memory-init

A project-memory setup routine that reads important project files, the folder structure, build and test configuration, and recent Git history, then stores a baseline for the coding agent.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it once when adding the plugin to a project, or again when you want to refresh its understanding of the codebase.
Why use it?
Without project context, an agent has to rediscover the technology, layout, commands, and history each time. This gives it a starting record of how the project is organised and run.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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 skills/d2a8k3u/claude-code-memory/memory-init
Any agent
npx skills add d2a8k3u/claude-code-memory --skill memory-init
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/d2a8k3u/claude-code-memory

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 61 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 982 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 $0.00061 $0.00982
Opus 5 $0.00030 $0.00491
Sonnet 5 $0.00012 $0.00196
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00098

Measured 2d ago against content hash 92e23434bbfb, 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 2d 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/memory-init/SKILL.md · 118 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 118 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Project Memory Bootstrap

Scan the current project and populate the memory with foundational knowledge. This gives Claude an informed starting point instead of beginning from scratch.

Discovery Steps

Perform these steps in order. For each step, read the relevant files, extract key information, and store it using memory_store or memory_store_batch.

1. Project Identity

Look for and read:

  • CLAUDE.md, .claude/CLAUDE.md, .claude/settings.json
  • README.md, README
  • package.json, Cargo.toml, pyproject.toml, go.mod, Gemfile, pom.xml, build.gradle

Store as semantic memories with titles:

  • Project name and description
  • Programming language(s) and framework(s)
  • Key dependencies and their purposes
  • Version requirements

2. Project Structure

Run a directory listing (top 2-3 levels) and analyze the layout.

Store as semantic memories with titles:

  • High-level architecture (monorepo, monolith, microservices, etc.)
  • Key directories and their purposes
  • Entry points and main modules

3. Build, Test & Run

Look for and read:

  • package.json scripts section
  • Makefile, Taskfile.yml, justfile
  • Dockerfile, docker-compose.yml
  • CI configs: .github/workflows/, .gitlab-ci.yml, Jenkinsfile

Store as procedural memories:

  • How to install dependencies
  • How to build the project
  • How to run tests
  • How to start the dev server
  • How to deploy (if CI config is present)

4. Conventions & Patterns

Look for and read:

  • CLAUDE.md (coding conventions, rules)
  • .eslintrc, .prettierrc, biome.json, ruff.toml
  • tsconfig.json, .editorconfig
  • .env.example, .env.template

Store as pattern memories with titles:

  • Code style conventions (formatting, naming)
  • Linting rules and their rationale
  • Environment variables and their purposes
  • TypeScript/compiler configuration choices

5. Architecture Decisions

Look for and read:

  • CLAUDE.md (architectural notes)
  • docs/, ADR/, architecture/ directories
  • README sections about architecture

Read the full file on GitHub · 118 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. 2d ago First seen · 118 lines · 61 tokens per session scan A 92e23434bbfb

Subscribe to this mod's changes

memory-init is a skill published in the GitHub repository d2a8k3u/claude-code-memory (7 stars, last pushed 2mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 61 tokens to every session and 982 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-31.

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