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Sync tasks and refresh memory from your current activity. Use when pulling new assignments from your project tracker into TASKS.md, triaging stale or overdue tasks, filling memory gaps for unknown people or projects, or running a comprehensive scan to catch todos buried in chat and email.

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About update

The update skill is designed to keep a user's task system (TASKS.md) and associated memory files continuously synchronized with real-world activity across multiple sources. It helps maintain consistency between what a user is actively working on and what is formally recorded, reducing drift between external tools, conversations, and stored task lists. By regularly reconciling these sources, it ensures that tasks do not become outdated, overlooked, or misaligned with current priorities.

This skill provides two primary operational modes: a default synchronization flow and a comprehensive audit mode. In default mode, it loads existing task and memory data, integrates tasks from external systems such as project trackers or GitHub issues when available, and compares them against local records to identify new, duplicate, or stale entries. It also performs task triage for overdue or long-standing items and analyzes task content to detect missing contextual entities like people, projects, or unclear references, which are then flagged for memory enrichment. In comprehensive mode, it extends this process by scanning additional activity sources such as chat logs, emails, documents, and calendar events to uncover hidden or untracked tasks and commitments, providing a broader review of user obligations.

This skill is particularly useful for users managing complex workflows across multiple platforms. It supports individuals and teams who need reliable task hygiene, cross-tool consistency, and contextual awareness of their work. Developers, product managers, and operations professionals benefit from its ability to surface forgotten tasks, clarify ambiguous references, and keep both short-term execution and long-term memory structures aligned with ongoing activity.

FAQ

What does the update skill synchronize?

It synchronizes tasks from TASKS.md with external sources such as project trackers or GitHub issues (when available), and aligns them with stored memory files and recent activity.

What is the difference between default and comprehensive mode?

Default mode focuses on syncing tasks, triaging stale items, and updating memory gaps using available task sources. Comprehensive mode additionally scans chat, email, documents, and calendar activity to uncover missed or untracked tasks.

Does this skill require external integrations?

External sources like project trackers or GitHub are used only if available. If no integrations exist, the skill still works using local task and memory files.

What kind of issues can this skill detect?

It can detect stale tasks, missing or unknown references in tasks, duplicate entries, and untracked actions inferred from activity sources in comprehensive mode.

Install update

Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.

Quick Setup:

  1. Copy the skill folder to .claude/skills/
  2. Claude will automatically detect and use the skill