Agent skill

Memory

by codeaholicguy in codeaholicguy/ai-devkit

AI DevKit · Use the memory CLI as a durable knowledge layer.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedTesting & QA

Install Memory

skills CLI

$ npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install codeaholicguy/ai-devkit memory --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory .claude/skills/memory && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "memory" agent skill from https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory into .claude/skills/memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "memory", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install codeaholicguy/ai-devkit memory --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory .agents/skills/memory && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "memory" agent skill from https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory into .agents/skills/memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "memory", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install codeaholicguy/ai-devkit memory --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory .cursor/skills/memory && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "memory" agent skill from https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory into .cursor/skills/memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "memory", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git --path skills/memory

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install codeaholicguy/ai-devkit memory --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory .gemini/skills/memory && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "memory" agent skill from https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory into .gemini/skills/memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "memory", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install codeaholicguy/ai-devkit memory

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory .github/skills/memory && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "memory" agent skill from https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory into .github/skills/memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "memory", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install codeaholicguy/ai-devkit memory --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/memory .opencode/skills/memory && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "memory" agent skill from https://github.com/codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/tree/main/skills/memory into .opencode/skills/memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "memory", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: memory
GitHub stars: 1.6k
Token cost: ~951 tokens
SKILL.md length: 350 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 28
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

AI DevKit · Use the memory CLI as a durable knowledge layer.

Works in 4 steps: For implementation, debugging, review,… → Use results as context → Search before storing → …
Testing & QA work in your project
SKILL.md covers Workflow, Quality Gate, Commands and Scoping, plus 1 more section
Calls npx

What it does

Memory is an agent skill from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit. AI DevKit · Use the memory CLI as a durable knowledge layer. Search before non-trivial work, store verified reusable knowledge, update stale entries, and avoid saving transcripts, secrets, or one-off task progress.

Its SKILL.md is about 950 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Testing & QA. The repository describes itself as: The control plane for AI coding agents. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Testing & QA work in your project

Example prompts

“/memory”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

For implementation, debugging, review, planning, or documentation tasks, search before deep work unless the task is trivial
Use results as context
Search before storing
Store or update only after the quality gate passes.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 90dcca0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- npx
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Memory loads about 951 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 350 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~951

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit at commit 90dcca0, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© codeaholicguy). 350 words, ~951 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/memory/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: memory
description: AI DevKit · Use the memory CLI as a durable knowledge layer. Search before non-trivial work, store verified reusable knowledge, update stale entries, and avoid saving transcripts, secrets, or one-off task progress.

AI DevKit Memory CLI

Use npx ai-devkit@latest memory ... as the durable knowledge layer.

Workflow

For implementation, debugging, review, planning, or documentation tasks, search before deep work unless the task is trivial:
bash
```
npx ai-devkit@latest memory search --query "<task, subsystem, error, or convention>" --limit 5
```
For broad or risky tasks, search multiple angles: subsystem, error text, framework, command, and task intent.
Use results as context:
- Trust repo files, tests, fresh command output, and explicit user instructions over memory.
- If memory conflicts with verified evidence, use the evidence and update the stale memory.
- Mention memory only when it changes the plan or avoids asking the user again.

Search before storing:

bash

npx ai-devkit@latest memory search --query "<knowledge to store>" --table

Store or update only after the quality gate passes.

Quality Gate

Before storing, all must be true:

Future sessions are likely to reuse it.
It is verified by code, docs, tests, command output, or explicit user instruction.
It is not merely a restatement of obvious nearby files unless it prevents repeated agent mistakes.
It is scoped narrowly enough.
Existing memory does not already cover it.
It contains no secrets, credentials, private customer data, personal data, raw logs, or temporary paths.

Store:

Project conventions, user preferences, durable decisions.
Reusable fixes, testing patterns, commands, setup gotchas.
Non-obvious constraints, architecture rules, failure patterns.

