Agent skill

Session Summary Default

by mandel-macaque in mandel-macaque/memento

Summarize AI coding sessions into concise, privacy-safe markdown focused on implementation-relevant context.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Session Summary Default

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mandel-macaque/memento --skill session-summary-default -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mandel-macaque/memento session-summary-default --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/mandel-macaque/memento.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/session-summary-default .claude/skills/session-summary-default && 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
session-summary-default
GitHub stars
452
Token cost
~286 tokens
SKILL.md length
131 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Summarize AI coding sessions into concise, privacy-safe markdown focused on implementation-relevant context.

  • Works in 5 steps: ## Goal → ## Implemented Changes → ## Key Decisions → …
  • Tasks that involve Session handoff
  • SKILL.md covers Requirements, Output Structure, Redaction Rules and Quality Bar
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Session Summary Default is an agent skill from mandel-macaque/memento. Summarize AI coding sessions into concise, privacy-safe markdown focused on implementation-relevant context.

Its SKILL.md is about 290 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Session handoff. The repository describes itself as: Keep track of you codex sessions per commit. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Session handoff

Example prompts

  • “/session-summary-default”

Workflow steps

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

  1. ## Goal
  2. ## Implemented Changes
  3. ## Key Decisions
  4. ## Validation
  5. ## Follow-ups

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8543d65. 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.

Context cost

Session Summary Default loads about 286 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 33 tokens; SKILL.md has 131 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~33
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~286

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 mandel-macaque/memento at commit 8543d65, republished under its MIT licence (© mandel-macaque). 131 words, ~286 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/session-summary-default/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
session-summary-default
description
Summarize AI coding sessions into concise, privacy-safe markdown focused on implementation-relevant context.

Session Summary Default

Use this skill to summarize an AI coding session as readable markdown for git notes.

Requirements

  • Output valid markdown only.
  • Remove personal data and identifying details.
  • Exclude dead-end attempts or paths that produced no useful outcome.
  • Keep only context useful for understanding code and decisions.
  • Write clear prose that reads like a short specification, not raw logs.

Output Structure

Use this structure:

  1. ## Goal
  2. ## Implemented Changes
  3. ## Key Decisions
  4. ## Validation
  5. ## Follow-ups

If a section has no relevant content, omit it.

Redaction Rules

  • Do not include names, emails, usernames, tokens, machine paths, or account identifiers unless technically required for understanding behavior.
  • Replace sensitive details with neutral placeholders like [redacted].

Quality Bar

  • Keep it concise and precise.
  • Prefer concrete outcomes over narration.
  • Preserve technical intent and rationale.

© mandel-macaque, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/session-summary-default of mandel-macaque/memento.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8543d65

Compare with similar skills

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Categories

Questions about Session Summary Default

What does Session Summary Default do?

Summarize AI coding sessions into concise, privacy-safe markdown focused on implementation-relevant context. Session Summary Default is an agent skill from mandel-macaque/memento. Summarize AI coding sessions into concise, privacy-safe markdown focused on implementation-relevant context.

When should I use Session Summary Default?

Session Summary Default fits situations like: tasks that involve Session handoff.

How do I install Session Summary Default in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mandel-macaque/memento --skill session-summary-default -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/session-summary-default in mandel-macaque/memento) into .claude/skills/session-summary-default in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Session Summary Default in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mandel-macaque/memento --skill session-summary-default -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/session-summary-default in mandel-macaque/memento) into .agents/skills/session-summary-default in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Session Summary Default 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 mandel-macaque/memento --skill session-summary-default -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/session-summary-default, .gemini/skills/session-summary-default, .github/skills/session-summary-default and .opencode/skills/session-summary-default in your project.

What does Session Summary Default need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Session Summary Default is instructions for the agent only.

Does Session Summary Default 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 Session Summary Default 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 Session Summary Default use?

Session Summary Default is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Session Summary Default use?

About 286 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.1k 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 Session Summary Default?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Session Summary Default: Orca CLI (stablyai/orca, 87k stars), Coding Agent Session Finder (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Beads Task Memory (gastownhall/beads, 28k stars) and Session History Search (slopus/happy, 24k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Session Summary Default?

mandel-macaque (a GitHub user) maintains it in mandel-macaque/memento, which has 452 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 12, 2026.

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