Agent skill

Echoes Init

by psinetron in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex

Initialize, migrate, or repair the agent-neutral EchoesVault structure, portable runtime, and Codex/OpenCode/Claude adapters for the current project.

MITAuto-check passedAgent Workflows

Install Echoes Init

skills CLI
$ npx skills add psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-init -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-init --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/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-init .claude/skills/echoes-init && 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
echoes-init
GitHub stars
131
Token cost
~631 tokens
SKILL.md length
248 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Initialize, migrate, or repair the agent-neutral EchoesVault structure, portable runtime, and Codex/OpenCode/Claude adapters for the current project.

  • Works in 4 steps: Run → Read /EchoesVault/index.md. → If it contains page entries, briefly… → …
  • The user asks in any language to initialize
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Bootstrap EchoesVault

What it does

Echoes Init is an agent skill from psinetron/echoes-vault-codex. Initialize, migrate, or repair the agent-neutral EchoesVault structure, portable runtime, and Codex/OpenCode/Claude adapters for the current project. Use when the user asks in any language to initialize, activate, set up, connect, migrate, or bootstrap EchoesVault or persistent local Markdown project memory.

Its SKILL.md is about 630 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Agent memory. The repository describes itself as: Persistent memory plugin for Codex. Obsidian-style knowledge base that survives across sessions. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks in any language to initialize
  • Bootstrap EchoesVault
  • Persistent local Markdown project memory

Example prompts

  • “/echoes-init”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Run
  2. Read /EchoesVault/index.md.
  3. If it contains page entries, briefly list their concepts. Otherwise, state that a fresh vault is ready.
  4. Explain that $echoes-start restores recent context and $echoes-end performs the explicit final save.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 0b8ff17. 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

Echoes Init loads about 631 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 80 tokens; SKILL.md has 248 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~80
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~631

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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex at commit 0b8ff17, republished under its MIT licence (© psinetron). 248 words, ~631 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/echoes-init/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
echoes-init
description
Initialize, migrate, or repair the agent-neutral EchoesVault structure, portable runtime, and Codex/OpenCode/Claude adapters for the current project. Use when the user asks in any language to initialize, activate, set up, connect, migrate, or bootstrap EchoesVault or persistent local Markdown project memory.

Initialize EchoesVault

Interpret the request semantically in the user's language. Do not require the exact skill name or an English command; equivalent requests in any language should use this workflow.

Resolve <workspace> as the Git root when one exists, otherwise the current working directory. Resolve <plugin-root> as the parent of the skills/ directory that contains this SKILL.md. Initialization and upgrades must use the bundled <plugin-root>/scripts/echoes_vault.py; it safely installs or upgrades the repository-portable runtime without allowing an older copy to overwrite a newer one.

  1. Run:

    text
    python3 <plugin-root>/scripts/echoes_vault.py --workspace <workspace> \
      --agent codex --adapter-version 1.1.1 init
  2. Read <workspace>/EchoesVault/index.md.

  3. If it contains page entries, briefly list their concepts. Otherwise, state that a fresh vault is ready.

  4. Explain that $echoes-start restores recent context and $echoes-end performs the explicit final save.

Initialization is idempotent. It never overwrites a knowledge page, log, raw source, or asset. index.md is a generated local view: the CLI validates page frontmatter, migrates legacy index descriptions into missing summary fields when possible, and deterministically rebuilds the index. Do not ask the model to read every page or construct the index itself.

The bundled launcher is used only to bootstrap, explicitly upgrade, or recover a missing project runtime. It installs the compatible runtime and re-executes the command through <workspace>/.echoes-vault/echoes_vault.py. A newer compatible project runtime is never downgraded.

The managed structure is:

text
EchoesVault/
├── .echoes-vault.json
├── .gitignore
├── AGENT_PROTOCOL.md
├── index.md
├── pages/
├── daily/
├── assets/
└── raw/

.echoes-vault/
├── .gitignore
├── echoes_vault.py
├── state.json
└── lock

Initialization also installs managed EchoesVault blocks in AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md, plus project skills for Claude and OpenCode. Existing unrelated instructions are preserved. The generated index, state, and lock are ignored locally to avoid branch conflicts.

© psinetron, MIT. 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 1 other file in skills/echoes-init of psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0b8ff17

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Categories

Questions about Echoes Init

What does Echoes Init do?

Initialize, migrate, or repair the agent-neutral EchoesVault structure, portable runtime, and Codex/OpenCode/Claude adapters for the current project. Echoes Init is an agent skill from psinetron/echoes-vault-codex. Initialize, migrate, or repair the agent-neutral EchoesVault structure, portable runtime, and Codex/OpenCode/Claude adapters for the current project.

When should I use Echoes Init?

Echoes Init fits situations like: the user asks in any language to initialize; bootstrap EchoesVault; persistent local Markdown project memory.

How do I install Echoes Init in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-init -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/echoes-init in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex) into .claude/skills/echoes-init in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Echoes Init in Codex?

Run `npx skills add psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-init -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/echoes-init in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex) into .agents/skills/echoes-init in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Echoes Init 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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-init -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/echoes-init, .gemini/skills/echoes-init, .github/skills/echoes-init and .opencode/skills/echoes-init in your project.

What does Echoes Init need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Echoes Init is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Echoes Init 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 Echoes Init 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 Echoes Init use?

Echoes Init 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 Echoes Init use?

About 631 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.5k 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 Echoes Init?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Echoes Init: Coding Agent Session Finder (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars), Claude-Mem Cloud Sync (thedotmack/claude-mem, 98k stars), Cognee CLI Memory Commands (topoteretes/cognee, 32k stars) and Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Echoes Init?

psinetron (a GitHub user) maintains it in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex, which has 131 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 4, 2026.

Source: psinetron/echoes-vault-codex on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.