Do not store:

Task progress, transcripts, speculation, generic programming facts.
Raw errors without diagnosis.
Anything the user did not intend to persist.

Show full SKILL.md (129 more words)Show less

Commands

Search

bash

npx ai-devkit@latest memory search \
  --query "<query>" \
  --tags "<tags>" \
  --scope "<scope>" \
  --limit 5

Use --table to get IDs for updates:

bash

npx ai-devkit@latest memory search --query "<query>" --table

Options: --query/-q required; --tags; --scope/-s; --limit/-l from 1-20; --table.

Store

bash

npx ai-devkit@latest memory store \
  --title "<actionable title, 10-100 chars>" \
  --content "<context, guidance, evidence, exceptions>" \
  --tags "<lowercase,tags>" \
  --scope "<global|project:name|repo:org/repo>"

Use this content shape when helpful:

text

Context: Where this applies.
Guidance: What to do.
Evidence: File, command, test, or user instruction.
Exceptions: When not to apply it.

Update

Find the ID with search --table, then update only changed fields:

bash

npx ai-devkit@latest memory update \
  --id "<memory-id>" \
  --title "<updated title>" \
  --content "<updated content>" \
  --tags "<replacement,tags>" \
  --scope "<updated scope>"

--tags replaces all existing tags.

Scoping

Use the narrowest useful scope:

repo:<org/repo> for one repository.
project:<name> for one app, product, or workspace.
global only for knowledge that applies across unrelated projects.

If unsure, use a narrower scope.

Troubleshooting

CLI missing: run npx ai-devkit@latest --version.
Duplicate title: search, then update the existing item if it is the same knowledge.
Empty results: broaden terms, remove filters, or search symptoms and subsystem names separately.
Validation error: check title/content lengths, query length, and --limit range.
DB path: default is ~/.ai-devkit/memory.db; project config can override it automatically.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in skills/memory of codeaholicguy/ai-devkit.

SKILL.md
agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 90dcca0

Compare with similar skills

Memory next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Memory compared with similar skills
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Memory this skillcodeaholicguy/ai-devkit	1.6k	—	~951	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today
Web Application Testinganthropics/skills	180k	51 repos	~966	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	yesterday
Diagnosing Bugsfossasia/eventyay-interpretation	1.6k	32 repos	~2.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	4 days ago
TDDpietheinstrengholt/rssmonster	564	30 repos	~906	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	yesterday
TDD WorkflowhellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph	112	11 repos	~2.4k	Automated safety check: Pass	None	8 mo ago
TDDsanity-io/sanity	6.4k	20 repos	~1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today

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Questions about Memory

What does Memory do?

AI DevKit · Use the memory CLI as a durable knowledge layer. Memory is an agent skill from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit. AI DevKit · Use the memory CLI as a durable knowledge layer.

When should I use Memory?

Memory fits situations like: testing & QA work in your project.

How do I install Memory in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/memory in codeaholicguy/ai-devkit) into .claude/skills/memory in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Memory in Codex?

Run `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/memory in codeaholicguy/ai-devkit) into .agents/skills/memory in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Memory in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit --skill memory -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/memory, .gemini/skills/memory, .github/skills/memory and .opencode/skills/memory in your project.

What does Memory need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Memory needs the command-line tools its instructions call (npx). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Memory access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use npx, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Memory safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Memory use?

Memory is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Memory use?

About 951 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Memory?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Memory: Web Application Testing (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), Diagnosing Bugs (fossasia/eventyay-interpretation, 1.6k stars), TDD (pietheinstrengholt/rssmonster, 564 stars) and TDD Workflow (hellangleZ/burn-in-cceverywhere-ralph, 112 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Memory?

codeaholicguy (a GitHub user) maintains it in codeaholicguy/ai-devkit, which has 1,643 GitHub stars. The repository holds 28 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: codeaholicguy/ai-devkit on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Memory

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

AI DevKit Memory CLI

Workflow

Quality Gate

Commands

Search

Store

Update

Scoping

Troubleshooting

Files

Compare with similar skills

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