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name: git-memento-workflow
description: Use git-memento to initialize repository-level AI provider settings, create commits that attach AI session transcripts as git notes, and sync notes to remote. Trigger this skill when users ask to create or troubleshoot memento commits, configure providers (Codex or Claude), verify note attachment, or share notes with team remotes.
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# Git Memento Workflow

Run this workflow whenever work must be committed with an AI session note.

## 1. Preflight

- Confirm repository status with `git status --short` and branch with `git branch --show-current`.
- Confirm `git memento` is available: `git memento help`.
- If unavailable, install `git-memento` into a directory on `PATH` and re-check.

## 2. Initialize Once Per Repository

- Check configuration: `git config --local --get memento.provider`.
- If missing, run `git memento init codex` or `git memento init claude`.
- If provider CLI shape differs from expected `sessions get/list --json`, configure adapter command in local git config:
  - `git config --local memento.<provider>.bin <adapter-or-cli-path>`
  - `git config --local memento.<provider>.getArgs '<args with {id} placeholder>'`
  - `git config --local memento.<provider>.listArgs '<list args>'`
- For summary mode, configure provider summary execution if defaults do not match your environment:
  - `git config --local memento.<provider>.summary.bin <adapter-or-cli-path>`
  - `git config --local memento.<provider>.summary.args '<args with {prompt}, optionally {skill} and {sessionId}>'`

## 3. Resolve Session ID

- Prefer explicit session id from the user.
- For Codex in this environment, default to `CODEX_THREAD_ID` when present.
- Validate retrieval before commit by running provider command manually if needed.

## 4. Create Memento Commit or Amend

- Stage files as needed (`git add ...`).
- Run commit through memento so note attachment happens in the same flow:
  - `git memento commit <session-id> -m "<subject>"`
  - Optional summary mode: `git memento commit <session-id> --summary-skill <skill|default> -m "<subject>"`
- For amend flows:
  - `git memento amend -m "<amended-subject>"` to carry forward existing note(s) onto the amended commit.
  - `git memento amend <session-id> -m "<amended-subject>"` to carry forward existing note(s) and append a new session.
  - Optional summary mode: `git memento amend <session-id> --summary-skill <skill|default> -m "<amended-subject>"`
- Summary mode behavior:
  - The CLI generates a markdown summary using the configured provider command.
  - It prints the generated summary and requires explicit confirmation.
  - If rejected, it asks for a user prompt and regenerates.
  - It writes the summary into `refs/notes/commits` and stores the full session in `refs/notes/memento-full-audit`.
- Backward compatibility:
  - Legacy single-session notes are preserved.
  - When append is needed, legacy notes are upgraded into the versioned multi-session envelope so no prior session content is lost.
- For longer body, use embedded newlines in `-m` or omit `-m` to use editor.

## 5. Verify Note Attachment

- Read latest commit: `git log -1 --pretty=fuller`.
- Show note on that commit: `git notes show <commit-hash>`.
- For multi-session notes, expect envelope/version headers and separators:
  - `<!-- git-memento-sessions:v1 -->`
  - `<!-- git-memento-note-version:1 -->`
  - `<!-- git-memento-session:start -->`
  - `<!-- git-memento-session:end -->`
- Summary mode stores summary entries in `refs/notes/commits` and full sessions in `refs/notes/memento-full-audit`.
- In summary mode, verify both refs:
  - `git notes show <commit-hash>` (summary note)
  - `git notes --ref refs/notes/memento-full-audit show <commit-hash>` (full session)
- If note is missing, inspect provider command config and rerun commit flow after fixing.

## 6. Push Code and Sync Notes

- Push commit branch and sync notes in one step: `git memento push <remote>`.
- For default remote, run `git memento push`.
- Optional fallback: `git push <remote> <branch>` then `git memento share-notes <remote>`.
- Verify notes exist remotely: `git ls-remote <remote> 'refs/notes/*'`.
- `notes-sync`, `notes-rewrite-setup`, and `notes-carry` preserve both `refs/notes/commits` and `refs/notes/memento-full-audit`.

## 7. Failure Handling Checklist

- `git-memento is not configured`: run `git memento init ...`.
- Provider command fails: verify `memento.<provider>.*` git config and executable permissions.
- Session not found: list sessions using provider list command and retry with exact id.
- Note push missing on remote: rerun `git memento push <remote>` (or `git memento share-notes <remote>`) and confirm remote ref output.