---
name: keep
description: >
  Explicit personal memory — durable facts, preferences, and decisions the user
  wants remembered. Use when user says "keep X", "zapamatuj si X", "ulož si X",
  "pamatuj si X", "/keep X". Adds, deduplicates, and compacts terse entries in
  workspace/keep.md. For durable personal facts / preferences / decisions — NOT
  collecting notes, links, or articles (that is note). Separate from MEMORY.md /
  Dream pipeline.
---

# Keep

Explicit memory store. User says "keep X" → reformulate, write to
`/home/nanobot/.nanobot/workspace/keep.md`, dedup, compact when too long.

## File

`workspace/keep.md`. Flat bullet list. One entry = one line: `- <terse fact>`.
**No dates.** Date adds noise, has no value for keep/discard decisions.

## Triage — before writing anything

`keep.md` is read on **every turn**, so only a durable fact / preference /
decision **about the user** belongs here. Check the input against these first
and redirect instead of writing:

- A rule about how the agent should work (conventions, tooling, workflow) →
  **`AGENTS.md`**. Tell the user that is where it goes.
- Something to try or read later, a link, an article, reference material →
  **`/note`**.
- A fact that only matters inside one named project → **`/project`**
  (`projects/<slug>/`).
- A scheduled reminder → **`/remind`**.

Only when it is genuinely a durable user fact, continue with the write protocol
below. Mixed input (a fact plus a to-do) → split it and route each part.

## Write protocol

1. Extract the core fact. Drop filler ("you know", "important is that", "watch
   out for", "remember please").
2. Rewrite as a 5–15 word terse fact. Telegraphic style. Dashes / parentheses
   for context. **Preserve the language of the input — never translate.** Czech
   input → Czech entry, English input → English entry.
   - Input: "you know, Honza from marketing is allergic to peanuts"
   - Entry: `Honza (marketing) — peanut allergy`
   - If the entry is a decision, preference, or dead-end (not a plain fact),
     append the reason inline on the same line: `<fact> — because <terse why>`.
     Plain facts (allergy, deploy window, name) get no reason.
   - If it is a decision/preference/dead-end but the input gives no reason, ask
     the user once for the why before storing. If they supply it → append it. If
     they decline or it is self-evident → store without it.
3. Read `workspace/keep.md` (create if missing).
4. Read `workspace/memory/MEMORY.md` and check if a semantically similar fact
   already exists there (Dream may have already distilled it).
   - If similar fact in MEMORY.md → tell the user (`"Already in MEMORY.md:
     <existing fact>. Keep anyway?"`) and act on their answer. Default: skip.
5. Check duplicates: case-insensitive substring match against existing lines.
   - If duplicate → ask user: replace, append as variant, or skip.
6. Append the new line.
7. If line count > 150 → run **compaction** (below) before responding.
8. Confirm: `Kept: <terse fact>`. Respond in the user's language (the model
   localizes the confirmation itself).

## Compaction

Trigger: line count > 150, or user says "keep compact" / "udělej compaction".

1. Read full `keep.md`.
2. Rewrite under ~120 lines (headroom). Strategies:
   - Merge duplicates and near-duplicates.
   - Drop stale one-shot info (past meetings, transient states, expired notes).
   - Shorten verbose entries.
3. Write the new file in one go.
4. Report: `Compaction: 151 → 117 lines`.

## Edge cases

- `/keep` with no content → ask "What should I remember?".
- Vague input ("remember this", "that thing") → ask for the concrete fact; do
  not store a placeholder.
- File missing → create it on first write.
- Multi-line input → collapse newlines to spaces; one entry = one line.

## Rules

- Never store the verbatim input. Always reformulate.
- Never store an agent working rule, a link, or a to-try item — route those
  per **Triage** above.
- Reason (why) only for decisions / preferences / dead-ends — never for plain
  facts. Always terse and inline on the same line; never a separate Why: block.
- Preserve input language; never translate.
- Do not store smalltalk or meta-commentary about memory itself.
- Keep is separate from MEMORY.md and Dream. Read MEMORY.md only for the dedup
  check (step 4); never edit it or any Dream file from this skill.
- Touch `keep.md` only via this skill. Other agent paths should read it
  (per USER.md reference) but not edit it.