  • Stamps platformSource as cursor or grok-bot on writes, and keeps other hosts' memories when reading.

Who it's for

  • Anyone already running (or adopting) the claude-mem MCP server.
  • Developers with long-running, multi-session projects in Cursor or Claude Code.
  • People who frequently need to recover past decisions and debugging history.

Examples

  1. "How did we fix that deploy script permission error?" — search for IDs, then expand only the matching observations.
  2. "Pick up last week's auth refactor" — use timeline to reconstruct the surrounding work.
  3. Summaries too thin? — pull the original command and response with get_tool_uses.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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What I want: (describe your task here)

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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 claude-mem-cursor/skills/mem-search folder from the GitHub repo thedotmack/claude-mem into my ~/.claude/skills/thedotmack-mem-search-2/.
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/claude-mem-cursor/skills/mem-search ~/.claude/skills/

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

  1. Open a terminal.
  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/claude-mem-cursor/skills/mem-search ~/.claude/skills/
  5. Install the MCP server: npx claude-mem install --ide cursor (swap the --ide value for your host).
  6. Restart Cursor or Claude Code and ask "how did we solve this last time?" to confirm the skill fires.
View source on GitHub ↗License: Apache-2.0