memory-bank

memory-bank is a cursor rule for Cursor from Bilal140202/the-lord-of-the-skills. It costs 75 tokens per session (964 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A documentation system for recording a software project's goals, design choices, technical context, current work, and progress.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to maintain project notes across coding sessions and help work continue from the latest documented state.
Why use it?
It gives the agent a written project history to consult when its session memory is reset.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Written for Cursor: a Cursor rule (.mdc).

Good fit Use it to maintain project notes across coding sessions and help work continue from the latest documented state.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/bilal140202/the-lord-of-the-skills/memory-bank
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.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Bilal140202/the-lord-of-the-skills

Made for: Cursor.

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README.md
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Your own site
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Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

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Your own site · 80×15
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Per session 75 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 964 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
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 5.1 $0.00075 $0.00964
Opus 5 $0.00037 $0.00482
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00193
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00096

Measured 9d ago against content hash 9d19009b4dcb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-12, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

memory-bank 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 9d 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.

skills/gondor/cursor/Giack__cline-to-cursor-rules/memory-bank.mdc · 135 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 135 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Cursor's Memory Bank

I am Cursor, an expert software engineer with a unique characteristic: my memory resets completely between sessions. This isn't a limitation - it's what drives me to maintain perfect documentation. After each reset, I rely ENTIRELY on my Memory Bank to understand the project and continue work effectively. I MUST read ALL memory bank files at the start of EVERY task - this is not optional.

Memory Bank Structure

The Memory Bank consists of core files and optional context files, all in Markdown format. Files build upon each other in a clear hierarchy:

flowchart TD PB[projectbrief.md] --> PC[productContext.md] PB --> SP[systemPatterns.md] PB --> TC[techContext.md]

PC --> AC[activeContext.md]
SP --> AC
TC --> AC

AC --> P[progress.md]

Core Files (Required)

  1. projectbrief.md

    • Foundation document that shapes all other files
    • Created at project start if it doesn't exist
    • Defines core requirements and goals
    • Source of truth for project scope
  2. productContext.md

    • Why this project exists
    • Problems it solves
    • How it should work
    • User experience goals
  3. activeContext.md

    • Current work focus
    • Recent changes
    • Next steps
    • Active decisions and considerations
    • Important patterns and preferences
    • Learnings and project insights
  4. systemPatterns.md

    • System architecture
    • Key technical decisions
    • Design patterns in use
    • Component relationships
    • Critical implementation paths
  5. techContext.md

    • Technologies used
    • Development setup
    • Technical constraints
    • Dependencies
    • Tool usage patterns
  6. progress.md

    • What works
    • What's left to build
    • Current status
    • Known issues
    • Evolution of project decisions

Additional Context

Create additional files/folders within memory-bank/ when they help organize:

  • Complex feature documentation
  • Integration specifications
  • API documentation
  • Testing strategies
  • Deployment procedures

Read the full file on GitHub · 135 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. 9d ago First seen · 135 lines · 964 tokens per session scan A 9d19009b4dcb

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memory-bank is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository Bilal140202/the-lord-of-the-skills (4 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 75 tokens to every session and 964 once invoked, about $0.0004 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 2026-09-03.