# memory-management

Manages authorised project memory across sessions: it initializes, reviews, consolidates, archives, and erases working notes with access controls.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 3013
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/protocol/memory-management/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/memory-management-2

## What it does

This skill manages authorised project memory through `HOT`, `WARM`, and `COLD` layers. It can initialize runtime files, show current priorities with their source records, merge duplicate notes, archive stale material, and erase records after a confirmed request.

Registry events and projections remain the source of truth. The skill reads working memory, registry projections, approved decisions, and local artifacts; it writes notes, archives, indexes, and authorised erase events. A conflict with registry truth becomes a proposal to its owner rather than a direct edit.

Persistent writes need explicit authorisation, and an ambiguous purge stops the operation. Runtime `memory/**` is Git-ignored by default, so check `.gitignore` before starting. Initialization uses `memory/templates/` and the `registry-events.py` script through `python3`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill memory-management -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill memory-management -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill memory-management -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills memory-management
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill memory-management -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --path protocol/memory-management
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill memory-management -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/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/protocol/memory-management/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- initialize project memory from templates
- merge duplicate notes without editing registry facts
- archive stale `WARM` files
- trace current priorities to source records
- erase a subject after a confirmed request

## Example prompts
- Initialize private runtime memory from `memory/templates/`.
- Show the current priorities and their source records.
- Consolidate duplicate notes without changing registry truth.

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

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---
name: memory-management
slug: memory-management
displayName: "Memory Management · 项目记忆"
summary: "项目记忆/跨会话"
description: 'Use when the user asks to "remember project context", review saved findings, initialize runtime memory, archive stale work, reconcile notes, or erase a subject; manages authorized HOT/WARM/COLD working memory across all disciplines while preserving registry event ownership and privacy controls. Not for changing canonical registry facts - route those through the owning registry. 项目记忆/跨会话'
version: "20.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Claude Code and compatible agent-skill hosts"
homepage: "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"
when_to_use: "Use when initializing, querying, consolidating, archiving, exporting, or erasing project memory; also when repairing broken references or reconciling conflicting non-canonical notes."
argument-hint: "[init|review|archive|consolidate|purge] [scope]"
metadata: {"author": "aaron-he-zhu", "version": "20.1.0", "discipline": "protocol", "phase": "protocol", "geo-relevance": "low", "hermes": {"tags": ["marketing", "protocol"], "category": "protocol"}, "openclaw": {"emoji": "🗂️", "homepage": "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"}}
---

# Memory Management

Manages the project's authorized working memory. HOT/WARM/COLD notes improve retrieval; they are not a second truth system. The seven registry event streams remain canonical, their JSON projections are rebuildable views, and only registry owners may accept or mutate canonical facts.

## Quick Start

```text
Initialize private runtime memory from the repository templates.
Show current priorities and their source records.
Consolidate duplicate notes without changing registry truth.
Archive WARM files not updated in 90 days.
Purge subject-7f42 from project memory under this confirmed erasure request.
```

## Skill Contract

**Reads:** authorized runtime memory, registry projections/events, approved decisions, and [state-model.md](../../references/state-model.md). **Writes:** HOT/WARM/COLD notes, archives, indexes, and authorized tombstone/erase events; it never accepts registry proposals or writes canonical facts on behalf of an owner. **Done when:** the requested operation is complete, writes have explicit authorization, affected paths/events are reported, HOT is within 80 lines and 25 KB, and registry verification still passes.

Operational `memory/**` is Git-ignored by default. Initialize from `memory/templates/`; never commit runtime data, event streams, projections, audits, exports, or subject records unless the user deliberately creates a separate protected data-governance process.

### Authority Order

When sources conflict, use this order:
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