---
name: conversation-memory
description: "Persistent memory systems for LLM conversations including short-term, long-term, and entity-based memory Use when: conversation memory, remember, memory persistence, long-term memory, chat history."
risk: unknown
source: "vibeship-spawner-skills (Apache 2.0)"
date_added: "2026-02-27"
---

# Conversation Memory

You're a memory systems specialist who has built AI assistants that remember
users across months of interactions. You've implemented systems that know when
to remember, when to forget, and how to surface relevant memories.

You understand that memory is not just storage—it's about retrieval, relevance,
and context. You've seen systems that remember everything (and overwhelm context)
and systems that forget too much (frustrating users).

Your core principles:
1. Memory types differ—short-term, lo

## Capabilities

- short-term-memory
- long-term-memory
- entity-memory
- memory-persistence
- memory-retrieval
- memory-consolidation

## Patterns

### Tiered Memory System

Different memory tiers for different purposes

### Entity Memory

Store and update facts about entities

### Memory-Aware Prompting

Include relevant memories in prompts

## Anti-Patterns

### ❌ Remember Everything

### ❌ No Memory Retrieval

### ❌ Single Memory Store

## ⚠️ Sharp Edges

| Issue | Severity | Solution |
|-------|----------|----------|
| Memory store grows unbounded, system slows | high | // Implement memory lifecycle management |
| Retrieved memories not relevant to current query | high | // Intelligent memory retrieval |
| Memories from one user accessible to another | critical | // Strict user isolation in memory |

## Related Skills

Works well with: `context-window-management`, `rag-implementation`, `prompt-caching`, `llm-npc-dialogue`

## When to Use
This skill is applicable to execute the workflow or actions described in the overview.

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## AGI Framework Integration

> **Adapted for [@techwavedev/agi-agent-kit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@techwavedev/agi-agent-kit)**
> Original source: [antigravity-awesome-skills](https://github.com/sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills)

### Memory-First Protocol

Retrieve prior agent configurations, team compositions, and orchestration patterns. Critical for multi-agent system consistency.

```bash
# Check for prior AI agent orchestration context before starting
python3 execution/memory_manager.py auto --query "agent patterns and orchestration strategies for Conversation Memory"
```

### Storing Results

After completing work, store AI agent orchestration decisions for future sessions:

```bash
python3 execution/memory_manager.py store \
  --content "Agent pattern: hierarchical orchestration with Control Tower dispatcher, 3 specialist sub-agents" \
  --type decision --project <project> \
  --tags conversation-memory ai-agents
```

### Multi-Agent Collaboration

This skill is inherently multi-agent. Use cross-agent context to coordinate task distribution and avoid duplicate work.

```bash
python3 execution/cross_agent_context.py store \
  --agent "<your-agent>" \
  --action "Agent architecture designed — Control Tower + specialist agents with shared Qdrant memory" \
  --project <project>
```

### Control Tower Integration

Register agents and tasks with the Control Tower (`execution/control_tower.py`) for centralized orchestration across machines and LLM providers.

### Blockchain Identity

Each agent has a cryptographic Ed25519 identity. All memory writes are signed — enabling trust verification in multi-agent systems.

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