memory-status

A diagnostic report for the Engram memory system, which stores preferences and past information in project files. It checks the system’s configuration, memory files, and integration with CLAUDE.md.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to inspect memory-file sizes, entry counts, dates, configuration, health, and the links that load memory into a session.
Why use it?
It makes it easier to see whether remembered information is configured, present, and being loaded correctly.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the engram plugin — 4 skills shipped together

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 skills/legacybridge-tech/claude-plugins/memory-status
Any agent
npx skills add legacybridge-tech/claude-plugins --skill memory-status
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/legacybridge-tech/claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install engram, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills.

Per session 39 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 682 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 $0.00039 $0.00682
Opus 5 $0.00019 $0.00341
Sonnet 5 $0.00008 $0.00136
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00068

Measured 3d ago against content hash 3a402a11c5af, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

memory-status 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 3d 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.

engram/skills/memory-status/SKILL.md · 101 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 101 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Memory Status

Display the current state of the Engram memory system.

When to Use

Use when:

  • The user asks about the memory system status
  • The user wants to know what's been remembered
  • Diagnostics are needed (missing files, empty preferences, etc.)
  • The user asks "what do you know about me?"

Workflow

1. Read Configuration

Read .claude/memory-settings.json for:

  • Preset type
  • File names
  • Language
  • Search mode

If the file is missing, tell the user to run memory-init first.

2. Inspect Memory Files

For each of the three memory files, gather:

  • File exists? (yes/no)
  • File size (approximate line count)
  • Last modified date (via stat or ls -l)
  • Number of entries:
    • Preferences: count of filled (non-empty) fields
    • Conversations: count of ### YYYY-MM-DD entries
    • Long-term: count of - YYYY-MM-DD: entries

3. Check CLAUDE.md Integration

Verify that CLAUDE.md contains <!-- ENGRAM:START --> / <!-- ENGRAM:END --> markers and an @{PREFS_FILE} reference. This is what auto-loads preferences each session.

4. Display Status Report

Format:

Engram Memory System Status
═══════════════════════════

Configuration:
  Preset:      <preset>
  Language:    <language>
  Search mode: <strong|weak>

Memory Files:
  <preferences-file>
    Status:   <exists/missing>
    Size:     <lines> lines
    Modified: <date>
    Fields:   <filled>/<total> filled

  <conversations-file>
    Status:   <exists/missing>
    Size:     <lines> lines
    Modified: <date>
    Entries:  <count> conversations

  <longterm-file>
    Status:   <exists/missing>
    Size:     <lines> lines
    Modified: <date>
    Entries:  <count> memories

CLAUDE.md Integration:
  ENGRAM section: <present/missing>
  @-reference:    <present/missing>

Recent Conversations (last 3):
  - YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM - Topic
  - YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM - Topic
  - YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM - Topic

Health Check:
  ✓ All files present
  ✓ Preferences populated
  ✓ CLAUDE.md integration active
  ✗ No conversation summaries yet

Read the full file on GitHub · 101 lines

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. 3d ago First seen · 101 lines · 39 tokens per session scan A 3a402a11c5af

Subscribe to this mod's changes

memory-status is a skill published in the GitHub repository legacybridge-tech/claude-plugins (6 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 682 once invoked, about $0.0002 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 2026-08-31.

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