graph-bootstrap

A setup command that imports existing memory files and conversation transcripts into a graph-based memory system. It supports importing only selected source types or previewing the work first.

In plain words
What is it for?
Running the initial bulk import, importing only memory files or transcripts, and performing a dry run before writing data.
Why use it?
It helps a new graph-memory setup catch up with knowledge stored before the graph was created.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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/stevepridemore/graph-memory/graph-bootstrap
Any agent
npx skills add stevepridemore/graph-memory --skill graph-bootstrap
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/stevepridemore/graph-memory

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 36 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 689 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan D 2 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 $0.00036 $0.00689
Opus 5 $0.00018 $0.00345
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00138
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00069

Measured yesterday against content hash f8585664aa75, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade D, and why

graph-bootstrap scanned grade D with 2 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 yesterday.

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.

Harvests environment variableshighData exfiltration

Enumerating or grepping the environment for keys collects credentials unrelated to what the mod says it does.

IMPORTANT: NEVER extract API keys, passwords, tokens, secrets, or credentials into graph entities.

Reads agent configuration directoriesmediumAgent snooping

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

a. Read manifest.json, find unprocessed JSONL files in ~/.claude/projects/
skills/graph-bootstrap/SKILL.md · 56 lines

What it actually says

The user wants to run the graph memory bootstrap process. This is a one-time bulk import of existing knowledge into the graph. You ARE the bootstrap process -- run it inline.

Arguments: $ARGUMENTS

Parse the arguments:

  • --memory-only optional: only process memory .md files, skip transcripts
  • --transcripts-only optional: only process conversation transcripts, skip memory files
  • --dry-run optional: describe what you would extract without calling graph write tools

Steps:

  1. Check for lock file at ~/graph-memory/processed/dream.lock

    • If it exists and was created less than 2 hours ago, report "Dream/bootstrap process already running" and exit
    • Otherwise, create the lock file with: {"pid": 0, "timestamp": "", "source": "manual-bootstrap"}
  2. Read ~/graph-memory/config.json for parameters (defaults: chunk_size_lines=500, max_transcripts_per_run=10)

  3. Process memory files (unless --transcripts-only): a. Find all .md files in ~/.claude/projects/*/memory/ (skip MEMORY.md index files) b. Read each file, parse YAML frontmatter (name, description, type) c. Extract entities and relationships based on content d. Check existing entities via graph_entities before creating (boost if exists) e. Call graph_relate in batch mode with source_type: "memory-file" f. Use specific relationship types (WORKS_ON, USES_TECH, KNOWS_ABOUT, PREFERS, etc.)

  4. Process conversation transcripts (unless --memory-only): a. Read manifest.json, find unprocessed JSONL files in ~/.claude/projects/ b. For each transcript (oldest first, up to max_transcripts_per_run):

    • Validate format (check first 5 lines for expected fields)
    • Read content (chunk large files at 500 lines)
    • Extract entities from user and assistant text blocks only
    • Call graph_relate in batch mode with source_type: "conversation"
    • Update manifest.json immediately after each transcript c. If max_transcripts_per_run reached, note remaining count
  5. Call graph_decay to apply time-based maintenance

  6. Write changelog to ~/graph-memory/logs/bootstrap-YYYY-MM-DD.md

  7. Delete the lock file at ~/graph-memory/processed/dream.lock

  8. Report summary: memory files processed, transcripts processed, entities created/updated, edges created

If --dry-run, describe what you would extract but do NOT call any graph write tools. Skip the lock.

IMPORTANT: Never merge entities unless highly confident. Flag suspected duplicates in the changelog. IMPORTANT: Always delete the lock file when done, even if you encountered errors. IMPORTANT: NEVER extract API keys, passwords, tokens, secrets, or credentials into graph entities. IMPORTANT: Use specific relationship types -- not just RELATED_TO for everything. IMPORTANT: Memory files are higher signal than transcripts -- process them first.

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. yesterday First seen · 56 lines · 0 tokens per session scan D f8585664aa75

Subscribe to this mod's changes

graph-bootstrap is a skill published in the GitHub repository stevepridemore/graph-memory (2 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 36 tokens to every session and 689 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it D with 2 findings (harvests environment variables, reads agent configuration directories). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.