# Consolidate Memory

> Reflective pass over your memory files — merge duplicates, fix stale facts, prune the index. Trigger for: - [TODO: Add specific triggers for when to use this skill] Don't trigger for: - [TODO: Add anti-triggers for when NOT to use this skill]

- Skill: `furkangonel/consolidate-memory` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add furkangonel/consolidate-memory`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/furkangonel/consolidate-memory/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Productivity
- Author: furkangonel (https://skillmd.com/u/furkangonel)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/furkangonel/consolidate-memory

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# Memory Consolidation

You're doing a reflective pass over what you've learned about this user and their work. The goal: a future session should be able to orient quickly — who they work with, what they're focused on, how they like things done — without re-asking.

Your system prompt's auto-memory section defines the directory, file format, and memory types. Follow it.

## Phase 1 — Take stock

- List the memory directory and read the index (`MEMORY.md`)
- Skim each topic file. Note which ones overlap, which look stale, which are thin.

## Phase 2 — Consolidate

**Separate the durable from the dated.** Preferences, working style, key relationships, and recurring workflows are durable — keep and sharpen them. Specific projects, deadlines, and one-off tasks are dated — if the date has passed or the work is done, retire the file or fold the lasting takeaway (e.g. "user prefers X format for launch docs") into a durable one.

**Merge overlaps.** If two files describe the same person, project, or preference, combine into one and keep the richer file's path.

**Fix time references.** Convert "next week", "this quarter", "by Friday" to absolute dates so they stay readable later.

**Drop what's easy to re-find.** If a memory just restates something you could pull from the user's calendar, docs, or connected tools on demand, cut it. Keep what's hard to re-derive: stated preferences, context behind a decision, who to go to for what.

## Phase 3 — Tidy the index

Update `MEMORY.md` so it stays under 200 lines and ~25KB. One line per entry, under ~150 chars: `- [Title](file.md) — one-line hook`.

- Remove pointers to retired memories
- Shorten any line carrying detail that belongs in the topic file
- Add anything newly important

Finish with a short summary: how many files you touched and what changed.

## Why/Failure Modes

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## Standalone vs Supercharged

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## Cross-References

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