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Memory System

Sets up file-based memory so Cowork always knows who you are, how you work, and where your MM projects stand — so you stop re-introducing yourself every session. Cowork starts each chat fresh; files give it persistent memory.

Both — Cowork + Code
How to use it
It interviews you about you, your work, your preferences, and your tools, then creates a cowork-memory/ folder with about-me.md, active-projects.md, decisions-and-context.md, and a copy-paste how-to-load-this-memory.md. Load it at session start and Cowork is instantly caught up. Best practice: update active-projects.md after each project; even a half-updated file beats none.
How to invoke / keep it on
Say “Claude doesn’t remember me”, “I keep re-explaining myself”, or “set up a memory system”; or type /memory-system.
20 powerful examples for Melinda Maria
Copy, tweak, make them yours. Just describe the task — Claude loads the skill automatically.
01"Build me a memory system as MM’s marketing lead — capture our brand voice, the lavender/plum/hot-pink palette, my active projects (Lariat launch, Q4 calendar), and that campaign data comes from Klaviyo and Sprout Social."
02"I’m juggling three wholesale accounts at once and Cowork keeps mixing them up — set up active-projects.md with a separate section per account, each with status and next steps from NuORDER."
03"Create persistent context for our ops manager: role, the systems we use (ShipHero, ApparelMagic), standing rule that ShipBob history is being migrated, and the current state of each project — so every session starts informed."
04"Set up a memory system for me as CS manager and add a condensed version to my Cowork preferences — our warm reply tone, that I work in Gorgias, and the decisions we’ve made about refund handling."
05"Build me a memory system as MM’s ecommerce lead — capture that sales come from Shopify, inventory from ShipHero, my active projects (PDP refresh, Q4 launch), and how I like my weekly recaps formatted."
06"Create persistent memory for our paid-media buyer — role, that performance data is in Meta Ads and revenue in Shopify, our ROAS targets, and the current state of each active campaign."
07"Set up a memory system for our finance person — capture that the books live in QuickBooks, our close cadence, the decisions we’ve made about expense categories, and that vendor contracts are off-limits."
08"Build memory for me as MM’s content writer — our ‘everyday luxury’ voice, the cliché openers to avoid, our product vocabulary (huggies, lariats, charms, stacking rings), and my running content projects."
09"I manage influencers across ShopMy and LoudCrowd — set up active-projects.md with a section per campaign (status, creators, attributed sales) so Cowork always knows where each one stands."
10"Create a memory system for our merchandising planner — that demand data comes from NuORDER and ApparelMagic, our seasonality, our core line, and the reorder decisions we’ve already made."
11"Set up persistent context for our brand/creative director — our exact hex palette, IvyMode/SemplicitaPro rules, where assets live in Canto, and the design projects currently in flight."
12"Build me a memory system as the wholesale lead and add a condensed version to my preferences — that orders live in NuORDER, buyers I’m actively working, and our line-sheet email style."
13"Create memory for our PR/partnerships coordinator — role, that outreach happens in Gmail and creator data in ShopMy, our gifting decisions, and the press projects underway."
14"Set up a team-level memory file the whole #ops group can load — our systems (ShipHero, ApparelMagic), the ShipBob-to-ShipHero migration status, our channels, and standing decisions — so everyone starts informed."
15"Build memory for me as MM’s data/analytics person — that I pull from Shopify, Edgemesh, and Klaviyo, the recurring reports I own, and how leadership likes numbers presented."
16"Create a memory system for our project manager — role, that work lives in Asana and scheduling in Google Calendar, our status-update style for #ops, and the active initiatives with their next steps."
17"I keep re-explaining our refund and exchange policy to Cowork every CS session — capture it in decisions-and-context.md along with our warm tone and that I work in Gorgias, so it’s loaded every time."
18"Set up memory for the founder/owner — a high-level company snapshot (our channels, key connectors, current priorities) plus the strategic decisions made — so every session starts with the full picture."
19"Interview me about my role, my work, my preferences, and my tools, then build my full cowork-memory/ folder (about-me, active-projects, decisions-and-context, and a how-to-load file) so I never introduce myself to Cowork again."
20"Build a shared team-memory file new MM hires can load on day one — our voice, our channels, which connector holds which data (Shopify, Klaviyo, NuORDER, ShipHero, Gorgias), and our key standing decisions — so they’re instantly oriented."
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