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Guides the design and implementation of Model Context Protocol servers in TypeScript or Python, from tool naming and error messages to evaluation.
Save durable Nowledge Mem insights when a Proma conversation produces decisions, procedures, preferences, plans, learnings, or project context that should survive future sessions.
Install Distill Memory
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/community distill-memory --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory .claude/skills/distill-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "distill-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory into .claude/skills/distill-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distill-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 install https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memoryType 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.
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/community distill-memory --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory .agents/skills/distill-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "distill-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory into .agents/skills/distill-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distill-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.
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/community distill-memory --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory .cursor/skills/distill-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "distill-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory into .cursor/skills/distill-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distill-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 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git --path nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/community distill-memory --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory .gemini/skills/distill-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "distill-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory into .gemini/skills/distill-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distill-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.
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/community distill-memoryInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory .github/skills/distill-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "distill-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory into .github/skills/distill-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distill-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.
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/community distill-memory --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nowledge-co/community.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory .opencode/skills/distill-memory && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "distill-memory" agent skill from https://github.com/nowledge-co/community/tree/main/nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory into .opencode/skills/distill-memory/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "distill-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
distill-memory- GitHub stars
- 186
- Token cost
- ~605 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 223 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 53
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
Save durable Nowledge Mem insights when a Proma conversation produces decisions, procedures, preferences, plans, learnings, or project context that should survive future sessions.
- Works in 4 steps: Save after the decision is made, not… → Include enough context for your future… → Don't save trivialities — "we used port… → …
- Agent Workflows work in your project
- SKILL.md covers When to Save, Usage, Importance Guide and Add vs Update, plus 1 more section
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Distill Memory is an agent skill from nowledge-co/community. Save durable Nowledge Mem insights when a Proma conversation produces decisions, procedures, preferences, plans, learnings, or project context that should survive future sessions.
Its SKILL.md is about 610 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. It works with Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: Community Repo for Nowledge Labs Products.
When your agent uses it
- Agent Workflows work in your project
Example prompts
- “/distill-memory”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Save after the decision is made, not mid-discussion
- Include enough context for your future self (or another AI) to understand 3 months later
- Don't save trivialities — "we used port 3000" doesn't belong unless the choice of port was significant
- Built-in mcpmemadd_memory is for session-level notes; use nmem for cross-session durability
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1f4d7eb. 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 (its code samples are bash).
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
Distill Memory loads about 605 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 49 tokens; SKILL.md has 223 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 223 words (~605 tokens).
“Save durable insights to Nowledge Mem autonomously. Don't wait to be asked — save proactively when the conversation produces a durable fact, preference, decision, plan, procedure, learning, event, or important context.”
- name
- distill-memory
Files
Just SKILL.md in nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory of nowledge-co/community.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1f4d7eb
Compare with similar skills
Distill 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.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distill Memory this skillnowledge-co/community | 186 | — | ~605 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| MCP Server Builderanthropics/skills | 180k | 63 repos | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| MCP Server BuildershareAI-lab/learn-claude-code | 78k | 5 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MCP Integration for Pluginsanthropics/claude-plugins-official | 38k | 11 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| MemPalace Memory SearchMemPalace/mempalace | 59k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Crush Configurationcharmbracelet/crush | 29k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence |
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Questions about Distill Memory
What does Distill Memory do?
Save durable Nowledge Mem insights when a Proma conversation produces decisions, procedures, preferences, plans, learnings, or project context that should survive future sessions. Distill Memory is an agent skill from nowledge-co/community. Save durable Nowledge Mem insights when a Proma conversation produces decisions, procedures, preferences, plans, learnings, or project context that should survive future sessions.
When should I use Distill Memory?
Distill Memory fits situations like: agent Workflows work in your project.
How do I install Distill Memory in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory in nowledge-co/community) into .claude/skills/distill-memory in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Distill Memory in Codex?
Run `npx skills add nowledge-co/community --skill distill-memory -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (nowledge-mem-proma-plugin/skills/distill-memory in nowledge-co/community) into .agents/skills/distill-memory in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Distill 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 nowledge-co/community --skill distill-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/distill-memory, .gemini/skills/distill-memory, .github/skills/distill-memory and .opencode/skills/distill-memory in your project.
What does Distill Memory need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Distill Memory is instructions for the agent only.
Does Distill Memory 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 Distill 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 Distill Memory use?
No licence was found for Distill Memory or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Distill Memory use?
About 605 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.4k 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 Distill Memory?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Distill Memory: MCP Server Builder (anthropics/skills, 180k stars), MCP Server Builder (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), MCP Integration for Plugins (anthropics/claude-plugins-official, 38k stars) and MemPalace Memory Search (MemPalace/mempalace, 59k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Distill Memory?
nowledge-co (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nowledge-co/community, which has 186 GitHub stars. The repository holds 53 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: nowledge-co/community on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.