Periodic memory maintenance — archive session files, convert recurring knowledge into summaries, update the memory index.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Memory Refresh

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework memory-refresh --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-refresh .claude/skills/memory-refresh && 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-refresh
GitHub stars
163
Token cost
~852 tokens
SKILL.md length
320 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
55
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Periodic memory maintenance — archive session files, convert recurring knowledge into summaries, update the memory index.

  • Works in 5 steps: Read memory index → Extract durable knowledge from session… → Convert recurring or validated… → …
  • Tasks that involve Context engineering
  • SKILL.md covers Purpose / When to Activate, Process, Quality Checks and Non-Goals
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Memory Refresh is an agent skill from digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework. Periodic memory maintenance — archive session files, convert recurring knowledge into summaries, update the memory index. Activate at end of a major phase (Discovery complete, sprint done) or when memory spans many sessions. For emergency context-window pressure mid-task, use memory-compact instead.

Its SKILL.md is about 850 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

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Context engineering. 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…

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Context engineering

Example prompts

  • “/memory-refresh”

Requirements

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

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read memory index
  2. Extract durable knowledge from session memory
  3. Convert recurring or validated information into summary memory
  4. Archive raw session files to contexts/memory/archive/
  5. Compact with R7 category-aware rules

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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 Refresh loads about 852 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 320 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~79
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~852

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 320 words (~852 tokens).

name
memory-refresh
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-REFRESH-001
metadata.updated_at
2026-03-03
metadata.status
stable
inputs
contexts/memory/index.md (registry — read first to discover all active categories), contexts/memory/** (any category registered in index.md — resolved at…
outputs
contexts/memory/summaries/*.summary.md, contexts/memory/archive/**, contexts/memory/index.md (updated)

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

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

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a26ea7a

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Context Mode for Antigravity CLImksglu/context-mode26k—~850Automated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Categories

Questions about Memory Refresh

What does Memory Refresh do?

Periodic memory maintenance — archive session files, convert recurring knowledge into summaries, update the memory index. Memory Refresh is an agent skill from digipulse-engineering/GAAI-framework. Periodic memory maintenance — archive session files, convert recurring knowledge into summaries, update the memory index.

When should I use Memory Refresh?

Memory Refresh fits situations like: tasks that involve Context engineering.

How do I install Memory Refresh in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Memory Refresh in Codex?

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

Can I use Memory Refresh 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-refresh -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-refresh, .gemini/skills/memory-refresh, .github/skills/memory-refresh and .opencode/skills/memory-refresh in your project.

What does Memory Refresh need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Memory Refresh is instructions for the agent only. Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Works with any filesystem-based AI coding agent.

Does Memory Refresh access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Memory Refresh 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 Refresh use?

Memory Refresh 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 Refresh use?

About 852 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k 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 Refresh?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Memory Refresh: Context Mode Output Sandbox (mksglu/context-mode, 26k stars), Memori Long-Term Memory (MemoriLabs/Memori, 17k stars), Picoclaw Skill Creator (sipeed/picoclaw, 30k stars) and ccc Semantic Code Search (cocoindex-io/cocoindex-code, 2.7k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Memory Refresh?

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.