skill-memory-internal

name	skill-memory-internal
description	Internal dogfooding skill for storing and recalling engineering context through the csm CLI during day-to-day development.

Internal Skill Memory (Dogfooding)

Use this skill when you want agents to persist operational context while implementing, fixing, testing, or planning.

Purpose

• Keep short-lived engineering memory in a local CSM database.
• Record decisions, failures, and successful patterns in a reusable format.
• Improve continuity across multi-step tasks without external dependencies.

Scope

• Internal development workflows in this repository.
• Fast write/read cycles during coding sessions.
• Not intended as a portability or compliance skill.

Required Environment

export CSM_MEMORY_DB=".agents/csm-memory/skill-memory.db"
mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CSM_MEMORY_DB")"

Canonical ID Format

Use stable IDs so later probes can find related entries:

skill::<skill_name>::<category>::<slug-or-timestamp>

Examples:

• skill::impl::refactor::2026-04-12T08-22-10Z
• skill::fix::error-resolution::merge-conflict-overwrite

Core Operations

Remember

csm --database "$CSM_MEMORY_DB" inject \
  "skill::fix::error-resolution::load-merge-overwrite" \
  --metadata '{"operation":"error_resolution","context":"load_merge conflict policy","result":"skip-on-conflict"}'

Recall

csm --database "$CSM_MEMORY_DB" probe "load merge overwrite policy" -k 5 --output-format json

Link patterns

csm --database "$CSM_MEMORY_DB" associate \
  "skill::fix::error-resolution::load-merge-overwrite" \
  "skill::test::regression::load-merge-no-overwrite" \
  -s 0.9

Operational Rules

• Write only concrete observations and outcomes.
• Include enough metadata to replay context (operation, context, result, timestamp).
• Keep this memory local and non-sensitive.

Quick Validation

# write
csm --database "$CSM_MEMORY_DB" inject "skill::internal::smoke::$(date +%s)" --metadata '{"smoke":true}'

# read
csm --database "$CSM_MEMORY_DB" probe "smoke" -k 1 --output-format json

If both commands succeed and return at least one result, internal memory is operational.