session-palace-builder
npx machina-cli add skill athola/claude-night-market/session-palace-builder --openclawTable of Contents
- What It Is
- Quick Start
- Mental Model
- When to Use
- Session Palace Templates
- Information Categories
- Core Workflow
- Session Lifecycle
- Detailed Resources
- Integration
Session Palace Builder
Construct temporary, session-specific memory palaces for extended conversations and complex projects. Preserves context across interruptions and enables structured information accumulation.
What It Is
Session palaces are lightweight, temporary memory structures that:
- Preserve context for extended conversations
- Track decisions and their rationale
- Organize project artifacts spatially
- Enable context recovery after interruptions
- Support collaborative information gathering
Quick Start
Build Commands
```bash
Run build
make build
Clean and rebuild
make clean && make build ```
Testing
```bash
Run tests
make test
Run with verbose output
make test VERBOSE=1 ```
Verification: Run make build && make test to confirm build works.
When To Use
- Extended conversations requiring context preservation
- Complex, multi-step projects with interrelated components
- Workflows requiring state management across interactions
- Collaborative sessions accumulating information over time
- Code review or debugging sessions with many findings
When NOT To Use
- Permanent knowledge structures needed - use memory-palace-architect
- Searching existing knowledge
- use knowledge-locator
- Permanent knowledge structures needed - use memory-palace-architect
- Searching existing knowledge
- use knowledge-locator
Session Palace Templates
| Template | Purpose | Key Areas |
|---|---|---|
| Workshop | Active development | Workbench, tools, materials |
| Library | Research and analysis | Stacks, reading room, archives |
| Council Chamber | Decision-making | Round table, evidence wall, vote board |
| Observatory | Exploration and discovery | Telescope, star charts, log book |
| Forge | Implementation tasks | Anvil, cooling rack, finished goods |
Information Categories
Organize session content into these standard areas:
- Conversations - Dialogue threads and key exchanges
- Decisions - Choices made with rationale
- Code - Snippets and technical artifacts
- Research - Findings and references
- Requirements - Specifications and constraints
- Progress - Completed milestones
- Issues - Blockers and challenges
- Next Steps - Pending action items
Core Workflow
- Analyze Context - Assess session scope and complexity
- Design Palace - Select template and layout
- Structure State - Organize information spatially
- Build Navigation - Create access shortcuts
- Test Integration - Verify context preservation
Session Lifecycle
Create → Populate → Navigate → Export/Archive
↑ ↓ ↓
└─── Checkpoint ←────┘
Verification: Run the command with --help flag to verify availability.
Detailed Resources
- Template Details: See
modules/templates.md - State Management: See
modules/templates.md - Export Patterns: See
modules/templates.md
Integration
memory-palace-architect- Export important concepts to permanent palacesknowledge-locator- Search session contentdigital-garden-cultivator- Seed garden with session insights
Troubleshooting
Common Issues
Command not found Ensure all dependencies are installed and in PATH
Permission errors Check file permissions and run with appropriate privileges
Unexpected behavior
Enable verbose logging with --verbose flag
Source
git clone https://github.com/athola/claude-night-market/blob/master/plugins/memory-palace/skills/session-palace-builder/SKILL.mdView on GitHub Overview
Session-palace-builder creates temporary, session-specific memory palaces to hold context during long conversations and multi-step projects. It helps preserve context across interruptions, organize project artifacts, and track decisions with rationale. It is intended for session-scoped knowledge; for permanent structures use memory-palace-architect.
How This Skill Works
Technically, you select a session palace template (Workshop, Library, Council Chamber, Observatory, Forge) and structure information into standard categories (Conversations, Decisions, Code, Research, Requirements, Progress, Issues, Next Steps). The core workflow—Analyze Context, Design Palace, Structure State, Build Navigation, Test Integration—drives population, navigation, and verification, with a session lifecycle of Create → Populate → Navigate → Export/Archive.
When to Use It
- Extended conversations requiring context preservation
- Complex, multi-step projects with interrelated components
- Workflows requiring state management across interactions
- Collaborative sessions accumulating information over time
- Code review or debugging sessions with many findings
Quick Start
- Step 1: Analyze Context and Design Palace by selecting a Template (Workshop, Library, etc.).
- Step 2: Populate state with initial Conversations, Decisions, Code, Research, and Requirements; set up navigation.
- Step 3: Use the Session Lifecycle (Create → Populate → Navigate → Export/Archive) and verify with the provided commands.
Best Practices
- Select the template that matches your workflow (Workshop, Library, Council Chamber, Observatory, Forge).
- Organize content into Information Categories (Conversations, Decisions, Code, Research, Requirements, Progress, Issues, Next Steps).
- Regularly create navigation shortcuts to preserve context across interruptions.
- Treat the palace as temporary—export/archive when the session ends and avoid permanent storage.
- If you need permanent knowledge, use memory-palace-architect or knowledge-locator instead.
Example Use Cases
- A software team's extended debugging session uses a Forge palace to track issues, decisions, and next steps.
- A research sprint uses a Library palace to collect findings, references, and analysis notes.
- A product planning meeting uses a Council Chamber palace to document decisions with rationale.
- A design exploration session uses an Observatory palace to capture hypotheses and observations.
- A collaborative requirements gathering session uses a Workshop palace to organize conversations and progress.
