para-memory-files

PARA method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives layers to ensure durable facts and reliable recall across sessions. This Skill structures notes and entities within that framework, storing atomic facts in items.yaml for persistence.

Create entity folders for projects and save durable facts to the knowledge graph under your AGENT_HOME/life directory. The system structures these as atomic facts in items.yaml, building a daily notes timeline and tacit knowledge store automatically.

Using a file-based memory system with weekly synthesis is the best way to persist tacit user patterns. It stores tacit knowledge in structured layers, applying decay rules and scheduling reactivation via recall to maintain relevant context.

Yes, this file-based knowledge management approach operates without external dependencies. It relies entirely on local YAML files to implement atomic fact storage, layered memory, and weekly synthesis with decay and recall rules.

Decay rules prevent knowledge overload by aging out less relevant facts over time. The weekly synthesis process uses these rules to prioritize which durable facts and tacit patterns get reactivated during recall, keeping memory efficient.