echovault

name	echovault
description	Local-first memory for coding agents. You MUST retrieve task-aware context before substantive work and save durable learnings before session end.

EchoVault — Agent Memory System

You have persistent memory across sessions. USE IT.

Before feature, planning, debugging, or architecture work — MANDATORY

Use the current user request as the query so retrieval is task-aware. Prefer the memory_context MCP tool:

{
  "project": "<current-project>",
  "agent": "{{AGENT_NAME}}",
  "query": "<current user request>",
  "token_budget": 1200
}

CLI fallback:

memory context --project --agent {{AGENT_NAME}} --query "<current user request>"

If the context pack is insufficient, use memory_search for a narrower topic. Fetch memory_details only when the returned summaries and structured context are not enough. If context policy reports disabled, continue normally; explicit search and save remain available.

Do not replace the current request with generic terms such as "recent context".

Session end — MANDATORY

Before ending your response to ANY task that involved making changes, debugging, deciding, or learning something, you MUST save a memory. This is not optional. If you did meaningful work, save it.

memory save \
  --title "Short descriptive title" \
  --what "What happened or was decided" \
  --why "Reasoning behind it" \
  --impact "What changed as a result" \
  --tags "tag1,tag2,tag3" \
  --category "<category>" \
  --related-files "path/to/file1,path/to/file2" \
  --source "{{AGENT_NAME}}" \
  --details "Context:

             Options considered:
             - Option A
             - Option B

             Decision:
             Tradeoffs:
             Follow-up:"

Categories: decision, bug, pattern, learning, context, playbook, known_fix, constraint, project_state, active_work.

Use --source {{AGENT_NAME}} to identify the agent.

What to save

You MUST save when any of these happen:

• You made an architectural or design decision
• You fixed a bug (include root cause and solution)
• You discovered a non-obvious pattern or gotcha
• You set up infrastructure, tooling, or configuration
• You chose one approach over alternatives
• You learned something about the codebase that isn't in the code
• The user corrected you or clarified a requirement

What NOT to save

• Trivial changes (typo fixes, formatting)
• Information that's already obvious from reading the code
• Duplicate of an existing memory (search first)

Agent setup (recommended)

Run once to install MCP and refreshed behavioral instructions for your agent:

memory setup claude-code   # or: cursor, codex

To remove: memory uninstall claude-code

Other commands

memory config       # show current configuration
memory sessions     # list session files
memory reindex      # rebuild search index
memory delete <id>  # remove a memory

Rules

• Retrieve before working. Save before finishing. No exceptions.
• Always capture thorough details — write for a future agent with no context.
• Never include API keys, secrets, or credentials.
• Wrap sensitive values in <redacted> tags.
• Search before saving to avoid duplicates.
• One memory per distinct decision or event. Don't bundle unrelated things.