Origin Skills
May 24, 2026 · View on GitHub
Claude Code workflow skills installed by the Origin plugin.
These skills keep the daily interface short:
/init verify setup end-to-end
/help one-screen reference
/brief load session context
/capture save one durable memory
/recall search local memory
/distill refresh wiki pages
/review captures|revisions power-user deep audit; daily flow is /brief
/forget delete a memory by ID
/handoff end-of-session debrief
/debrief alias for /handoff
The skills do not store data themselves. They guide Claude Code to use the local origin-mcp tools, which talk to the Origin daemon on 127.0.0.1:7878.
Files
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
init | End-to-end setup verifier (daemon + MCP + round-trip). |
help | One-screen quick reference of the 10 verbs and the daily flow. |
brief | Load working context at session start or topic shifts. |
capture | Save one durable memory: decision, lesson, gotcha, preference, fact, or correction. |
recall | Query Origin for focused context. |
distill | Refresh wiki pages from accumulated memories. |
review | Power-user deep audit of pending surfaces (captures, revisions). Daily flow handled by /brief. |
forget | Delete a memory by ID. |
handoff | End-session capture for decisions, lessons, gotchas, and open threads. |
debrief | Alias for handoff — symmetric with brief. |
Plugin metadata lives in .claude-plugin.
Choosing the active space
Every space-aware skill resolves the active memory bucket through six layers. Higher layers override lower ones:
| Layer | Mechanism | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | space:X inline arg | /capture space:health "slept 5hrs" |
| 2 | ORIGIN_SPACE env var | ORIGIN_SPACE=career claude |
| 3 | ~/.origin/spaces.toml cwd-prefix mapping (longest prefix wins; ties go to first-defined) | see plugin/examples/spaces.toml |
| 4 | cwd git-repo basename | ~/Repos/origin/... → origin |
| 5 | conversation topic | (rarely used directly) |
| 6 | default | personal |
To pin a session to a specific bucket regardless of cwd, set
ORIGIN_SPACE before invoking Claude Code. To pin by working directory
declaratively, copy plugin/examples/spaces.toml to
~/.origin/spaces.toml and edit. To override per call, prefix any
space-aware skill arg with space:<name>.
On the first space-aware skill call of a session, the skill prints one line so the user can confirm the active bucket:
Resolved space: <name> (from <layer>)
Links
- useorigin.app — project home
- useorigin.app/docs/commands — full Claude Code commands and MCP tools reference
- useorigin.app/docs/daily-workflow — brief/capture/recall/handoff loop
- useorigin.app/learn/claude-code-memory — Claude Code memory concept article