# claude-memory-curator

Audits CLAUDE.md, rules, settings and auto memory in Claude, flags stale or conflicting entries and suggests where each one belongs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2600 installs · ★ 8
- Author: stark-ai-de
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-operations/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-memory-curator

## What it does

The skill walks the durable context of Claude: `CLAUDE.md`, `CLAUDE.local.md`, conditionally loaded `AGENTS.md`, `.claude/rules/`, user-level rules, settings, hooks and auto memory files. It surfaces entries that are stale, duplicated, conflicting, over-broad, misplaced or simply never enforced, then proposes better destinations. `MEMORY.md` is treated as the auto-memory entrypoint, with topic files handled separately.

Eight workflows cover the range. `review-chat` and `review-file` stay read-only, `plan-cleanup-*` add an approved plan, and `cleanup-*` plus `plan-run-cleanup-file` take a backup before touching anything. Ambiguity is handled by stopping: if it is unclear whether you want a review or a cleanup, the skill halts before inventory and asks you to pick. On a bare invocation it recommends starting with `review-chat`.

Two scripts do the heavy lifting: `node scripts/inventory-claude-memory.mjs --repo .` and `node scripts/scan-claude-memory-risks.mjs --repo . --json`. Exit code `1` from the scanner means findings were found, not that it failed. Managed policy files, `/etc/claude-code/CLAUDE.md` and `managed-settings.json` among them, are read-only by default unless edit authority is explicit. Worth knowing before you expect it to sweep everything on its own.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-memory-curator -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/claude-memory-curator/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-memory-curator -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-memory-curator -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stark-ai-de/agent-skills claude-memory-curator
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-memory-curator -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills --path skills/claude-operations/claude-memory-curator
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stark-ai-de/agent-skills --skill claude-memory-curator -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/stark-ai-de/agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/claude-operations/claude-memory-curator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- spot stale instructions in `CLAUDE.md` that keep steering the agent wrong
- move path-scoped guidance out of always-loaded files into `.claude/rules/`
- resolve duplicates and conflicts between user and project settings
- check which auto memory entries actually load in a session
- clean up context with a backup while leaving managed policy alone

## Example prompts
- review my `CLAUDE.md` and `.claude/rules/` — what is stale and what conflicts
- audit my auto memory and propose a cleanup plan
- clean up the duplicate entries in my Claude context, with a backup

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: claude-memory-curator
description: Audit and safely curate Claude Code instructions, rules, auto memory, and memory settings. Use when reviewing stale or misplaced Claude Code context, not Claude app memory or API memory stores.
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: Designed for Claude Code and Claude Code skills. Works in other agents when inspecting Claude Code instruction files, settings, rules, and auto-memory markdown stores.
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: claude-operations
  version: "0.2.2"
---

# Claude Memory Curator

## Goal

Audit Claude Code durable context as user-owned agent state: expose stale, unsafe, duplicated, over-broad, conflicting, misplaced, or unenforceable entries; propose better destinations; and route review, planning, persistence, and cleanup through one explicit contract.

Keep the subject scoped to Claude Code surfaces: `CLAUDE.md`, `CLAUDE.local.md`, conditionally loaded `AGENTS.md`, `.claude/rules/`, user-level Claude rules, settings, hooks, managed policy evidence, and auto memory files. Do not treat this as a Codex, Cursor, Claude app, or Anthropic API Memory Stores curator.

## When to use

- Use for review, placement, planning, or cleanup of the Claude Code durable surfaces named in the description.
- Use when those surfaces are stale, conflicting, sensitive, over-broad, ignored, or causing Claude to reuse old guidance.

## When not to use

- Do not use for Codex, Cursor, Claude web/app, Anthropic API Memory Stores, generic prompt engineering, or repo-doc cleanup without Claude durable context.
- Keep review requests read-only. Treat managed policy, including `/etc/claude-code/CLAUDE.md` and `managed-settings.json`, as read-only unless exact edit authority is explicit.

## Workflow selection

Expose all eight workflows in this stable order, compactly when intent is clear. Recommend the route matching the requested outcome and delivery; for a bare invocation recommend `review-chat` while asking the user to choose:

| Workflow                | Delivery and result                                                          |
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