para-memory-files
Use a file-based PARA memory system to store, retrieve, and organize durable knowledge across sessions. Trigger on saving facts, daily notes, entity records, weekly synthesis, recall, tacit user patterns, or plan memory.
Before you install
- Last update
- Files in folder
- 2
- Scripts
- No script files found
- SKILL.md size
- 3.5 KB (about 909 tokens of context each time it loads)
- License
- MIT
- Source on GitHub
- paperclipai/paperclip
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Install
npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip@para-memory-filesRuns in a terminal with Node.js 18 or newer. Add -y to skip the prompts and -g to install for every project instead of this one.
Install for your agent
npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip@para-memory-files --agent claude-code -y- Project install writes to
.claude/skills/para-memory-files- Global install writes to
~/.claude/skills/para-memory-files
Start a new session afterwards so the agent picks the skill up. In Claude Code you can also call it directly with /para-memory-files.
What it does
PARA Memory Files Persistent, file-based memory organized by Tiago Forte's PARA method. Three layers: a knowledge graph, daily notes, and tacit knowledge. All paths are relative to $AGENTHOME. Three Memory Layers Layer 1: Knowledge Graph ($AGENTHOME/life/ -- PARA) Entity-based storage. Each entity gets a folder with two tiers: 1. summary.md -- quick context, load first. 2. items.yaml -- atomic facts, load on demand. PARA rules: - Projects -- active work with a goal or deadline. Move to archives when complete. - Areas -- ongoing (people, companies, responsibilities). No end date. - Resources…
Excerpt from the skill's own SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub before installing: skills run with your agent's permissions.
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