Agent skill

Memory Index Compact

by digipulse-engineering in digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework

Compact verbose memory index / registry files to pointer-only form.

Custom licenceAuto-check passed

Install Memory Index Compact

skills CLI
$ npx skills add digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework --skill memory-index-compact -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework memory-index-compact --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/digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.gaai/core/skills/cross/memory-index-compact .claude/skills/memory-index-compact && 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/

Facts

Skill name
memory-index-compact
GitHub stars
163
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
740 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
55
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Compact verbose memory index / registry files to pointer-only form.

  • Works in 7 steps: Identify target file. Read the registry.… → Measure baseline. Record current size in… → Triage rows. For each row > 200 chars,… → …
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose / When to Activate, Core principle — index = pointer, Process and Outputs, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Memory Index Compact is an agent skill from digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework. Compact verbose memory index / registry files to pointer-only form. Activate when an index file (index.md, index-decisions.md, or any sibling registry table) breaches the file-size budget OR shows substance-duplication drift. Distinct from memory-compact (which targets content categories) and memory-archive-superseded (which migrates superseded rows to archive).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts. Compatibility notes: Works with any filesystem-based AI coding agent

The repository describes itself as: Turns AI coding tools into reliable software delivery systems. Drop a .gaai/ folder into any project — Discovery defines what to build, Delivery executes autonomously until…

Example prompts

  • “/memory-index-compact”

Requirements

  • Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Works with any filesystem-based AI coding agent

Workflow steps

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

  1. Identify target file. Read the registry. Confirm it is an index (rows = pointers, not content). Skip if file is substantive content with…
  2. Measure baseline. Record current size in chars. Note the budget (typically 40k for memory index files — check…
  3. Triage rows. For each row > 200 chars, classify content per the « keep / dégage » heuristic
  4. Compact the row. Rewrite in the target form
  5. Compact narrative sections. Same principle for non-table prose
  6. Verify no information loss. Before any cut, confirm the dropped content lives in another source-of-truth file. If a row's content does NOT…
  7. Update budget tracking. If the post-commit hook flagged the breach, verify new size is ≤ budget. Re-run the hook locally if available.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a26ea7a. 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:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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.

  • Compatibility

    Works with any filesystem-based AI coding agent

    From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Memory Index Compact loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 740 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 740 words (~1,773 tokens).

name
memory-index-compact
compatibility
Works with any filesystem-based AI coding agent
license
ELv2
metadata.author
gaai-framework
metadata.version
1.0
metadata.category
cross
metadata.track
cross-cutting
metadata.id
SKILL-MEMORY-INDEX-COMPACT-001
metadata.updated_at
2026-05-28
metadata.status
stable
inputs
contexts/memory/index.md, contexts/memory/index-*.md, any sibling registry table (archive/*.archive.md indexes)
outputs
contexts/memory/index.md (updated — pointer-only rows), contexts/memory/index-*.md (updated)

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .gaai/core/skills/cross/memory-index-compact of digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a26ea7a

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No Pointerremotion-dev/remotion62k—~532Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
Indexability Conflictsthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist74k—~876Automated safety check: PassMIT
Index Refreshpaperclipai/paperclip98k—~994Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Memory Index Compact

What does Memory Index Compact do?

Compact verbose memory index / registry files to pointer-only form. Memory Index Compact is an agent skill from digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework. Compact verbose memory index / registry files to pointer-only form.

How do I install Memory Index Compact in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework --skill memory-index-compact -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.gaai/core/skills/cross/memory-index-compact in digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework) into .claude/skills/memory-index-compact in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Memory Index Compact in Codex?

Run `npx skills add digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework --skill memory-index-compact -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.gaai/core/skills/cross/memory-index-compact in digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework) into .agents/skills/memory-index-compact in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Memory Index Compact 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 digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework --skill memory-index-compact -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-index-compact, .gemini/skills/memory-index-compact, .github/skills/memory-index-compact and .opencode/skills/memory-index-compact in your project.

What does Memory Index Compact need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Memory Index Compact needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Works with any filesystem-based AI coding agent.

Does Memory Index Compact access the network?

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

Is Memory Index Compact 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 Index Compact use?

Memory Index Compact has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Memory Index Compact use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.1k 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 Index Compact?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Memory Index Compact: Indexability (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Strategic Compact (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars), No Pointer (remotion-dev/remotion, 62k stars) and Indexability Conflicts (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Memory Index Compact?

digipulse-engineering (a GitHub organization) maintains it in digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework, which has 163 GitHub stars. The repository holds 55 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 29, 2026.

Source: digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.