Memory Tiering
PassAudited by ClawScan on May 1, 2026.
Overview
This instruction-only skill is purpose-aligned for memory organization, but it can reorganize persistent memory files that may contain personal facts, logs, and credential references.
This skill appears benign and coherent for memory tiering. Before installing, make sure you are comfortable with it reading and reorganizing memory files and recent logs, and avoid keeping raw credentials or highly sensitive details in those memory tiers.
Findings (3)
Artifact-based informational review of SKILL.md, metadata, install specs, static scan signals, and capability signals. ClawScan does not execute the skill or run runtime probes.
Information moved or summarized into persistent memory could affect future agent behavior or retain details longer than expected.
The skill instructs the agent to read persistent memory tiers and recent logs, which can influence future context and may contain personal or project-sensitive information.
Read all three tiers and recent daily logs (`memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md`).
Review the memory files before and after tiering, and avoid storing sensitive secrets or unverified claims in persistent memory.
If raw credentials are placed in memory, they could be retained or exposed in later context.
The HOT memory tier may include temporary credentials; the skill also advises referencing root files rather than storing raw secrets, which is a mitigating but still sensitive credential-handling pattern.
**Focus**: Current session context, active tasks, temporary credentials, immediate goals.
Keep secrets out of memory files when possible, and store only non-sensitive references or paths with appropriate access controls.
Memory content may be changed after compaction without a separate explicit 'run memory tiering' request.
The skill can run its memory reorganization workflow automatically after compaction, including pruning and summarization of persistent memory, though this is disclosed and aligned with its purpose.
Trigger automatically after any `/compact` command.
Use this skill when automatic post-compaction memory cleanup is desired, and consider asking the agent to show planned changes before editing memory files.