Basic Memory
Your AI finally remembers your projects, so you stop re-explaining yourself every chat
About this skill
Basic Memory gives your AI assistant a persistent memory built from plain Markdown notes saved on your own computer. As you chat, it records facts and links them into a knowledge graph your assistant can search and update later, so you never re-explain the same project twice. Everything stays local by default, with only anonymous usage stats that you can fully disable.
What it does
- Read and write Markdown notes in your chosen folder (default ~/basic-memory)
- Build a searchable knowledge graph from your notes
- Let your AI assistant recall and update that memory across chats
- Optionally sync to a paid cloud account if you sign up
- Read files outside your notes folder
- Send your note contents anywhere in local mode
- Access your passwords, keychain, or system credentials
- Run system or shell commands
Security report
- Hidden instructions that could trick your AI (prompt injection)
- Secretly collecting or sending your data (data exfiltration)
- Asking for more access than it needs
- Unsafe actions that could delete or send things without asking
- Where it comes from and whether its licence is clear
Connects
Private · on-deviceTeach your AI
Copy this and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude. Your AI reads the full skill from this page and follows it. Nothing to install.
Learn this skill from AgentPod and use it whenever I ask: Basic Memory: https://agentpod.com/skills/basic-memory
FAQ
Is Basic Memory free?
Yes. Basic Memory is completely free. You copy a short prompt, paste it into your AI assistant, and it works. No account, no install, no payment.
Does Basic Memory work with ChatGPT and Claude?
Yes. Basic Memory works the same in ChatGPT and Claude. The same teach prompt works in either one: your AI reads the full skill straight from this page.
Is Basic Memory safe to use?
Yes. AgentPod security-checked Basic Memory and it scored 88/100. We review every skill for hidden instructions that could trick your AI, secret data collection, and anything unsafe before it goes live.
What can Basic Memory access?
It runs locally on your side. Nothing leaves your device.
How do I use Basic Memory?
Copy the teach prompt on this page, paste it into ChatGPT or Claude, then ask for what you need. Your assistant fetches the full skill from agentpod.com and follows it.
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