Memory Capture

Capture the gist of a working thread — the decisions made, insights surfaced, and context built — into a single coherent Basic Memory note that reflects where the thread has landed.

Purpose

A thread has a beginning, middle, and end. Things change as the conversation progresses: an early decision gets revised, a problem looks different in light of new information, a trade-off is settled differently than it first seemed. When this skill is invoked, capture the current state of understanding, not the history of how it got there.

If the skill is invoked more than once in the same thread, the same note is rewritten so it stays coherent — not appended to. The result should read top-to-bottom as a single document about the thread's outcome, with brief prose where a meaningful change is worth acknowledging.

When to Use

Typical timing is mid-thread or end-of-thread, after enough has been settled to be worth preserving.

Use this skill when:

• Key decisions have been made and shouldn't evaporate when the thread closes
• A design, debugging, or planning discussion has produced something concrete
• The user explicitly asks to capture, save, or remember what's been discussed
• Toward the end of a session, to summarize the outcome