What is claude-mem?
claude-mem is a Claude skill by thedotmack that compresses and persists agent memory across sessions. It is listed under Agents & automation and has 101,446 GitHub stars.
| Type | Claude skill |
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| Author | thedotmack |
| Repository | thedotmack/claude-mem |
| Popularity | 101,446 GitHub stars |
| Category | Agents & automation |
| Security | Not scanned |
| Rank | #147 of 1,262 Claude skills; #11 in Agents & automation |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-18 |
| Stars this week | +1,746 |
Is claude-mem safe to install?
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How do I install claude-mem?
- Install with the skills CLI. Works for Claude Code and other agents that read skills.
npx skills add https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem --skill claude-mem
- Or copy it by hand. Claude Code loads any folder with a SKILL.md from ~/.claude/skills.
git clone https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem cp -r claude-mem/claude-mem ~/.claude/skills/claude-mem
- Use it. Claude loads the skill when a task matches its description. You can also name it in your prompt.
Use the claude-mem skill to …
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs claude-mem for you:
Install the "claude-mem" skill from https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem into ~/.claude/skills, then tell me in one line what it does.