preserve

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

1. Summarize what will be preserved and whether copy or move will be used.
2. Copy by default. Only move when the user explicitly requests a destructive move.
3. Prefer the memento_preserve MCP tool when available.
4. Preserve into archive/<slug>/ with the source tree intact.
5. Write a manifest at archive/<slug>/.memento/manifest.json and a lightweight index note at archive/<slug>/.memento/index.md.
6. If a project can be detected, update the relevant project index with a link to the bundle index note.
7. Include original source path, title, description, tags, cwd, branch, and session id when known.
8. Warn if files look sensitive; do not silently redact the preserved bundle itself.
9. 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.