sync

A deprecated command for syncing stored memories with a Git remote, such as a shared repository. It no longer performs synchronization because local SQLite storage is now the source of truth.

In plain words
What is it for?
Checking the old sync command's no-op status, or directing users to the current local database and export/import alternatives.
Why use it?
It prevents older workflows from failing, but it does not move memories to or from Git. Team sharing instead requires a shared PostgreSQL database or manual export and import.

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/zircote/subcog/sync
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/zircote/subcog
Per session 13 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 409 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. 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 $0.00013 $0.00409
Opus 5 $0.00006 $0.00204
Sonnet 5 $0.00003 $0.00082
Haiku 4.5 $0.00001 $0.00041

Measured 2d ago against content hash 378316754bd2, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

sync scanned grade A with 0 findings 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

commands/sync.md · 59 lines

What it actually says

/subcog:sync

Deprecated: With the migration to SQLite as authoritative storage, remote sync is no longer supported. This command returns no-op results for all operations. Memories are now stored locally in SQLite with project/branch/path faceting.

Usage

/subcog:sync              # No-op (returns empty stats)
/subcog:sync --push       # No-op (returns empty stats)
/subcog:sync --fetch      # No-op (returns empty stats)
/subcog:sync --full       # No-op (returns empty stats)

Arguments

Current Architecture

For Team Sharing: If you need to share memories across team members, consider:

  • Using PostgreSQL backend with shared connection string
  • Exporting/importing memories via subcog export / subcog import

Examples

Alternative - Check database status:

subcog status

Shows SQLite database path and memory count.

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 · 59 lines · 13 tokens per session scan A 378316754bd2

Subscribe to this mod's changes

sync is a command published in the GitHub repository zircote/subcog (28 stars, last pushed 29d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 13 tokens to every session and 409 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.