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hipocampus-flush

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Manual memory flush: dump current session context to daily raw log via subagent. Invoke with /hipocampus:flush. Run hipocampus:compaction afterwards for tree propagation and qmd reindex.

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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/kevin-hs-sohn/hipocampus/blob/HEAD/skills/flush/SKILL.md

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Hipocampus Memory Flush

Dump current session context to the daily raw log. Use when you want to persist what happened in this session without waiting for End-of-Task Checkpoint or context compression.

For full compaction (needs-summarization processing, tree propagation, qmd reindex), run hipocampus:compaction skill after this.

Steps

1. Compose session summary

Gather a summary of everything discussed in this session so far. For each topic:

## [Topic Name]
- request: what the user asked
- analysis: what you researched/analyzed
- decisions: choices made with rationale
- outcome: what was done, files changed
- references: knowledge/ files, external sources

2. Dispatch subagent

Dispatch a subagent with the session summary and this task:

Hipocampus memory flush. Append the following structured log to memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md (today's date). Then run hipocampus compact to propagate through the tree.

[paste session summary here]

The subagent writes the files and runs compact. The main session stays clean.

3. Report

Confirm the flush completed:

  • Topics flushed
  • Subagent status