honcho-memory

Agent Building

Persistent cross-session memory via Honcho — recall what you know about the user before working, and save durable insights after.

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

Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/blob/HEAD/plugins/plastic-labs/codex-honcho/skills/honcho-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/honcho-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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Honcho memory

You have a persistent memory of this user that survives across sessions, backed by Honcho. The codex-honcho hooks already inject relevant context at the start of each turn, and they record the conversation automatically. This skill is for the times you should reach for memory actively.

When to pull memory

Before non-trivial work, query memory instead of guessing:

The task touches the user's preferences, conventions, or past decisions
You're about to make an assumption you could instead verify ("which package manager?", "how is auth done here?")
The user references something from "before" or "last time"

Use the Honcho MCP tools:

search — semantic lookup over past messages
get_peer_context / get_representation — the current model of the user
chat — ask a natural-language question about the user ("what's their testing style?")

When to save memory

After you learn something durable, persist it with create_conclusions:

A decision with rationale ("chose SQLite over Postgres — embedded, zero-setup")
A stable preference ("prefers small, focused PRs")
A non-obvious gotcha or root cause worth remembering
A convention specific to this codebase

Keep each conclusion to one concise statement with the why. Review with list_conclusions before adding near-duplicates.

When not to bother

Skip memory for throwaway or purely mechanical tasks — running a build, answering a general knowledge question, trivial edits. Don't narrate that you checked memory; just use it.