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davegoldblatt/total-recall
Persistent memory plugin for Claude Code. Tiered memory system with write gates, correction propagation, and slash commands.
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git clone --filter=blob:none --no-checkout https://github.com/davegoldblatt/total-recall.git .hotskills/davegoldblatt-total-recall && git -C .hotskills/davegoldblatt-total-recall checkout --detach c04b4ec6650d2a04343d50894d378bed32604325
# Copy each selected skill directory from .hotskills/davegoldblatt-total-recall into .claude/skills/<skill-name>/Heat
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Heat never changes the order by stars, and sponsorship never touches it. How heat works
Stars over time
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Individual skills in this repository
- recall-context
skills/recall-context - recall-forget
skills/recall-forget - recall-init
skills/recall-init - recall-init-ids
skills/recall-init-ids - recall-log
skills/recall-log - recall-maintain
skills/recall-maintain - recall-promote
skills/recall-promote - recall-search
skills/recall-search - recall-status
skills/recall-status - recall-write
skills/recall-write
How it works
When your agent uses it
Show what memory files are loaded and available in the current session.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
15 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
492 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
../../.claude-plugin/plugin.jsonasset626 bytes../../hooks/hooks.jsonasset422 bytesSKILL.mdcore1,985 bytes
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Mark memory entries as superseded. Preserves history, does not delete.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
31 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
538 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore1,971 bytes
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View the complete source on GitHubWhen your agent uses it
Scaffold the Total Recall memory directory structure in this project.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
20 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
948 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore4,109 bytes
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Add durable IDs to memory entries. Required before /recall-maintain can run.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
26 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
1,097 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore4,206 bytesSKILL.mdcore4,206 bytes
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Quick append to daily log without write gate evaluation.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
26 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
149 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore589 bytes
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Pressure-based memory cleanup. Demotes, archives, or pins entries when working memory exceeds budget.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
28 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
1,958 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore7,547 bytesSKILL.mdcore7,547 bytes
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Review daily logs and promote entries to registers or working memory.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
21 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
679 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore2,755 bytes
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Search across all memory tiers (registers, daily logs, archive) for relevant information.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
27 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
490 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- Search Protocol
- How to Search
- Output Format
- If Nothing Found
- Important
Files
SKILL.mdcore2,026 bytes
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Show memory system health — word counts, stale entries, hook status, recommendations.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
18 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
790 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- What To Do
Files
SKILL.mdcore3,089 bytes
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Write a note to memory with write gate evaluation. Only saves behavior-changing facts.
What it loads into context
Frontmatter
32 tokensAlways available to the agent
SKILL.md
1,021 tokensWhen the skill is activated
Reference documents
0 tokensLoaded on request
Token counts are estimates. Scripts run separately; they are not counted as reference context.
The playbook
- Write Gate Protocol
- Default: Write to Daily Log
- Suggest Promotion (Don't Auto-Promote)
- Exceptions: Direct Promotion
- Contradiction Check
- ID Assignment on Promotion
- After Writing
Files
SKILL.mdcore4,120 bytes
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Repository facts
- License
- No license detected
- Created
- Feb 5, 2026
- Last pushed
- Feb 12, 2026
- Forks
- 14
- Open issues
- 1
- Project activity
- Slowing
Before you install
Instructions onlyAutomated signals, not a guarantee
Checked Nov 5, 2026
Not fully analyzed: some files were too long, unreadable or missing. This never lowers the level.
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- No broad tool permissions
- No dangerous shell commands
- 4 network referencesin 1 file: .claude-plugin/plugin.json:7
- No hidden or obfuscated text
- No instruction overrides
- No executable scripts
- No access to secrets
- No requests to vote in Hot
Show all 4 signals by file
.claude-plugin/plugin.json
- Network accessline 7
"email": "dave@vibecap.co" }, "homepage": "https://github.com/davegoldblatt/total-recall", - Network accessline 8
}, "homepage": "https://github.com/davegoldblatt/total-recall", "repository": "https://github.com/davegoldblatt/total-recall", - Network accessline 9
"homepage": "https://github.com/davegoldblatt/total-recall", - Network accessline 10
"repository": "https://github.com/davegoldblatt/total-recall",
How the signals fit together
Facts from a static read of the files at the pinned commit. They describe what the code does, not why.
Some files could not be read; the facts below still hold.
No combined signals at this commit.
Works with
| Agent | Status | Evidence | Install to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | Native | Manifest .claude-plugin/plugin.json | .claude/skills/<skill-name>/ |
| Codex | Unknown | No evidence | |
| Cursor | Unknown | No evidence | |
| Gemini CLI | Unknown | No evidence | |
| GitHub Copilot | Unknown | No evidence | |
| OpenCode | Unknown | No evidence |
- Native The repository ships a manifest, folder or frontmatter field for this agent.
- Compatible A standard SKILL.md that this agent can read.
- Unknown No evidence either way.
Derived automatically from paths, manifests and frontmatter. Not tested on each agent.
