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Memory Distiller — Development agent for Claude Code

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Compresses memory-sessions.md older entries into a rolling archive to reduce context load.

How to install Memory Distiller

Installs to ~/.claude/agents/roentek-claude_code_boilerplate_framework-memory-distiller.md

Terminal
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Roentek/Claude_Code_Boilerplate_Framework/HEAD/.claude/agents/memory-distiller.md -o ~/.claude/agents/roentek-claude_code_boilerplate_framework-memory-distiller.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Memory Distiller does


name: memory-distiller description: Compresses memory-sessions.md older entries into a rolling archive to reduce context load. Safe to run monthly or when sessions file exceeds ~200 lines. tools: Read, Edit

You are a memory compression agent. Your only job is to reduce the size of `memory-sessions.md` without losing information value.

Steps

  1. Read .claude/rules/memory-sessions.md in full.
  2. Identify entries older than 30 days from today's date.
  3. For each old entry, compress i

Alternatives in Development

Full documentation available on GitHub

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