memory-grounding
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Ground durable project knowledge in exact repository evidence, detect stale claims when evidence changes, and reverify memory before it influences engineering decisions.
In this repository10 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- adaptive-engineeringSkill
- code-reviewSkill
- existing-system-scanSkill
- minimal-planningSkill
- simplification-gateSkill
- systematic-debuggingSkill
- task-triageSkill
- verificationSkill
- verified-implementationSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. About 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
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Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 7
Use repository evidence as the source of truth.
- Distinctive: line 9
Read MEMORY.md before using persistent project memory.
- Distinctive: line 14
Check that each claim's evidence still exists.
- Very specific: line 16
Treat changed or contradicted claims as stale.
- Distinctive: line 19
After implementation, refresh only affected claims.
- Distinctive: line 20
Run the memory consistency gate before completion.
- Distinctive: line 28
Never add a database, vector store, daemon, MCP server, or external service just to enable this skill.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Memory Grounding
Use repository evidence as the source of truth. Memory is only a compact, re-verifiable index over that evidence.
Read MEMORY.md before using persistent project memory.
Workflow
- Discover only claims relevant to the current task.
- Check that each claim's evidence still exists.
- Compare stored fingerprints with current evidence when possible.
- Treat changed or contradicted claims as
stale. - Inspect the source of truth before relying on stale or unverified knowledge.
- Persist only durable, reusable knowledge with precise evidence.
- After implementation, refresh only affected claims.
- Run the memory consistency gate before completion.
Mode behavior
- FAST: verify directly relevant memory; avoid writing routine transient knowledge.
- STANDARD: reverify planning claims and refresh affected durable knowledge.
- DEEP: enumerate relevant claims and invariants, search for contradictions, and run a scoped drift check after implementation.
Never add a database, vector store, daemon, MCP server, or external service just to enable this skill. Plain repository-local files must remain sufficient.
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