Restore persistent agent identity from .instar files after session restarts.
npx skills add https://github.com/JKHeadley/instar --skill instar-identity
Please help me install this Agent Skill. Skill: instar-identity Source: https://github.com/JKHeadley/instar/tree/main/skills/instar-identity Command: npx skills add https://github.com/JKHeadley/instar --skill instar-identity
This Skill solves the problem of agents losing their identity, preferences, and learned context when sessions restart or the context window compacts. It provides a durable way to recover who the agent is and what it already knows.
Use the instar-identity skill to verify Instar is installed, recover the project identity files, and reorient the session if the agent has lost track of who it is or what it is doing.
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Persistent agent identity is preserved by storing context in local .instar files and using session-start and compaction hooks to automatically rehydrate AGENT.md, USER.md, and MEMORY.md content into the session.
Context compaction discards previous session context to free up the context window. Without persistent state files and compaction-recovery hooks, the agent cannot rehydrate its memory or reorient itself to its original role.
Session recovery is handled by applying the instar-identity skill to verify the Instar installation, recover the project identity files, and manually reorient the session if the automatic startup hooks did not fire.
Yes, restoring persistent state requires readable AGENT.md, USER.md, and MEMORY.md files stored on disk within the project, which are read during session-start and compaction-recovery workflows to rehydrate context.
Yes, manual reorientation steps are supported for cases where the compaction-recovery hooks did not fire or the session lost track of its role, allowing you to manually recover the project identity and resume autonomous work.
Fragile chat context should not be used for long-running projects, as session restarts and compaction will clear it. Durable .instar identity files on disk are required to preserve user preferences and learned context.
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