# codex-memory-curator

Audits and curates Codex memory to eliminate stale entries, duplicate claims, and leaked credentials. Helpful when agent memory gets cluttered, contradictory, or bloated.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2700 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/codex-operations/codex-memory-curator/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/codex-memory-curator

## What it does

The skill audits files in `${CODEX_HOME:-$HOME/.codex}` to classify stale claims, duplicate entries, and cross-repo leakage. It treats stored memories strictly as background context. Live repository files and `AGENTS.md` always override cached assertions.

Eight distinct workflows separate read-only inspections from mutations. A bare invocation defaults to `review-chat` to keep files intact. The tool never modifies records silently. Before executing any approved change, it creates an exact backup and prints the backup destination path.

Store-wide audits rely on bundled scripts like `inventory-memories.mjs` and `scan-memory-risks.mjs`, which means Node.js must be available in your environment. Even when invoked through Cursor, the curator restricts its inspection exclusively to Codex configuration and memories without touching editor state.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/codex-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 codex-memory-curator -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/codex-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 codex-memory-curator
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/codex-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 codex-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/codex-operations/codex-memory-curator/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- audit Codex memory files without risking silent deletion
- detect and redact leaked secrets or tokens in stored memories
- clean up obsolete or conflicting facts across repositories
- back up memory files before applying approved mutations

## Example prompts
- Audit Codex memory in read-only mode and list stale claims
- Scan Codex memories for sensitive tokens and prepare a cleanup plan
- Review and clean up Codex memory using the plan-run-cleanup-file workflow

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

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---
name: codex-memory-curator
description: Audit and safely curate Codex memory, including stale claims, cross-repo leakage, sensitive entries, and memory configuration. Use when reviewing or cleaning Codex memory, not generic repository docs.
license: Apache-2.0
metadata:
  author: stark-ai-de
  category: codex-operations
  version: "0.2.3"
---

# Codex Memory Curator

## Goal

Audit Codex memory as user-owned durable state; classify stale, unsafe, duplicated, or misplaced claims and route review, planning, persistence, and cleanup. Even when invoked from Cursor, inspect only Codex memory/config, not Cursor state.

## Core principle

Memory is context, not truth. The latest user request, current repo files, `AGENTS.md`, package files, ADRs, and live evidence override stored memories.

## When to use

- Use for review, placement, configuration, planning, or cleanup of Codex memory and its durable configuration.
- Use when memory is stale, conflicting, sensitive, noisy, cross-repository, or causing degraded behavior.

## When not to use

- Do not use for ordinary docs, generic prompt work, or Cursor state unless Codex memory/config is explicitly involved.
- Keep review requests read-only and inspect no personal files beyond Codex memory/config plus the minimum repository evidence needed for conflicts.

## 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                                                          |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `plan-run-cleanup-file` | One record: review, approved plan, backup, cleanup, verification.            |
| `review-chat`           | Chat: read-only review and recommendations.                                  |
| `review-file`           | One record: read-only review and recommendations.                            |
| `cleanup-chat`          | Chat and backup: review, high-confidence atomic cleanup, verification.       |
| `cleanup-file`          | One record and backup: review, high-confidence atomic cleanup, verification. |
| `plan-cleanup-chat`     | Chat: review and approved plan; no cleanup.                                  |
| `plan-cleanup-file`     | One record: review and approved plan; no cleanup.                            |
| `plan-run-cleanup-chat` | Chat and backup: review, approved plan, cleanup, verification.               |

Route from intent instead of adding an `auto` workflow:
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