list

A command for listing the ontologies loaded by a memory system. An ontology is a structured definition of the kinds of things and relationships the system can store and understand.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to list all loaded ontologies, view their namespaces or entity types, or return the results as JSON.
Why use it?
It shows which namespaces and entity types are available before you search or save information.

Command

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/modeled-information-format/mnemonic/list
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/modeled-information-format/mnemonic
Per session 9 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 543 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan B 1 finding. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00009 $0.00543
Opus 5 $0.00005 $0.00271
Sonnet 5 $0.00002 $0.00109
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00054

Measured 2d ago against content hash 3f0520ad9287, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade B, and why

list scanned grade B with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

.claude/, .codex/, .gemini/ hold keys, settings and other credentials a mod has no legitimate need for.

cat ".claude/mnemonic/ontology.yaml" 2>/dev/null
commands/list.md · 77 lines

What it actually says

Memory

Search first: /mnemonic:search {relevant_keywords} Capture after: /mnemonic:capture {namespace} "{title}"

Run /mnemonic:list --namespaces to see available namespaces from loaded ontologies.

List Ontologies

Lists all loaded ontologies with their namespaces and entity types.

Usage

/mnemonic:list [--namespaces] [--types] [--json]

Options

  • --namespaces - Show only namespaces
  • --types - Show only entity types
  • --json - Output as JSON

Procedure

# Find and run the ontology registry from the plugin directory
PLUGIN_DIR="${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-$(dirname $(dirname $0))}"
python3 "$PLUGIN_DIR/skills/ontology/lib/ontology_registry.py" ${ARGS}

Flag mapping:

  • /mnemonic:listpython3 ... --list
  • /mnemonic:list --namespacespython3 ... --namespaces
  • /mnemonic:list --typespython3 ... --types
  • /mnemonic:list --jsonpython3 ... --json

If the Python script is not available, use the Read tool to display ontology files:

# Read base ontology
cat "${PLUGIN_DIR}/skills/ontology/fallback/ontologies/mif-base.ontology.yaml" 2>/dev/null

# Read project ontology
cat ".claude/mnemonic/ontology.yaml" 2>/dev/null

# Read user ontology
cat "$HOME/.claude/mnemonic/ontology.yaml" 2>/dev/null

Example Output

Loaded ontologies:
  - mif-base v1.0.0
    Namespaces: semantic/, _semantic/decisions, _semantic/knowledge, _semantic/entities,
                episodic/, _episodic/incidents, _episodic/sessions, _episodic/blockers,
                procedural/, _procedural/runbooks, _procedural/patterns, _procedural/migrations
    Traits: timestamped, confidence, provenance
    Relationships: relates_to, supersedes, derived_from

  - software-engineering v1.0.0 (extends mif-base)
    Entity types: component, architectural-decision, incident-report, technology
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 77 lines · 9 tokens per session scan B 3f0520ad9287

Subscribe to this mod's changes

list is a command published in the GitHub repository modeled-information-format/mnemonic (22 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 9 tokens to every session and 543 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it B with 1 finding (reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.