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Phren — AI skill for Claude Code

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Personal AI knowledge system for Claude Code.

How to install Phren

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open alaarab/phren and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Phren does

Personal AI knowledge system for Claude Code. Machine profiles, skills, MCP server.

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README

phren

Your agents forget everything. Phren doesn't.

Persistent memory for AI agents. Findings, tasks, and patterns live in markdown files in a git repo you control. No database, no vendor lock-in. Works with Claude, Copilot, Cursor, and Codex.

Install

npx @phren/cli init

One command. Sets up `~/.phren`, wires up MCP for your tools, installs hooks. Next time you open a project, context starts flowing automatically. On a new machine? Re-run init and you're back in sync.

What actually happens

**When you open a prompt:**

Hooks extract keywords from your question
Phren searches findings across projects (FTS5 full-text with semantic fallback)
Relevant snippets inject into your prompt before you hit send
You ask; Claude already knows the gotchas

**When you discover something:**

phren add-finding "finding text" captures it with optional tags ([decision], [pattern], [pitfall], [bug])
Trust scores decay over time; decisions never do; observations expire in 14 days
Findings link to fragments (named concepts like "auth" or "build") that connect knowledge across projects