1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Installation Guide
  3. Collaborative prompting
  4. 3. Collaborative prompting
  5. 4. User prompt
    1. 4.1. main.md, the dialogue approach
    2. 4.2. main-v0.md, an older version
    3. 4.3. main-v1.md, the mindfulness approach
  6. Memory: Retaining context
  7. 5. Retaining context
  8. 6. Tracking Task Status Explicitly
    1. 6.1. GitHub Issues Prompt
    2. 6.2. .ongoing Files Prompt
  9. 7. AI Insights Comments
    1. 7.1. Prompt
  10. 8. Official Memory Server
    1. 8.1. Prompt
  11. 9. Custom Memory Bank
    1. 9.1. Design Foundation
    2. 9.2. Current State
    3. 9.3. Frequently asked questions
  12. 10. Journal MCP Server
    1. 10.1. Design Document
  13. 11. Hippo: AI-Generated Insights Memory System
  14. Dialectic
  15. 12. Introduction
  16. RFCs for in-progress features
  17. 13. RFC: Socratic Shell VSCode extension for centralized installation and configuration
    1. 13.1. Repository coordination and bundling
    2. 13.2. MCP server
    3. 13.3. Hooks
  18. Appendices
  19. 14. Insights
  20. 15. References
    1. 15.1. AI-Human Collaboration Nuggets Guide
    2. 15.2. Claude Sonnet 4 System Prompt
    3. 15.3. CLI Tool Prompting Patterns
    4. 15.4. Discovery Spiral
    5. 15.5. Human Memory Architectural Insights
    6. 15.6. Research on Python and Pyte
    7. 15.7. Research on Term Emulation in Other Languages
    8. 15.8. 2025-06-19: Designing Memory Banks

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