what-the

80 / 100 · Low risk

Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.

By thedotmack/claude-mem (GitHub) · coding · 116,045 stars · scanned at commit 22d148e

What the? Use when the user wants a plain-English breakdown of something technical — the who, what, where, why, and when.

Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.

What this skill can do

Downloads and installs other software

The author does not mention this.

Found in 4 places.

plugin/scripts/ensure-launcher.cjs, line 5`,He=/^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$/;function me(e){if(e===void 0)return new Set;let t=typeof e=="string"?e.split(","):e;if(!Array.isArray(t)||t.some(r=>typeof r!=
plugin/scripts/ensure-launcher.cjs, line 10`;Le(s,m+_),n.success(`Added ${t} to PATH in ${s}`),d="rc-file-updated"}catch(h){return n.warn(`Could not update ${s}: ${h instanceof Error?h.message:String(h)}
plugin/scripts/ensure-launcher.cjs, line 11`);function vn(e){let{directory:t,logger:n}=e,r=e.host??xe(),o=e.runPowerShell??dt,i=r.environmentVariables.PATH??"";if(et(i,t).alreadyPresent)return"already-on

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plugin/scripts/ensure-launcher.cjs, line 13`).pop()??""}`;let X=ye(r.platform,d);if(u.kind==="launcher")throw new Error(`${U}; kept the existing launcher at ${s} (protocol ${u.protocol})${X}`);t.warn(`${

Runs commands on your computer

The author does not mention this. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed. Expected for a coding skill.

Found in 38 places.

plugin/scripts/ensure-launcher.cjs, line 5`,He=/^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$/;function me(e){if(e===void 0)return new Set;let t=typeof e=="string"?e.split(","):e;if(!Array.isArray(t)||t.some(r=>typeof r!=
plugin/scripts/ensure-launcher.cjs, line 13`).pop()??""}`;let X=ye(r.platform,d);if(u.kind==="launcher")throw new Error(`${U}; kept the existing launcher at ${s} (protocol ${u.protocol})${X}`);t.warn(`${
plugin/.mcp.json, line 5"command": "node",

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plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 9"command": "/bin/sh -c '_HP=$(printenv PATH 2>/dev/null || true); if [ -z \"$_HP\" ] && [ -n \"${SHELL:-}\" ]; then _HP=$(\"$SHELL\" -lc '\\''printf %s \"$PATH\
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 11"commandWindows": "node -e \"const fs=require('fs'),p=require('path'),o=require('os'),c=require('child_process');const h=o.homedir();const C=process.env.CLAUDE_
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 21"command": "/bin/sh -c '_HP=$(printenv PATH 2>/dev/null || true); if [ -z \"$_HP\" ] && [ -n \"${SHELL:-}\" ]; then _HP=$(\"$SHELL\" -lc '\\''printf %s \"$PATH\
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 23"commandWindows": "node -e \"const fs=require('fs'),p=require('path'),o=require('os'),c=require('child_process');const h=o.homedir();const C=process.env.CLAUDE_
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 34"command": "/bin/sh -c 'if [ \"${CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_TOOL_HOOKS:-}\" = 1 ] || [ \"${CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_FILE_CONTEXT:-}\" = 1 ]; then exit 0; fi; _HP=$(printenv P
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 36"commandWindows": "node -e \"if(process.env.CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_TOOL_HOOKS==='1'||process.env.CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_FILE_CONTEXT==='1')process.exit(0);const fs=requ
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 47"command": "/bin/sh -c 'if [ \"${CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_TOOL_HOOKS:-}\" = 1 ] || [ \"${CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_OBSERVATION:-}\" = 1 ]; then exit 0; fi; _HP=$(printenv PA
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 49"commandWindows": "node -e \"if(process.env.CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_TOOL_HOOKS==='1'||process.env.CLAUDE_MEM_DISABLE_OBSERVATION==='1')process.exit(0);const fs=requi
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 59"command": "/bin/sh -c '_HP=$(printenv PATH 2>/dev/null || true); if [ -z \"$_HP\" ] && [ -n \"${SHELL:-}\" ]; then _HP=$(\"$SHELL\" -lc '\\''printf %s \"$PATH\
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 61"commandWindows": "node -e \"const fs=require('fs'),p=require('path'),o=require('os'),c=require('child_process');const h=o.homedir();const C=process.env.CLAUDE_
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 71"command": "/bin/sh -c '_HP=$(printenv PATH 2>/dev/null || true); if [ -z \"$_HP\" ] && [ -n \"${SHELL:-}\" ]; then _HP=$(\"$SHELL\" -lc '\\''printf %s \"$PATH\
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 73"commandWindows": "node -e \"const fs=require('fs'),p=require('path'),o=require('os'),c=require('child_process');const h=o.homedir();const C=process.env.CLAUDE_
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 83"command": "/bin/sh -c '_HP=$(printenv PATH 2>/dev/null || true); if [ -z \"$_HP\" ] && [ -n \"${SHELL:-}\" ]; then _HP=$(\"$SHELL\" -lc '\\''printf %s \"$PATH\
plugin/hooks/codex-hooks.json, line 85"commandWindows": "node -e \"const fs=require('fs'),p=require('path'),o=require('os'),c=require('child_process');const h=o.homedir();const C=process.env.CLAUDE_
plugin/hooks/hooks.json, line 14"command": "/bin/sh -c 'export PATH=\"$HOME/.nvm/versions/node/v$(ls \"$HOME/.nvm/versions/node\" 2>/dev/null | sed '\\''s/^v//'\\'' | sort -t. -k1,1n -k2,2n -k
plugin/hooks/hooks.json, line 26"command": "claude-mem",
plugin/hooks/hooks.json, line 40"command": "claude-mem",

and 18 more places

Install

Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.

if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'what-the' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'what-the' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named what-the already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '22d148ea6f34b86ea9a6e0911c7a7a0c71431b31' -- 'plugin/skills/what-the' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'plugin/skills/what-the' ~/.agents/skills/'what-the' && rm -rf "$d"; fi

Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'what-the' ~/.claude/skills/'what-the' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.

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Score history

Date	Version	Score
2026-11-11	`22d148e`	80
2026-11-08	`3ab6e1a`	80
2026-11-07	`2d8c08c`	80