memory-checkpoint
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Defines how to save and load agent state as checkpoint files.
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Create a timestamped folder under memory/checkpoints/.
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After writing all agent files, update memory/SUMMARY.md — rewrite it to point to the latest checkpoint.
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Memory Checkpoint
Defines how to save a checkpoint and how to load one into SI. When to checkpoint is determined by the calling context — the project, the war room, or the agent's own judgment.
How to Save
Create a timestamped folder under memory/checkpoints/. Inside it, write one file per agent indexed by agent number.
memory/checkpoints/YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS/
├── agent-0.md
├── agent-1.md
└── ...Each agent-N.md captures that agent's state. No length constraints — summarise what is needed to resume. A good checkpoint captures what would be hard to reconstruct, not a verbatim log.
# Agent <N> — <timestamp>
**Role**: <role>
**Trigger**: <what caused this checkpoint>
**Completed**: <what was just finished>
**Next**: <exact next action>
## State
<key facts, file paths, env state, decisions made, blockers — whatever is needed to resume>After writing all agent files, update memory/SUMMARY.md — rewrite it to point to the latest checkpoint.
# Summary
- **Last checkpoint**: `memory/checkpoints/<timestamp>/`
- **Status**: <not_started | in_progress | blocked | complete>
## State
<key facts — file paths, important values, decisions that affect what comes next>
## Resume From
<one clear instruction: what to do next, any preconditions>How to Load
On resume, inject into SI in this order:
- Read
memory/SUMMARY.md— always first. Get current status and the latest checkpoint path. - Read the relevant
agent-N.mdfrom the latest checkpoint folder — inject the file for your agent index. - Load other agents' files only if needed — e.g. to understand what another agent did.
- Load older checkpoints only if needed — e.g. to understand a past decision.
Layout
memory/
├── SUMMARY.md
└── checkpoints/
├── 20260328_090000/
│ └── agent-0.md
├── 20260328_142301/
│ ├── agent-0.md
│ └── agent-1.md
└── 20260328_154732/
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