Hindsight docs skill for Claude: the full Hindsight memory docs, offline

Gives Claude the complete Hindsight documentation, so it can answer questions and write code for Hindsight, the agent memory system.

Installs: 9.4K; on skills.sh
Stars: 57.7K; on GitHub
Files: 60+; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Nov 2026; last repo commit

Hindsight is an agent memory system from Vectorize. This skill is a copy of its documentation stored as files, with a SKILL.md that tells Claude how to find things: list files by pattern, search with grep, then read the right page.

SKILL.md points Claude to references/best-practices.md first, then to the API, SDK and integration pages. It says the docs are auto-generated from the Hindsight docs folders, so refresh the install to update them. The folder bundles no scripts.

Good for

Developers adding Hindsight memory to an agent or app
Teams setting up the Hindsight API server with Docker, Kubernetes or pip
Anyone debugging or tuning retain, recall and reflect calls

Install hindsight-docs

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the hindsight-docs skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/vectorize-io/hindsight --skill hindsight-docs

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Complete Hindsight documentation for AI agents. Use this to learn about Hindsight architecture, APIs, configuration, and best practices.

Sections in SKILL.md

When to Use This Skill
Documentation Structure
How to Find Documentation
1. Find Files by Pattern (use Glob tool)
2. Search Content (use Grep tool)
3. Read Full Documentation (use Read tool)
Start Here: Best Practices
Key Concepts
Notes

Key facts

Author: Vectorize (vendor's own repo)
License: MIT
Installs on skills.sh: 9,397 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 57,666 for the whole vectorize-io/hindsight repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Nov 1, 2026
Audits on skills.sh: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: pass, Snyk: pass
What it includes: 164 files including SKILL.md: 163 documentation files (162 Markdown, 1 openapi.json), no scripts
Generated from: hindsight-docs/docs/ and hindsight-docs/docs-integrations/, by ./scripts/generate-docs-skill.sh

What it includes

Globs the references folder for the page you need
SKILL.md suggests patterns like references/developer/api/*.md, references/sdks/*.md and references/sdks/integrations/*.md.
Try: “How do I retain a conversation in Hindsight and recall it later?”
Files · Find files by pattern
Greps for concepts, endpoints and settings
Example searches in SKILL.md: disposition, graph retrieval, helm install, document_id and HINDSIGHT_API_.
Files · Search content
references/best-practices.md
SKILL.md says to start here: missions, tags, content format, observation scopes and anti-patterns.
Files · Read the best practices first
retain, recall, reflect, memory banks and more
references/developer/api/ holds the core operations. SKILL.md lists retain (store), recall (four parallel strategies: semantic, BM25, graph, temporal) and reflect (disposition-aware reasoning).
Files · Core API pages
Python, Node.js, CLI, embedded and framework guides
references/sdks/ holds the SDK pages and references/sdks/integrations/ holds framework and tool integrations.
Files · SDK and integration pages
references/openapi.json
The full OpenAPI spec with endpoint schemas and request and response models.
Files · OpenAPI spec

From the official docs

Questions

What does the hindsight-docs skill do?

It gives Claude the Hindsight documentation as local files plus a guide for searching them. Claude can then explain Hindsight concepts, API calls, configuration and integrations without leaving your editor.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page. The Hindsight README gives the skills CLI command for it. The folder has 164 files including SKILL.md.

Do I need a Hindsight account or API key?

Not to use this skill: it is documentation. SKILL.md names no key. Running Hindsight itself (the API server or Hindsight Cloud) is a separate setup that these docs describe.

Does it run or install Hindsight itself?

The skill folder holds documentation only, per its file list. Hindsight itself (the API server, SDKs or Hindsight Cloud) is a separate product; the docs describe how to set it up with Docker, Kubernetes or pip.

Is it safe?

The folder holds Markdown files and one OpenAPI JSON file, with no scripts. Claude reads them with its file search tools. The docs include setup commands for Hindsight, so review any command Claude suggests before you run it.

How do I update the docs?

SKILL.md says the docs are auto-generated from the Hindsight docs folders by ./scripts/generate-docs-skill.sh in the repo. To get newer docs, reinstall the skill from the repo.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: vectorize-io/hindsight
Folder: skills/hindsight-docs

vectorize-io/hindsight skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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hindsight-docs SKILL.md · github.com
Hindsight README · github.com