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Manage persistent memory via OpenMemory MCP. TRIGGER when: user says "remember this", "save to memory", "store this", "recall", "what do you remember about", "check memory", "forget this", "delete memory", "clean up memory", or when agent forms a stable conclusion worth persisting. DO NOT TRIGGER when: user refers to system RAM, process memory, or asks to directly edit memory/MEMORY.md file.

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OpenMemory — OpenMemory MCP Operation Playbook

1. Overview

This skill is the operational playbook for OpenMemory (MCP) — a primary persistent memory system; the file-based fallback is a secondary index only (one-line pointers, no full-text copies). Configure project_id based on your workspace (see §4 Step 2).


2. HARD-GATE


3. Flow Router

Trigger SignalRouteWhen
User says "remember this", "save to memory", "store this" — or agent forms a stable conclusion worth persistingSAVEPost-task, or at user request
User says "recall", "what do you remember about", "check memory" — or agent needs historical context before answeringQUERYPre-task, or when context is insufficient
User says "forget this", "delete memory", "clean up memory" — or agent discovers outdated/wrong/duplicated memoryMAINTAINOn discovery or user request

4. SAVE Flow (5 Steps)

Step 1 — Classify sector

Content TypeSectorExample
Events / incidents that happenedepisodic"2026-05-20 deployment 回滚"
Facts / knowledge / decisions / preferencessemantic"服务 A 依赖 服务 B 的 API v2"
Procedures / methods / rules / constraintsprocedural"部署前必须运行测试套件"
User emotions / reactions / preferencesemotional"用户不喜欢冗长的总结"
Cross-event patterns / insightsreflective"部署失败通常与配置缓存有关"

Step 2 — Choose scope

QuestionYESNO
Is this specific to the current workspace/project?openmemory_store_project (project_id: "{{PROJECT_ID}}")Go to next question
Is this general engineering knowledge?openmemory_store (global)Default to project scope

Default bias: project scope (openmemory_store_project).

Note: Set {{PROJECT_ID}} to your actual project identifier (e.g. "my-project", "airflow-agent", "data-platform"). This is a per-workspace configuration.

Step 3 — Choose type

Situationtype parameter
Narrative knowledge, experiences, preferencescontextual
Structured triples that change over timefactual (with facts array: subject/predicate/object)
Both narrative and structured contentboth

Step 4 — Compose tags

Attach 2–5 lowercase hyphen-separated tags. Examples:

  • deployment, rollback, incident
  • api, dependency, architecture
  • user-preference, feedback
  • pattern, decision, architecture
  • workflow, ci-cd, config

Step 5 — Execute

  1. Call the appropriate MCP tool (openmemory_store_project or openmemory_store) with sector, type, tags, and content.
  2. Optionally add one line in a local index file pointing to the stored memory (never copy the full content).

5. QUERY Flow (4 Steps)

Step 1 — Determine query strategy

Needtype parametersector parameter
Generic "what do you know about X"contextualOmit
"What happened" (events)contextualepisodic
"How to do X" (procedures)contextualprocedural
"Current state / status"factualOmit
"What you know + changes over time"unifiedOmit

Step 2 — Set parameters

ParameterValue
project_id"{{PROJECT_ID}}" (always, for project knowledge)
k (max results)8 (default; adjust up for broad searches)
min_salienceOmit or set as needed (higher filters to more relevant results)

Step 3 — Execute query

Call openmemory_query with the determined parameters.

Step 4 — Reinforce if used

If the retrieved memory is directly used in the response, call openmemory_reinforce with a boost of 0.05–0.1 to strengthen its salience for future sessions.


6. MAINTAIN Flow (3 Steps)

Step 1 — Scan

Call openmemory_list with:

  • project_id: "{{PROJECT_ID}}" (omit for global scope)
  • sector filter (optional)
  • limit: 20 (adjust for larger scans)

Step 2 — Evaluate each entry

ConditionAction
Accurate and still relevantopenmemory_reinforce (boost 0.1–0.3)
Outdated / supersededopenmemory_delete then re-store corrected version
Duplicate (same info, different entry)Delete the entry with lower salience
Noise / uselessopenmemory_delete

Step 3 — Report

Summarize to the user: what was deleted, reinforced, or corrected, and why.


7. Proactive Behaviors

Pre-task query

Before a non-trivial task, silently query OpenMemory for relevant context. Do not announce the query itself — only inform the user if the retrieved memory would affect the task's direction or decisions.

Post-task save

When the task produces a stable conclusion (not intermediate noise), save it. Briefly inform the user:

"已存入 openmemory: [one-line summary]"

Correction on discovery

If you notice an existing stored memory is factually wrong, immediately:

  1. Delete the incorrect entry.
  2. Save the corrected version.
  3. Inform the user: "已更新 openmemory: [what changed]"

8. Decision Flow

digraph memory_flow {
    rankdir=LR;
    node [shape=box, style=rounded, fontname="sans-serif"];
    edge [fontname="sans-serif", fontsize=10];

    trigger [label="🔄 Trigger\n(user signal /\nagent discovery)", shape=ellipse, style=filled, fillcolor="#E8F0FE"];
    route  [label="Route?", shape=diamond, style=filled, fillcolor="#FFF3CD"];

    save   [label="SAVE\n1. Classify sector\n2. Choose scope\n3. Choose type\n4. Compose tags\n5. Execute", fillcolor="#D4EDDA"];
    query  [label="QUERY\n1. Strategy\n2. Parameters\n3. Execute\n4. Reinforce", fillcolor="#CCE5FF"];
    maint  [label="MAINTAIN\n1. Scan\n2. Evaluate each\n3. Report changes", fillcolor="#F8D7DA"];

    done   [label="Done", shape=doublecircle, style=filled, fillcolor="#E2E3E5"];

    trigger -> route;
    route  -> save   [label="SAVE signal"];
    route  -> query  [label="QUERY signal"];
    route  -> maint  [label="MAINTAIN signal"];

    save   -> done;
    query  -> done;
    maint  -> done;
}

9. Constraints (Anti-Pattern Table)

Anti-PatternCorrect Practice
Write to a local file first without hitting OpenMemoryAlways go through OpenMemory first
Use contextual type for everythingUse factual (with facts array) for structured triples
Default to global scopeDefault to project scope
Query without project_idAlways include project_id: "{{PROJECT_ID}}" for project knowledge
Store conversational history / intermediate noiseOnly store stable conclusions
Save without tagsAlways attach 2–5 tags
Perform memory operations silentlyNotify user on save; explicitly state when query returns empty