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Custom Memory Mode Creator

Interviews you and sets up a custom note-taking mode for claude-mem, with optional Telegram alerts.

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Repository
thedotmack/claude-mem
Stars
110,174
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
6 files

What it does

Normally claude-mem automatically writes notes about your coding sessions. This skill walks the agent through designing a custom mode that records the kinds of notes you care about (for example, case rules for a law student or design decisions for an architect), with its own categories and tags. It then validates and installs the mode into claude-mem's data folder, activates it, and can optionally set up Telegram messages for chosen types of notes.

Great for

  • Users of claude-mem who want notes tailored to a non-coding or specialized field
  • Developers who want a domain-specific variant of claude-mem's code mode
  • People who want selected memories sent to a Telegram chat

Skip it if

  • Users who are happy with the standard code mode, since the skill itself says a custom file is unnecessary then
  • Shared server deployments: the skill stops if CLAUDE_MEM_RUNTIME is server, because it cannot safely install per-user modes there
  • Sensitive material you would not want sent to a messaging app, since Telegram alerts include the observation title and subtitle

Try asking

  • “Create a claude-mem mode for tracking design decisions and client preferences on my architecture project”
  • “Set up a mode that records case rules and exam traps while I study law”
  • “Make a custom claude-mem mode for ML experiment outcomes and send me Telegram alerts for incidents”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Custom Memory Mode CreatorInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 6 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    mode-creator.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip mode-creator.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip mode-creator.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Answer the interview with concrete examples of notes you would want to find next week; the agent will propose types and tags from them.
  • Keep Telegram alerts to narrow categories and avoid anything confidential, because alert content leaves your machine.
  • Run the dry-run validation step and review the proposed taxonomy before approving installation.

What's inside

  • evals/evals.json
  • references/mode-authoring.md
  • references/telegram.md
  • scripts/configure-telegram.mjs
  • scripts/install-mode.mjs
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from thedotmack/claude-mem under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.