# memory-flush

Moves the recent log entries that matter into MEMORY.md and drops what went stale. Useful once agent memory starts collecting near-duplicates.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/memory-flush/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-flush

## What it does

The skill opens `memory/MEMORY.md`, then lets `python3 scripts/memory_prep.py window` work out the scan window and log rotation. From the logs inside that window the agent pulls new lessons, topics, shipped features, monitor findings and finished goals. Every candidate is checked against what memory already holds by subject rather than by string, so an existing line gets edited in place instead of gaining a paraphrased twin.

Pruning carries the same weight as adding. The open improvement PR section is compared against `gh pr list --state open --search "improve:"`, finished priorities come out, resolved lessons go too. Sections that outgrow their room move to `memory/topics/<section>-history.md` behind a one-line pointer. `MEMORY.md` has a budget of 8 KB, roughly 50 lines, no line past 300 chars, and since the file loads on every skill run, its size is a running cost.

Anything added or changed ends with a `[source: logs/YYYY-MM-DD#<skill>]` tag. When a new fact clashes with an old one, the skill checks the evidence first with `python3 scripts/memory_prep.py source <ref>` and keeps whatever the log actually says. The consolidation date is not edited by hand: `memory_prep.py stamp` writes it to `memory/memory-flush-state.json`. Skipping step 8 after a real flush is a bug, because other skills read that line to tell a live store from an untouched template.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill memory-flush -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill memory-flush -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon memory-flush
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/memory-flush
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- clear near-duplicate bullets out of `MEMORY.md`
- drop finished priorities and closed PRs from memory
- archive a table that has grown too long
- settle entries that contradict each other by checking sources
- keep `MEMORY.md` inside its size budget

## Example prompts
- Run memory-flush focused on the release work from this week
- Do a memory-flush: go through the recent logs and prune what is stale
- Run memory-flush and tell me if `MEMORY.md` is over budget

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: memory-flush
description: Promote important recent log entries into MEMORY.md and prune stale ones
scorable: false  # meta skill: no gradable output, skip the post-run quality scorer
metadata:
  title: Memory Flush
  category: core
  var: ""
  tags:
    - meta
---
> **${var}** - Topic to focus on. If empty, flushes all recent activity.

If `${var}` is set, only promote entries related to that topic. Pruning (step 3), the index upkeep (step 6), and the deterministic watermark + rotation (steps 0 and 8) still run globally - a focused flush must never leave the rest of the store stale.

Read `memory/MEMORY.md` for current memory state. **The scan window and log rotation are computed for you in step 0** - you no longer parse the watermark or rotate logs by hand.

## Steps

### 0. Prepare (deterministic bookkeeping - run this first)

Run `python3 scripts/memory_prep.py window` and read its stdout. It:
- computes your **scan window** from the structured watermark `memory/memory-flush-state.json` (fallback for a first-run migration: the MEMORY.md `*Last consolidated:*` line; then the last 3 days; a gap over 14 days is clamped to 14 and flagged), and prints the exact in-window log files to read;
- has **already rotated** whole old months out of `memory/logs/` into `memory/logs/archive/YYYY-MM.md` (content-preserving) once the directory passed ~45 files.
- prints `MEMORY.md size` (bytes, lines, over-long lines) against the budget step 3e holds.

Read exactly the files it lists. Do not recompute the window or rotate logs yourself - that work is now deterministic and unit-tested (`scripts/memory_prep.py`), so it never silently falls back to 3 days or gets skipped. This closed two old holes: entries older than 3 days were lost whenever the agent skipped runs, and a daily schedule re-scanned the same 3 days every time.

### 1. Scan the in-window logs for entries worth promoting to long-term memory

- New lessons learned (errors encountered, workarounds found)
- Topics covered (articles, digests) - add to the recent output/articles/digests tables
- Features built or tools created
- Important findings from monitors (on-chain, GitHub, papers)
- Ideas captured that are still relevant
- Goals completed or progress milestones

### 2. Check each candidate against existing MEMORY.md content - dedup precisely

Skip if already recorded. Dedup by the fact's **subject**, not by string match:
- Identify what each candidate is *about* (a skill, a token, a repo, a lesson, a priority).
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