Nemo Rl Session Memory

What it does

When your agent uses it

• A user asks to preserve
• Recover agent context across disconnects
• VS Code restarts
• Long-running work

Example prompts

• “/nemo-rl-session-memory”

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Check for existing session directories
2. 2If the user is resuming work, read the latest relevant session_state.md, timeline.md, and handoff.md.
3. 3If no relevant session exists, create a new timestamped directory.
4. 4Write an initial session_state.md with the user's overall goal, current subtask, loaded skills, repo path, branch, and known constraints.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0e0d506. 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.

Context cost

Nemo Rl Session Memory loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 100 tokens; SKILL.md has 465 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~100

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.4k

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

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 NVIDIA/skills at commit 0e0d506, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© NVIDIA). 465 words, ~1,363 tokens.

name

nemo-rl-session-memory

description

Manage durable working-session memory for coding agents. Use when a user asks to preserve or recover agent context across disconnects, VS Code restarts, long-running work, handoffs, or any session where important state should be written periodically under the repo's session directory. Do NOT use for: simple questions, short tasks, one-off commands, linting, or code review.

license

Apache-2.0

when_to_use

Preserving or recovering coding-agent context; creating checkpoints for long-running work, handoffs, disconnects, VS Code restarts, branch switches, or…

mkdir -p session
date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S
mkdir -p session/<session_date_time>

ls -dt session/* 2>/dev/null | head

# Session State

- Session: <session_date_time>
- Repo: <absolute repo path>
- Branch: <branch name>
- Started: <local timestamp>
- Updated: <local timestamp>

## Goal
<Stable overall user goal in one or two sentences. Preserve this across follow-up steering unless the user explicitly changes it.>

## Current Subtask
<Immediate task or steering request currently being handled.>

## Loaded Skills
- `<skill-name>` - <why it was loaded and any important instructions to preserve.>

## Current Status
<What is true now. Include completed work and verification status.>

## Plan
- [ ] <Next concrete step>
- [ ] <Next concrete step>

## Assumptions
- <Assumption and how to verify it if needed.>

## Blockers
- <Blocker or "None known".>

# Timeline

## <local timestamp>
- User asked: <brief request>
- Context gathered: <files/commands and key result>
- Decision: <important choice and rationale>
- Result: <edits/tests/outcome>

# Files

## Inspected
- `<path>` - <why it mattered>

## Changed
- `<path>` - <what changed and why>

## Generated
- `<path>` - <purpose>

# Handoff

## Resume From Here
<One paragraph summary of the current state.>

## Next Actions
- <Most important next action>
- <Verification or cleanup still needed>

## Watch Outs
- <Risks, user preferences, or repo constraints the next agent must preserve.>

© NVIDIA, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files in skills/nemo-rl-session-memory of NVIDIA/skills.

• SKILL.md
• BENCHMARK.md
• evals/evals.json
• skill-card.md
• skill.oms.sig

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0e0d506