Session Summaries That Survive Compaction
Memory & Context
60-90 minutes0/4 steps0%
Step 1 of 4
Define what deserves to survive
Durable memory is a curation problem before it is a storage problem.
First time here? Paste the Context Pack first so the AI understands your project - open it from the header above.
Prompt Capsule
Define the session-summary schema for durable knowledge. Sections: OUTCOME (what was accomplished, shipped, or abandoned), WORKING RECIPES (commands, configurations, and approaches that worked, exactly as used), FAILED APPROACHES (what was tried and failed, with the failure reason - so it is not repeated), USER PREFERENCES (style, tools, constraints the user expressed), PROJECT FACTS (architecture notes, key file locations, gotchas discovered). Exclusions: greetings, reasoning meander, anything reconstructible by reading the code. Write the extraction prompt that fills this schema from a session transcript, and test it on two saved transcripts - grade whether someone could resume the project from the summary alone.
Paste into EmergentFull Build: complete implementation prompt with explicit requirements
Quick is short. Full Build is recommended for most steps. Strict forces real logic when the AI keeps faking output.
Actual change check
Expected after this step
A summary schema plus a tested extraction prompt.
Should NOT happen
- An existing feature broke
- A button only logs to console
- Data disappears after refresh
- Errors fail silently with no visible state
This is what should exist before you continue. If reality does not match, do not move on.
Track what changed, failed, or needs follow-up. Notes export with the flow.
Pass the Verify Gate to complete this step