Skills

Skills wire up Ogham’s MCP tools into common workflows. Instead of calling hybrid_search, then find_related, then explore_knowledge yourself, you say “what do I know about embeddings?” and the skill chains the right tools for you.

Install #

Install all three with npx:

npx skills add ogham-mcp/ogham-mcp

Install one at a time:

npx skills add ogham-mcp/ogham-mcp --skill ogham-recall

Or copy from a local clone:

cp -r skills/ogham-research skills/ogham-recall skills/ogham-maintain ~/.claude/skills/

The MCP server must be connected for skills to work. Skills don’t replace MCP tools – they call them for you.

ogham-research #

Memory capture. Say “remember this”, “store this finding”, or “save what we learned” and it runs.

• Searches for duplicates via hybrid_search before storing anything
• Tags consistently (type:decision, type:gotcha, type:pattern, type:config)
• Uses store_decision for architectural choices with structured rationale
• Reports what was stored, skipped, or updated

ogham-recall #

Retrieval. Say “what do I know about X”, “find related”, or “context for this project.”

• Chains hybrid_search, find_related, and explore_knowledge
• At session start, searches for project name, current task, and recent git activity
• Groups results by topic, not search rank

ogham-maintain #

Admin. Say “memory stats”, “clean up my memory”, “export my brain”, or “re-embed.”

• Runs health_check, get_stats, cleanup_expired, re_embed_all, link_unlinked, export_profile
• Profile management: switch_profile, set_profile_ttl, list_profiles
• Warns before irreversible operations (deletion, re-embedding)

Compatibility #

Tested with Claude Code. The npx skills add command also supports Cursor, Codex, and other clients that use the skills format.