# Memory Quest

Finish Memory Quest Mission 8: confirm this assistant reaches Basic Memory Cloud and...

- Repository: https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory (4440 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: AGPL-3.0
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill memory-quest -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill memory-quest -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill memory-quest -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add basicmachines-co/basic-memory --skill memory-quest -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add basicmachines-co/basic-memory`

## Description

Finish Memory Quest Mission 8: confirm this assistant reaches Basic Memory Cloud and starts from Basic Memory, then, with approval, save a Memory Master note with the user's verification code.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Memory Quest

Memory Quest's last mission checks that this assistant is set up to use Basic Memory as a natural starting point for work. You complete it by saving one note, the user's **Memory Master** note, through Basic Memory, carrying a one-time code from the Basic Memory web app. The cloud recognizes that write and awards the mission.

The note write *is* the verification. There is no other endpoint to call and nothing to report afterwards.

## Project scope

Discover projects in step 1, then use the cloud project selected in step 5.
Pass a nonempty `project` on every note, folder, context and schema call, even
with one project or a qualified `memory://` URL. Use the chosen project's name,
`workspace/project`, or external ID; `<project>` below is a placeholder for it.
Recent activity also requires `project`. Search accepts `project` for one
project, `projects` for selected projects, or `all_projects=True` explicitly.
Discovery and bundled manuals need no project. Keep the same scope when following
returned paths, paginating, or recovering from a refusal.

## When to Use

- The user runs `/memory-quest` (or `$memory-quest`, or picks it from a skill menu)
- The user asks to verify their assistant, finish Mission 8, or become a Memory Master
- Memory Quest in the web app pointed them here

When you tell the user to run Memory Quest again, use their host's form: `/memory-quest` in Claude Code, `$memory-quest` in Codex, or just asking for it in a chat app.

Take no task context from the invocation. This skill checks setup; it does not need to find memory relevant to a task.

## Steps

Work through these in order. Stop at the first step that fails, explain what's missing, and say how to fix it. Never skip ahead to the note write.

### 1. Confirm a cloud connection

Call `bm_project(command="list", output_format="json")` and inspect the projects grouped by workspace.

The rest: https://github.com/basicmachines-co/basic-memory/blob/HEAD/skills/memory-quest/SKILL.md