/cortex-query
Search and retrieve content from the cortex vault — the user's external memory. Use (1) when the user says "查 cortex", "之前有記過", "cortex 裡有沒有", "check my notes", "what did I write about", AND (2) PROACTIVELY — before answering any non-trivial question about ongoing projects,
$ npx -y skills add XBlueSky/cortexes --skill cortex-query --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
- Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.
- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/cortex-query
Context preview
The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.
Search and retrieve content from the cortex vault — the user's external memory. Use (1) when the user says "查 cortex", "之前有記過", "cortex 裡有沒有", "check my notes", "what did I write about", AND (2) PROACTIVELY — before answering any non-trivial question about ongoing projects,
Personal knowledge vault plugin for Claude Code — session recording, memory distillation, and hybrid semantic + BM25 retrieval.
Repo: XBlueSky/cortexes
Other skills on cortex.
- /cortex-broadcast
llm-wiki style broadcast ingest — conversational update of related existing pages when a Raw has been distilled. Use when the user says "broadcast", "跑 broadcast", "compound this into the vault", "merge pending-merge", "process broadcast queue", or when cortex-distill invokes
Open skill - /cortex-distill
Distill raw session records into refined Notes and Projects. Use when the user says "提煉", "整理 raw", "distill", or "distill raw records".
Open skill - /cortex-evolve
Save knowledge to the cortex vault. Use when the user says "存到 cortex", "記一下", "save to cortex", "記到筆記", "cortex evolve", or when the session-suggest hook recommends saving content. Handles Notes and Projects.
Open skill - /cortex-takeoff
Create or resume a session takeoff baton — a curated, ephemeral, git-ignored hand-off note that lets the next Claude session continue a long-running task. Use when the user says "交接", "takeoff", "交棒", "context 快滿了交接給下個 session", "hand off to next session", "/cortex:takeoff",
Open skill - /using-cortex
Use when starting any task or answering any non-trivial question in a cortex-enabled session — establishes that the cortex vault is the user's external memory and should be consulted BEFORE guessing, asking clarifying questions, or doing fresh exploration. Trigger
Open skill