---
name: OwnMem
slug: ownmem
category: AI Engineering
description: OwnMem recalls a repository’s local Markdown memory before code changes and helps keep that memory healthy. Use it when past debugging lessons may apply or when you need to audit or update project memory.
github: "https://github.com/grpcer/ownmem/tree/main/skills/ownmem"
language: JavaScript
stars: 226
forks: 3
install: "npx degit https://github.com/grpcer/ownmem/tree/main/skills/ownmem ~/.claude/skills/ownmem"
installs_to: ~/.claude/skills/ownmem
source_path: skills/ownmem/SKILL.md
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---

# OwnMem

OwnMem recalls a repository’s local Markdown memory before code changes and helps keep that memory healthy. Use it when past debugging lessons may apply or when you need to audit or update project memory.

**Install:**

```bash
npx degit https://github.com/grpcer/ownmem/tree/main/skills/ownmem ~/.claude/skills/ownmem
```

## README

# OwnMem recall and daily use

OwnMem is this repository's local, deterministic memory. Recall runs offline —
no model calls, no network, no query-time token cost — and every memory is
plain Markdown inside the repository.

If the repository has no `.ownmem/` directory, OwnMem is not installed here;
use the init skill from this plugin first.

## Recall before changing code

```bash
npx ownmem recall -- "problem, path, or symbol"
```

For natural-language symptoms, pass two or three phrasings in one call and let
the deterministic fusion rank them:

```bash
npx ownmem recall --multi -- "symptom in plain words" "root-cause term" "english symbol"
```

Open a hit's full topic file before relying on it, then verify against live
code: memories record what was true when they were written.

## Do not implement memory logic here

This skill only routes to the CLI. Flags, feedback names, and contracts belong
to the **installed package**, not to this plugin. Host plugins are optional
shortcuts and do not auto-update on every host, so a stale copy of this file
must not teach a retired protocol.

Use `npx ownmem --help` and `npx ownmem <command> --help` for the current
surface. After a version bump, update the repository package and run
`npx ownmem init --update`.

## Keep the memory healthy

```bash
npx ownmem audit
npx ownmem report --since 7d
npx ownmem dashboard --open
```

Write a new memory only for lessons that reading the code cannot recover —
upstream quirks, toolchain traps, timing races. Keep entries small and let
`npx ownmem audit` enforce the growth quota.