memory/memory-consolidation

Memory Consolidation

"The art of remembering is the art of forgetting what doesn't matter."

When This Skill Activates

• Optimizing vault storage, archiving old entries, deduplicating
• Keywords: "consolidate", "optimize memory", "clean up", "archive", "deduplicate"
• Default for: Starlight Prime

What This Skill Does

Optimizes the Starlight Vaults by consolidating related entries, archiving stale data, deduplicating, and ensuring memory remains high-quality and retrievable. Inspired by AI-Ops research on memory consolidation patterns (Working -> Episodic -> Semantic -> Procedural).

Procedures

Procedure 1: Memory Hierarchy Consolidation

Following the AI-Ops memory hierarchy:

1. Working Memory (current session context)

   • Review items in current context
   • Identify what should be promoted to persistent storage

2. Episodic Memory (specific events/sessions)

   • Review Session Notes older than 30 days
   • Extract lasting insights, archive the rest
   • Promote patterns to Semantic Memory

3. Semantic Memory (general knowledge/facts)

   • Review vault entries for accuracy
   • Merge related entries into comprehensive entries
   • Promote proven patterns to Procedural Memory

4. Procedural Memory (how-to knowledge)

   • Review skill effectiveness
   • Update skills based on accumulated learnings
   • Archive deprecated procedures

Procedure 2: Deduplication

1. Scan vaults for entries with high similarity
2. Compare content, timestamps, and confidence scores
3. For duplicates: keep the entry with highest confidence
4. Merge unique details from discarded duplicates
5. Update all references to point to the kept entry
6. Log deduplication actions for audit

Procedure 3: Quality Assessment

1. Calculate vault health metrics:
   • Entry count per vault
   • Average confidence score
   • Oldest entry age
   • Index accuracy
   • Retrieval success rate
2. Identify low-quality entries (low confidence, never retrieved)
3. Recommend actions: consolidate, archive, or remove
4. Generate vault health report
5. Store report in Operational Vault

Integration Points

• Vault: All vaults (operates on all vaults)
• Agents: Prime (authorizes consolidation), Sage (knowledge quality)
• Notes: Archives old notes, creates consolidation reports

Quality Criteria

• Did consolidation reduce total entries without losing knowledge?
• Are remaining entries higher quality?
• Were no high-confidence entries accidentally removed?
• Is the vault healthier after consolidation?