update-memory-bank

update-memory-bank is a skill for Claude Code from SongshGeo/Python-Project-Template. It costs 64 tokens per session (363 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for updating a shared memory bank containing project architecture, data-model, progress, and technology notes. These files preserve context for coding agents between sessions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it after changes to the code structure, data model, project progress, or major development tools.
Why use it?
It prevents stored project information from becoming outdated and misleading after the code changes.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: installed under .claude/. Also seen: mentions Claude Code.

Good fit Use it after changes to the code structure, data model, project progress, or major development tools.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/songshgeo/python-project-template/update-memory-bank
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Any agent
npx skills add SongshGeo/Python-Project-Template --skill update-memory-bank
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/SongshGeo/Python-Project-Template

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 64 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 363 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 $0.00064 $0.00363
Opus 5.5 $0.00026 $0.00145
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00073
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00036

Measured 1mo ago against content hash ef0cb682c83d, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

update-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 1mo 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/skills/update-memory-bank/SKILL.md · 33 lines

What it actually says

update-memory-bank

Keep memory-bank/ accurate. It is the persistent context both Cursor and Claude Code read before working, so stale entries actively mislead.

What to update

  • architecture.md — when modules, boundaries, or key flows change. Keep it a concise map (prefer short descriptions + links to source-of-truth over long prose). Preserve the Purpose / Audience / Usage header comment.
  • model-design.md — when core entities, relationships, or invariants change. Favor small diagrams/examples over exhaustive detail.
  • progress.md — append brief, actionable notes on what changed and the next steps; prune entries that are now resolved. This is a rolling worklog, not an archive.
  • tech-stack.md — only when major dependencies or runtime/build tooling change.

How to work

  1. Diff intent vs. reality: read the relevant memory-bank file and the code it describes; note where they disagree.
  2. Make the smallest edit that restores accuracy. Do not invent structure that isn't in the code.
  3. Keep each file's existing header-comment convention intact.
  4. If a memory-bank/plans/<task>.md plan is now complete, summarize the outcome into progress.md and remove or archive the plan.
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. 1mo ago First seen · 33 lines · 64 tokens per session scan A ef0cb682c83d

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update-memory-bank is a skill published in the GitHub repository SongshGeo/Python-Project-Template (8 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 64 tokens to every session and 363 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. 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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