memory-init

A command that starts a Memory Bank for a new software project: a set of files that stores project background and current work context.

In plain words
What is it for?
Inspecting project files and history, creating memory folders, and recording the project’s purpose, technology, architecture, directories, and initial context.
Why use it?
It gives future coding sessions a written starting point instead of requiring the agent to rediscover the project structure and decisions.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/llcoolblaze/claude-boris/memory-init
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/llcoolblaze/claude-boris

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 18 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 841 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00018 $0.00841
Opus 5 $0.00009 $0.00420
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00168
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00084

Measured 3d ago against content hash ab196b0f44ec, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

memory-init scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 3d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/commands/memory-init.md · 189 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 189 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Initialize Memory Bank

Checking Current State...

!ls -la .claude/memory/ 2>/dev/null && echo "Memory Bank exists" || echo "No Memory Bank found" !pwd !ls -la


Memory Bank Initialization

1. Create Directory Structure

mkdir -p .claude/memory
mkdir -p .claude/memory/archive
mkdir -p .claude/audit

2. Analyze Project

Gather context from:

  • package.json (name, description, scripts)
  • README.md (purpose, setup)
  • Directory structure
  • CLAUDE.md if exists
  • Git history

3. Create Memory Files

projectContext.md - Populate from analysis:

# Project Context

## Project Identity
**Name**: [from package.json or directory]
**Purpose**: [from README or infer]
**Repository**: [from git remote]

## Tech Stack
| Layer | Technology |
|-------|------------|
| Language | [detect] |
| Framework | [detect] |
| Testing | [detect] |

## Architecture Overview
[Describe based on directory structure]

## Key Directories
[List main directories and purposes]

activeContext.md - Initialize empty:

# Active Context

## Current Focus
**Working On**: [Fresh start]
**Branch**: [current branch]
**Started**: [today's date]

## Recent Changes
None yet.

## Next Steps
1. Set up development environment
2. Review project structure
3. Identify first task

progress.md - Initialize empty:

# Progress Tracker

## Current Sprint
**Goal**: [To be defined]

## In Progress
| Task | Progress | Notes |
|------|----------|-------|
| Project setup | 100% | Memory Bank initialized |

## Completed
| Task | Completed |
|------|-----------|
| Memory Bank init | [today] |

## Queued
[To be populated]

decisionLog.md - Initialize with template:

# Decision Log

## [Today's Date] - Initialize Memory Bank

### Status
Accepted

### Context
Setting up persistent memory for Claude Code workflow.

### Decision
Use Memory Bank system with structured markdown files.

### Rationale
Prevents context loss between sessions.

Read the full file on GitHub · 189 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 3d ago First seen · 189 lines · 18 tokens per session scan A ab196b0f44ec

Subscribe to this mod's changes

memory-init is a command published in the GitHub repository llcoolblaze/claude-boris (48 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 18 tokens to every session and 841 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.