02-project-memory

Agent Building

Initialize or refresh the project memory bank. Use when the user wants to set up or regenerate the project's memory files. Not for updating one memory file after it exists or editing a single rule directly.

QUICK START

How to use this skill

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Prompt to paste

I want to install this Agent Skill for this project in Codex.

Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/ai-driven-dev/framework/blob/HEAD/plugins/aidd-context/skills/02-project-memory/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/02-project-memory/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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Project Memory

Bootstraps the project's context layer: the AI context files with a memory block, the aidd_docs/ structure, and the memory bank.

Actions

#	Action	Role	Input
01	`init-context-file`	Resolve the tools, then upsert the memory block	project root
02	`scaffold-docs`	Create the `aidd_docs/` folder structure	project root
03	`generate-memory`	Detect the capabilities, generate the memory files	the memory dir
04	`review-memory`	Review the memory files for consistency	the memory dir
05	`sync-memory`	Fill the memory block in every context file	the context files

Run the actions in order, 01 → 05, and run each action's ## Test before the next. Before running an action, read its file in actions/, not only the table or assets.

Memory rules

Govern the content of every memory file.

Capture the macro and the non-derivable: decisions, conventions, gotchas, the why. Never restate a schema or a file tree. Point to the code over a copy.
One fact, one file: define it in its home, elsewhere reference it. Naming a shared lib in its own concern is fine.
Keep each file small. Short bullets, code in backticks, no version in a tech name (React, not React 19).
Reflect the current state only. Drop an unused section, never leave a placeholder.

Action rules

Govern how every action runs.

Read an asset or reference relative to this skill. If one can't be read, stop and say so, never invent.
Ask before anything ambiguous. Never default silently.
End with a short report of what changed.

References

references/mapping-ai-context-file.md: the per-tool context-file path.
references/memory-block.md: the context-file memory block and its upsert cases.
references/capability-signals.md: the capabilities, their signals, and the concerns each gates.

Assets

assets/AGENTS.md: the context-file template.
assets/README.md, assets/GUIDELINES.md, assets/CONTRIBUTING.md: the aidd_docs/ doc templates.
assets/templates/memory/: the memory templates, one folder per capability (core always, the rest gated by signal).