para-memory-files — Skills

What it does

Projects -- active work with a goal or deadline. Move to archives when complete.

Areas -- ongoing (people, companies, responsibilities). No end date.

Resources -- reference material, topics of interest.

Archives -- inactive items from any category.

Save durable facts immediately to items.yaml.

Weekly: rewrite summary.md from active facts.

Never delete facts. Supersede instead (status: superseded, add supersededby).

Source

Repository: https://github.com/getpaperclipai/paperclip

para-memory-files FAQ

What does the para-memory-files skill do?

> File-based memory system using Tiago Forte's PARA method. Use this skill whenever you need to store, retrieve, update, or organize knowledge across sessions. Covers three memory layers: (1) Knowledge graph in PARA folders with atomic YAML facts, (2) Daily notes as raw timeline, (3) Tacit knowledge about user patterns. Also handles planning files, memory decay, weekly synthesis, and recall via qmd. Trigger on any memory operation: saving facts, writing daily notes, creating entities, running weekly synthesis, recalling past context, or managing plans. Projects -- active work with a goal or deadline. Move to archives when complete. Areas -- ongoing (people, companies, responsibilities). No end date.

How do I install para-memory-files?

Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/getpaperclipai/paperclip --skill para-memory-files --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/getpaperclipai/paperclip.

Maintain para-memory-files?

Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.

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npx agentictools info skills/getpaperclipai-paperclip-para-memory-files

The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.