version: "1.0.1" name: link-memory description: Use after important user-approved decisions, when durable context should be proposed or reviewed, and for explicit Link memory lifecycle work: remember, recall, review, update, archive, restore, forget, or explain local memories through the CLI without requiring MCP.

Link Memory

Use this skill after important user-approved decisions, preference changes, project conventions, or long work sessions that may deserve durable context. In a source checkout, replace lnk with python3 link.py. Do not silently save durable memory; propose first unless the user directly asks to remember, approves a proposal, or explicitly confirms an important decision should become durable memory.

If Link session hooks are installed for this agent, the memory brief is injected automatically at session start — skip step 1 and go straight to task-specific recall.

1. Prime before work:

``bash lnk brief "<current task>" [link-root] ``

1. Recall specific memory:

``bash lnk recall "<topic>" [link-root] ``

1. End a session with proposal-only memory candidates:

``bash lnk session-end <session-notes-or-transcript> [link-root] --limit 3 ` Use -` as the input when piping a transcript on stdin. Show the proposals to the user; do not save durable memory until the user approves one.

1. Save an explicit memory:

``bash lnk remember "<user-approved memory>" [link-root] --type note --scope user ` Use --project <slug> for project-scoped memory, --visibility private|project|team for sharing intent, --review-after YYYY-MM-DD for stale-risk memories, and --expires-at YYYY-MM-DD for temporary context. When a brief or recall reports a memory backlog (pending captures or reviews above threshold), offer the user a short consolidation pass: `bash lnk consolidate [link-root] `` The plan is read-only: it groups duplicates and recurring themes and prints accept/discard/review commands. Apply an action only after the user approves it.

1. Review and explain before trusting uncertain memory:

``bash lnk memory-inbox [link-root] lnk explain-memory <name-or-title> [link-root] lnk review-memory <name-or-title> [link-root] ``

1. Change lifecycle safely:

``bash lnk update-memory <name-or-title> "<new text>" [link-root] lnk archive-memory <name-or-title> [link-root] --reason "<why>" lnk restore-memory <name-or-title> [link-root] lnk forget-memory <name-or-title> [link-root] --confirm ``

When duplicate or conflict warnings appear, prefer updating, reviewing, or archiving existing memory over creating another page.