File-based memory system using Tiago Forte's PARA method. Use this skill whenever you need to store, retrieve, update, or organize knowledge across sessions. Covers three memory layers: (1) Knowledge graph in PARA folders with atomic YAML facts, (2) Daily notes as raw timeline, (3) Tacit knowledge about user patterns. Also handles planning files, memory decay, weekly synthesis, and recall via qmd. Trigger on any memory operation: saving facts, writing daily notes, creating entities, running weekly synthesis, recalling past context, or managing plans.
Persistent, file-based memory organized by Tiago Forte's PARA method. Three layers: a knowledge graph, daily notes, and tacit knowledge. All paths are relative to $AGENT_HOME.
$AGENT_HOME/life/ -- PARA)Entity-based storage. Each entity gets a folder with two tiers:
summary.md -- quick context, load first.items.yaml -- atomic facts, load on demand.$AGENT_HOME/life/
projects/ # Active work with clear goals/deadlines
<name>/
summary.md
items.yaml
areas/ # Ongoing responsibilities, no end date
people/<name>/
companies/<name>/
resources/ # Reference material, topics of interest
<topic>/
archives/ # Inactive items from the other three
index.md
PARA rules:
Fact rules:
items.yaml.summary.md from active facts.status: superseded, add superseded_by).$AGENT_HOME/life/archives/.When to create an entity:
For the atomic fact YAML schema and memory decay rules, see references/schemas.md.
$AGENT_HOME/memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md)Raw timeline of events -- the "when" layer.
$AGENT_HOME/MEMORY.md)How the user operates -- patterns, preferences, lessons learned.
Memory does not survive session restarts. Files do.
$AGENT_HOME/memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md or the relevant entity file.Use qmd rather than grepping files:
qmd query "what happened at Christmas" # Semantic search with reranking
qmd search "specific phrase" # BM25 keyword search
qmd vsearch "conceptual question" # Pure vector similarity
Index your personal folder: qmd index $AGENT_HOME
Vectors + BM25 + reranking finds things even when the wording differs.
Keep plans in timestamped files in plans/ at the project root (outside personal memory so other agents can access them). Use qmd to search plans. Plans go stale -- if a newer plan exists, do not confuse yourself with an older version. If you notice staleness, update the file to note what it is supersededBy.