Is the Claude Mind skill free?

Yes. The skill itself is free from memvid/claude-brain. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.

What is the Claude Mind SkillProof Score?

7.2/10 — installs cleanly 3/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 3/5.

How do I install Claude Mind?

Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.

Can I use Claude Mind with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?

The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.

Claude Mind

Persistent cross-session memory for Claude stored in one portable .mv2 file

by memvid · memvid/claude-brain

Works with setup

Install — copy the command Download source ↗

Test report

Verdict: Works with setup
Score: 7.2/10
Tested: Jul 18, 2026
Environment: Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
Upstream re-checked: Jul 30, 2026 · d488955

⚠ This skill is no longer available upstream. Our re-check on Aug 10, 2026 couldn't find it any more (repo unreachable/deleted). The test below is what we measured on Jul 18, 2026 and we're leaving it up as a record — but there is nothing left to install, so we've removed the command.

Installed the SDK and drove the real store-and-retrieve loop: seeded five project decisions via the Mind API, then find.js and ask.js pulled back the exact CORS fix, the React-vs-Vue rationale, and migration 0042's 30-minute session expiry with sensible scores. That is a genuine delta a no-skill baseline cannot match, since a fresh session has zero cross-session recall. The friction is real, though: the skill-dir copy the catalog installs contains only SKILL.md, whose commands point at dist/scripts under CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT that are absent unless you install the full plugin, which also silently runs `npm install` (278 packages) on SessionStart. Retrieval is lexical (mode:lex) despite the doc advertising 'semantic search', so keyword overlap matters.

Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works

Installs cleanly 3/5
Triggers reliably 4/5
Output vs. baseline 8/10
Docs & honesty 3/5

What Claude Mind does

Gives Claude Code a searchable persistent memory saved in a single .claude/mind.mv2 file that survives across sessions and can be committed or shared. Triggers when recalling past decisions, searching prior context, or saving observations. Shipped as a plugin: hooks auto-capture tool use and answer via bundled find/ask/stats/timeline Node scripts.

How to install Claude Mind

Nothing to install: the source repository no longer has this skill. If the author brings it back, our daily re-check will pick it up and the command will reappear here.

Commands — how to trigger Claude Mind

/mind Persistent cross-session memory for Claude stored in one portable .mv2 file

It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:

What did we decide about the auth approach in an earlier session?
Search my past decisions for how we solved that CORS issue before.
Save this architecture decision to persistent memory for next time.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Claude Mind skill free?: Yes. The skill itself is free from memvid/claude-brain. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
Does Claude Mind work with Claude Code?: We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 18, 2026. Verdict: Works with setup. Installed the SDK and drove the real store-and-retrieve loop: seeded five project decisions via the Mind API, then find.js and ask.js pulled back the exact CORS fix, the React-vs-Vue rationale, and migration 0042's 30-minute session expiry with sensible scores. That is a genuine delta a no-skill baseline cannot match, since a fresh session has zero cross-session recall. The friction is real, though: the skill-dir copy the catalog installs contains only SKILL.md, whose commands point at dist/scripts under CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT that are absent unless you install the full plugin, which also silently runs `npm install` (278 packages) on SessionStart. Retrieval is lexical (mode:lex) despite the doc advertising 'semantic search', so keyword overlap matters.
What is the Claude Mind SkillProof Score?: 7.2/10 — installs cleanly 3/5, triggers reliably 4/5, output vs. baseline 8/10, docs & honesty 3/5.
How do I install Claude Mind?: Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
Can I use Claude Mind with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?: The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.