Project Timeline Report
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Start an EchoesVault working session by restoring the generated page index and the three most recent session entries.
Install Echoes Start
$ npx skills add psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-start --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/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-start .claude/skills/echoes-start && 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 "echoes-start" agent skill from https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-start into .claude/skills/echoes-start/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "echoes-start", 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/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-startType 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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-start --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-start .agents/skills/echoes-start && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "echoes-start" agent skill from https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-start into .agents/skills/echoes-start/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "echoes-start", 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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-start --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-start .cursor/skills/echoes-start && 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 "echoes-start" agent skill from https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-start into .cursor/skills/echoes-start/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "echoes-start", 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/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git --path skills/echoes-start--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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-start --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-start .gemini/skills/echoes-start && 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 "echoes-start" agent skill from https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-start into .gemini/skills/echoes-start/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "echoes-start", 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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-startInstalls 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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-start .github/skills/echoes-start && 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 "echoes-start" agent skill from https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-start into .github/skills/echoes-start/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "echoes-start", 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 psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install psinetron/echoes-vault-codex echoes-start --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/echoes-start .opencode/skills/echoes-start && 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 "echoes-start" agent skill from https://github.com/psinetron/echoes-vault-codex/tree/main/skills/echoes-start into .opencode/skills/echoes-start/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "echoes-start", 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
echoes-start- GitHub stars
- 132
- Token cost
- ~408 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 172 words
- Files
- 2
- Skills in repo
- 6
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Start an EchoesVault working session by restoring the generated page index and the three most recent session entries.
- Works in 5 steps: Run → Analyze the returned index and session… → Summarize → …
- Explicitly asks to start
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Resume a session
What it does
Echoes Start is an agent skill from psinetron/echoes-vault-codex. Start an EchoesVault working session by restoring the generated page index and the three most recent session entries. Use only when the user explicitly asks to start or resume a session, restore project memory, continue previous work, or invokes echoes-start.
Its SKILL.md is about 410 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
- Explicitly asks to start
- Resume a session
- Restore project memory
- Continue previous work
Example prompts
- “/echoes-start”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Run
- Analyze the returned index and session entries; do not merely repeat them.
- Summarize
- If the index is consistent, say Index is healthy. Ready to code.
- Use $echoes-vault for targeted page search rather than loading every page.
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 Start loads about 408 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 172 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
The full file from psinetron/echoes-vault-codex at commit 0b8ff17, republished under its MIT licence (© psinetron). 172 words, ~408 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/echoes-start/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- echoes-start
- description
- Start an EchoesVault working session by restoring the generated page index and the three most recent session entries. Use only when the user explicitly asks to start or resume a session, restore project memory, continue previous work, or invokes echoes-start.
Restore EchoesVault context
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.
Use <plugin-root>/scripts/echoes_vault.py as <launcher>. It delegates execution to a compatible
project runtime, recovers a missing runtime for an initialized vault, refuses an outdated runtime
until explicit upgrade, and never downgrades a newer one.
Run:
text python3 <launcher> --workspace <workspace> \ --agent codex --adapter-version 1.1.1 start --recent 3The CLI validates page summaries and rebuilds
index.mdonly when its deterministic output changed. This is filesystem work and does not load page bodies into the model context.Analyze the returned index and session entries; do not merely repeat them.
Summarize:
- the last completed outcomes;
- unresolved blockers;
- the immediate next steps;
- any conflicting or duplicate index concepts.
If the index is consistent, say
Index is healthy. Ready to code.Use
$echoes-vaultfor targeted page search rather than loading every page.
Do not run this workflow automatically at every Codex start. The explicit invocation is the user's control over context cost and session state.
© 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-start of psinetron/echoes-vault-codex.
- SKILL.md
- agents/openai.yaml
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 0b8ff17
Compare with similar skills
Echoes Start 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echoes Start this skillpsinetron/echoes-vault-codex | 132 | — | ~408 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Project Timeline Reportthedotmack/claude-mem | 97k | 1 repos | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Neat-Freak Knowledge CloseoutKKKKhazix/khazix-skills | 21k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Beads Task Memorygastownhall/beads | 28k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| MemPalace Memory SearchMemPalace/mempalace | 59k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Reflect on Session Learningscursor/plugins | 10k | 5 repos | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Echoes Start
What does Echoes Start do?
Start an EchoesVault working session by restoring the generated page index and the three most recent session entries. Echoes Start is an agent skill from psinetron/echoes-vault-codex. Start an EchoesVault working session by restoring the generated page index and the three most recent session entries.
When should I use Echoes Start?
Echoes Start fits situations like: explicitly asks to start; resume a session; restore project memory; continue previous work.
How do I install Echoes Start in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/echoes-start in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex) into .claude/skills/echoes-start in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Echoes Start in Codex?
Run `npx skills add psinetron/echoes-vault-codex --skill echoes-start -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/echoes-start in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex) into .agents/skills/echoes-start in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Echoes Start 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-start -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-start, .gemini/skills/echoes-start, .github/skills/echoes-start and .opencode/skills/echoes-start in your project.
What does Echoes Start need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Echoes Start is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Echoes Start 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 Start 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 Start use?
Echoes Start 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 Start use?
About 408 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.6k 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 Start?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Echoes Start: Project Timeline Report (thedotmack/claude-mem, 97k stars), Neat-Freak Knowledge Closeout (KKKKhazix/khazix-skills, 21k stars), Beads Task Memory (gastownhall/beads, 28k 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 Echoes Start?
psinetron (a GitHub user) maintains it in psinetron/echoes-vault-codex, which has 132 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.