How do I install the Bettermemory Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/bettermemory/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

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Bettermemory

Category: Dev Tools · Sub-category: tools-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-22

Verification-grade memory between sessions. Use bettermemory's MCP tools (memory_search, memory_show, memory_write, memory_verify, memory_record_use, etc.) instead of writing to files when the user asks you to "remember" something or references shared context from a past session. Default is to NOT call memory_search; only retrieve when the user references context you don't have ("my project", "the script we wrote") or a request is ambiguous in a way stored preferences could resolve. Every hit carries a staleness_verdict (calendar + path-drift + commit-drift); when it isn't "fresh", spot-check a claim before relying and call memory_verify to attest. Every use should record a claim_excerpt so retrievals stay auditable.

From the source SKILL.md

Persistent memory between sessions lives in this plugin's MCP tools. Do not fragment memory across ad-hoc files alongside (MEMORY.md, ~/.claude/projects/*/memory/, scratch markdown elsewhere). Future sessions only see what these tools surface.

What this skill does

Bettermemory is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the tools-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/bettermemory/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Bettermemory Claude Code skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/bettermemory
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/bettermemory/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/bettermemory/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/bettermemory/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/bettermemory/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\bettermemory\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

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Pro

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/0Mattias/bettermemory/blob/HEAD/plugin/skills/bettermemory/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: 0Mattias
Website: https://pypi.org/project/bettermemory/

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

0Mattias. (2026). Bettermemory [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/bettermemory/

BibTeX

@misc{bettermemory-2026,
  author    = {0Mattias},
  title     = {Bettermemory [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/bettermemory/}
}

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