| name | preserve |
| description | Archive artifact bundles in Memento Vault. Use when the user says preserve, archive, or save generated artifacts, or wants evidence bundles kept intact instead of turned into atomic notes. |
Preserve
Archive artifact bundles intact under archive/.
When to use
- User says "preserve this", "archive this", "save these artifacts", or "move this to the vault archive"
- Generated handoff bundles, screenshots, logs, proofs, attachments, or other evidence packets
- Anything that should stay bundled rather than become atomic notes
Process
- Summarize what will be preserved and whether copy or move will be used.
- Copy by default. Only move when the user explicitly requests a destructive move.
- Prefer the
memento_preserve MCP tool when available.
- Preserve into
archive/<slug>/ with the source tree intact.
- Write a manifest at
archive/<slug>/.memento/manifest.json and a lightweight index note at archive/<slug>/.memento/index.md.
- If a project can be detected, update the relevant project index with a link to the bundle index note.
- Include original source path, title, description, tags, cwd, branch, and session id when known.
- Warn if files look sensitive; do not silently redact the preserved bundle itself.
- After preserving, report the archive path and manifest path.
Rules
- Do not create atomic notes unless the user also asks for a summary note.
- Do not flatten the bundle into a prose summary.
- Never move by default.
