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Memory

  • 19 installs
  • 213 repo stars
  • Updated August 4, 2026
  • yonatangross/skillforge-claude-plugin

Helps with ai & agent building tasks.

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memory is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.

  • memory
  • AI & Agent Building
  • AI-coding skill

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  • 19 all-time installs (skills.sh)
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  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Last updatedAugust 4, 2026
Repositoryyonatangross/skillforge-claude-plugin

What it does

Helps with ai & agent building tasks.

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SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Memory - Read & Access Operations

Unified read-side memory skill with subcommands for searching, loading, syncing, history, and visualization.

Cross-session read strategy (Opus 4.8 / CC 2.1.111+): Opus 4.8 reads filesystem memory more reliably than older tiers. When loading context at session start, prefer the layered read order:
1. ~/.claude/projects/<slug>/memory/MEMORY.md (durable index — load first, always)
2. .claude/chain/state.json + most recent NN-*.json handoff (session continuation)
3. MCP mcp__memory__search_nodes for anything the filesystem index doesn't answer (typed graph traversal)

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Layer 1 is cheap (small index file), Layer 2 is scoped (session-specific), Layer 3 is selective (only when needed). Avoid dumping the full knowledge graph into context — use the index to narrow the search first.

Argument Resolution

SUBCOMMAND = "$ARGUMENTS[0]"  # First token: search, load, history, viz, status
QUERY = "$ARGUMENTS[1]"       # Second token onward: search query or flags
# $ARGUMENTS is the full string (CC 2.1.59 indexed access)

Usage

/ork:memory search <query>  # Search knowledge graph
/ork:memory load             # Load context at session start
/ork:memory history          # View decision timeline
/ork:memory viz              # Visualize knowledge graph
/ork:memory status           # Show memory system health

---

CRITICAL: Use AskUserQuestion When No Subcommand

If invoked without a subcommand, ask the user what they want:

AskUserQuestion(
  questions=[{
    "question": "What memory operation do you need?",
    "header": "Operation",
    "options": [
      {"label": "search", "description": "Search decisions and patterns in knowledge graph"},
      {"label": "load", "description": "Load relevant context for this session"},
      {"label": "history", "description": "Decision timeline + knowledge-graph viz (--mermaid)"},
      {"label": "status", "description": "Check memory system health"}
    ],
    "multiSelect": false
  }]
)

---

Subcommands

Load details: Read("${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/memory-commands.md") for full usage, flags, output formats, and context-aware result limits for each subcommand.

SubcommandPurpose
searchSearch past decisions, patterns, entities. Supports --category (maps to metadata.category), --limit, --agent (scopes by agent_id), --global filter flags
loadAuto-load relevant memories at session start. Supports --project, --global
historyDecision timeline with table, Mermaid, or JSON output. Supports --since, --mermaid
vizRender knowledge graph as Mermaid diagram. See also Read("${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/mermaid-patterns.md")
statusMemory system health check

---

Scheduled Sweeps (cron)

Nightly KG staleness report

Cron job in .github/workflows/memory-staleness.yml runs nightly at 04:00 UTC. Calls scripts/staleness_cron.py to scan ALL memory MCP entities, flag those whose latest observation timestamp is older than 30 days, and write a Markdown report to docs/reports/memory-staleness-YYYY-MM-DD.md.

python3 ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/staleness_cron.py docs/reports/ \
    --threshold-days 30 --limit 50

Auto-skip conditions (all exit 0, all WARN-logged):

Skip reasonTrigger
yg-mcp-core not importableyg-mcp-core>=0.3.0 not installed (orchestkit is public; yg-mcp-core lives on private pypi.yonyon.ai — HQ-only)
memory MCP unreachablememory MCP server down OR .mcp.json doesn't define memory

Report contents:

  • Total / stale / fresh entity counts
  • Top N stale entries sorted by staleness (no-timestamp first, then oldest → newest)
  • Each row: name, entityType, age in days, observations count
  • Suggested actions per age bucket (>90d review, >180d archive candidate)

Treats entities with no parsable timestamp as stale — operator intervention is the right outcome (backfill last_read observation OR prune).

Pure helpers (parse_iso_timestamp, latest_observation_timestamp, is_stale, build_report_payload, render_markdown) live in sibling staleness_lib.py for unit-testability.

Mirrors Yonatan-HQ/hq-ext-plugin#194 (audio_podcast) and orchestkit#1886 (post-synth podcast) + #1887 (memory writeback) pattern. Unblocked by Yonatan-HQ/core#993 (yg-mcp-core 0.3.0).

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Workflow

1. Parse Subcommand

Extract first argument as subcommand
If no subcommand -> AskUserQuestion
Validate subcommand is one of: search, load, history, viz, status
Parse remaining flags
Check for --agent <agent-id> flag → agent_id: "ork:{agent-id}"

2. Execute Subcommand

Route to appropriate handler based on subcommand.

3. Report Results

Format output appropriate to the operation.

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Rules Quick Reference

RuleImpactWhat It Covers
entity-extraction-patterns (load ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/rules/entity-extraction-patterns.md)HIGHEntity types, relation types, graph query semantics
deduplication-strategy (load ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/rules/deduplication-strategy.md)HIGHEdit-over-Write pattern, anchor-based insertion, verification

---

Session Resume

Load details: Read("${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/references/session-resume-patterns.md") for CC 2.1.31 resume hints, context capture before ending, and resume workflows for PRs, issues, and implementations.

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Related Skills

  • ork:remember - Store decisions and patterns (write-side)

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Error Handling

  • If graph empty for viz: Show helpful message about using /ork:remember
  • If subcommand invalid: Show usage help
  • If memory files corrupt: Report and offer repair
  • If search query empty: Show recent entities instead
  • If no search results: Suggest alternatives

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