Claude Memory Skills

A cross-session memory system for Claude Code, built on Obsidian.

What This Is

Eight custom Claude Code skills that give Claude persistent memory across sessions using your Obsidian vault as storage, plus vault maintenance utilities. Instead of starting fresh each conversation, Claude can remember decisions, patterns, and context from previous work.

The system uses Markdown files with YAML frontmatter, making memories human-readable, searchable, and portable.

Skills Included

Skill	Purpose
hydrate	Load context from Obsidian at session start
remember	Store a memory for cross-session persistence
recall	Search memories by keyword and concept
reflect	End-of-session reflection and memory consolidation
glean	Surface emergent patterns and insights
pickup	Generate context handoff prompt before clearing sessions
vault-status	Show vault overview, structure, and recent activity
link-check	Find broken wiki-links and orphaned notes

Prerequisites

Obsidian - obsidian.md
Obsidian MCP Server - Enables Claude Code to read/write to your vault
- See Obsidian MCP setup

Installation

Clone or download this repository:

git clone https://github.com/robabby/claude-skills.git

Copy the skills to your Claude Code skills directory:
```
cp -r claude-skills/skills/* ~/.claude/skills/
```
Configure your Obsidian vault path in the skill files (replace <vault> placeholders)
Verify skills are available:
```
claude
# Then type /hydrate to test
```

See Installation Guide for detailed setup instructions.

Quick Start

Starting a session:

/hydrate

Loads your current state, recent memories, and session context.

Remembering something important:

/remember We decided to use Redis for caching because it supports pub/sub

Stores a strategic memory with type classification and importance rating.

Finding past context:

/recall deployment process

Searches memories for relevant information.

Ending a session:

/reflect

Captures session learnings and consolidates important context.

Session handoff (before /clear):

/pickup

Generates a prompt you can paste into a new session to resume work.

Documentation

Installation Guide - Detailed setup instructions
Memory System - How the memory architecture works

Skill Documentation

hydrate - Session startup
remember - Storing memories
recall - Searching memories
reflect - Session reflection
glean - Pattern discovery
pickup - Session handoff
vault-status - Vault overview
link-check - Link validation

Memory Types

The system classifies memories into four types:

Episodic: Events and experiences ("The session where we debugged the auth issue")
Semantic: Facts and knowledge ("The API endpoint is /v2/users")
Procedural: Processes and patterns ("To deploy, run npm build then...")
Strategic: Decisions and plans ("We chose PostgreSQL because...")

Vault Structure

The skills expect this structure in your Obsidian vault:

Areas/AI/
├── Context/
│   ├── Current State.md
│   └── Decision Register.md
├── Memory/
│   ├── Episodic/
│   ├── Semantic/
│   ├── Procedural/
│   └── Strategic/
└── Collaboration/
    └── Sessions/

License

MIT License - see LICENSE

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