# memory-bank

Maintains persistent project memory in a .memory-bank/ folder, applies TDD and FSD rules, and provides 36 workflow commands.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 30
- Author: fockus
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/fockus/skill-memory-bank/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-18
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-bank

## What it does

The skill stores project state in Markdown files within `.memory-bank/`. It tracks `status.md`, `checklist.md`, `roadmap.md`, `adr.md`, and research notes. Coding assistants reference these files alongside explicit engineering standards: TDD, SOLID, Clean Architecture on the backend, and Feature-Sliced Design on the frontend.

Task progression moves through distinct stages: discovery via `/mb discuss`, planning with `/mb sdd` or `/mb plan`, implementation through `/mb work`, and signoff with `/mb done`. Running `/mb verify` is mandatory before closing any task that followed a formal spec or plan. Workflows can also run automatically when defined in `pipeline.yaml`.

Path resolution looks first for explicit script arguments, then checks the `MB_PATH` environment variable before defaulting to the local `.memory-bank/` directory. Running browser acceptance checks via `/mb qa run` depends on Playwright MCP.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fockus/skill-memory-bank --skill memory-bank -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fockus/skill-memory-bank --skill memory-bank -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fockus/skill-memory-bank --skill memory-bank -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install fockus/skill-memory-bank memory-bank
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fockus/skill-memory-bank --skill memory-bank -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/fockus/skill-memory-bank
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add fockus/skill-memory-bank --skill memory-bank -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/fockus/skill-memory-bank/tree/HEAD/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- keep architectural decisions and progress across agent sessions
- draft EARS-validated requirement specs prior to writing code
- audit code diffs against plan criteria using /mb verify
- execute browser-based acceptance tests via Playwright MCP

## Example prompts
- /mb discuss user authentication
- /mb plan feature export data to csv
- /mb work auth-service

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: memory-bank
description: "Agent-agnostic long-term project memory through `.memory-bank/` + RULES (TDD/SOLID/Clean Architecture/FSD/Mobile) + dev-toolkit commands. Use when working in a project with a `.memory-bank/` directory or when the user explicitly asks for memory-bank workflow, code rules, or dev-toolkit commands (`/mb`, plan, spec, verify, done; «память проекта», «контекст проекта», «план», «продолжай по плану»)."
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# Memory Bank Skill

Three-in-one skill for code agents:

1. **Memory Bank** — long-term project memory through `.memory-bank/` (`status.md`, `checklist.md`, `roadmap.md`, `research.md`, `backlog.md`, `adr.md`, `progress.md`, `lessons.md`, `notes/`, `plans/`, `experiments/`, `reports/`, `codebase/`).
2. **RULES** — global engineering rules: TDD, Clean Architecture (backend), FSD (frontend), Mobile (iOS/Android UDF), SOLID, Testing Trophy.
3. **Dev toolkit** — 36 commands: `/mb`, `/start`, `/done`, `/plan`, `/brief`, `/discuss`, `/groom`, `/sdd`, `/work`, `/drive`, `/team`, `/qa`, `/config`, `/pipeline`, `/profile`, `/rules`, `/commit`, `/pr`, `/review`, `/test`, `/refactor`, `/doc`, `/changelog`, `/catchup`, `/adr`, `/contract`, `/security-review`, `/api-contract`, `/db-migration`, `/observability`, `/roadmap-sync`, `/traceability-gen`, `/analyze-task`, `/flow`, `/goal`, `/agree`.

> **Design contract.** Memory Bank rests on one inviolable promise — *agents remember* — and a stack of fully configurable, token-economical layers above it. Default behaviour never changes without explicit opt-in; user customisations survive upgrades; expensive paths are off by default. See [`references/design-principles.md`](references/design-principles.md) for the full contract.

Details live in one-level reference files read on demand — see [References](#references) at the end.

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## Development flow — stages a code agent should expect

Work in a Memory Bank project follows this order. Depth scales with task complexity — every stage except development itself can be skipped for trivial work; review and judge are **opt-in**.

| # | Stage | Command | Notes |
|---|-------|---------|-------|
| 1 | **Interview** | `/mb discuss <topic>` (alias `/mb askme`) | Grilling interview → decisions + EARS-validated requirements draft in `context/<topic>.md` |
| 2 | **Spec or plan** | `/mb sdd <topic>` · `/mb plan <type> <topic>` | Pick by complexity: feature/multi-task → spec triple (`specs/<topic>/requirements+design+tasks.md`, executable `<!-- mb-task:N -->`); smaller bounded change → plan (`plans/*.md`, `<!-- mb-stage:N -->`); trivial fix → no artifact (rules still apply) |
| 3 | **Development** | `/mb work <target>` | Executes spec tasks / plan stages one by one through an implement → verify loop with role subagents (TDD, contract-first) |
| 4 | **Verification** | `/mb verify` | plan-verifier audits diff vs plan/spec DoD; **mandatory before `/mb done`** when work followed a plan/spec |
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