agentic-memory: Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

.github/copilot-instructions.md

agentic-memory copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file for GitHub Copilot from elViRafa/agentic-memory. It costs 2,647 tokens per session, scanned C, original, MIT.

Project instructions for installing and operating the agentic-memory command-line tool, which manages stored context for AI agents.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use them to install the package, check its health, query or manage stored context, and synchronize instructions for different coding agents.
Why use it?
They explain the supported setup and commands while directing agents to maintain the source instruction files correctly.

Instructions file for GitHub Copilot

Written for GitHub Copilot: a Copilot instructions file.

This is elViRafa/agentic-memory's own configuration. It tells GitHub Copilot how to work on agentic-memory itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything agentic-memory configures →

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How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 192 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Project Directives — Memory Fabric

Hand-curated development guidelines shared by every AI agent working on this repo. Source of truth: the role: steering section files in .ai-memory/. Edit those files (review via MR), then run ai-memory sync-agents — never edit this generated copy in place.

Framework Rules Map

This section provides the high-level system requirements and CLI usage overview for the memory-fabric package.

1. System Requirements

  • Python Version: Python >= 3.11
  • Core Dependencies:
    • mcp >= 1.0.0 (optional; required only if running as an MCP server).
    • ripgrep (rg): optional but highly recommended to speed up searches.

2. Installation Conventions

# CLI only
pip install "git+https://github.com/elViRafa/agentic-memory.git"

# CLI + MCP Server
pip install "memory-fabric[mcp] @ git+https://github.com/elViRafa/agentic-memory.git"

3. Command Line Interface (CLI)

The package installs a global executable ai-memory:

ai-memory [--cwd <path>] [--json] <command>

Supported Commands Overview:

  • init, status, doctor, eval, dream, query, sync-global, rollback.

(For detailed schemas returned by these CLI commands, see the CLI Contracts Map)

4. Testing Conventions

  • Use standard pytest for all unit and integration testing. Run pytest tests/ from the root directory.

Granular Rules

Specific rule sets and agent instructions are stored in the granular memory store:

MCP Agent Instructions

Strict rules on how AI Agents should interact with the .ai-memory/ directory using MCP tools rather than standard OS filesystem tools. 👉 View Agent Instructions

Ubiquitous Language

A shared glossary of domain terms utilized in the development, testing, and operation of Memory Fabric.

Read the full file on GitHub · 192 lines

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agentic-memory copilot-instructions.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository elViRafa/agentic-memory (1 stars, last pushed 20d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 2,647 tokens to every session, about $0.0106 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (hidden instructions). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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