Memory Repair Skill

Clean up and repair common issues with the cc-obsidian-mem memory system.

When to Use

• Getting errors about temp files or stale sessions
• Sessions not starting properly
• --continue picking up wrong sessions
• Sessions stuck in "processing" status
• Want to clean up all temp files and start fresh

Usage

/mem-repair
/mem-repair full

Workflow

1. Show Current Status

First, show what will be cleaned:

```bash # Windows (cmd) dir "%TEMP%\cc-obsidian-mem-.txt" 2>nul || echo No temp files dir "%TEMP%\cc-mem-agent-.txt" 2>nul || echo No legacy temp files dir "%USERPROFILE%\.cc-obsidian-mem\locks\*" 2>nul || echo No lock files

# macOS/Linux ls -la /tmp/cc-obsidian-mem-.txt 2>/dev/null || echo "No temp files" ls -la /tmp/cc-mem-agent-.txt 2>/dev/null || echo "No legacy temp files" ls -la ~/.cc-obsidian-mem/locks/* 2>/dev/null || echo "No lock files" ```

1. Clean Up Temp Files

Remove orphan temp files from crashed sessions:

```bash # Windows (cmd) del /q "%TEMP%\cc-obsidian-mem-.txt" 2>nul del /q "%TEMP%\cc-mem-agent-.txt" 2>nul

# macOS/Linux rm -f /tmp/cc-obsidian-mem-.txt rm -f /tmp/cc-mem-agent-.txt ```

1. Clean Up Stale Lock Files

```bash # Windows (cmd) del /q "%USERPROFILE%\.cc-obsidian-mem\locks\*" 2>nul

# macOS/Linux rm -f ~/.cc-obsidian-mem/locks/* ```

1. Clean Up Old Log Files (optional, if user requests full cleanup)

```bash # Windows (cmd) del /q "%TEMP%\cc-obsidian-mem-*.log" 2>nul

# macOS/Linux rm -f /tmp/cc-obsidian-mem-*.log ```

1. Clean Up Database Sessions (if sqlite3 is available)

```bash # Mark stale processing sessions as failed (stuck > 30 min) sqlite3 ~/.cc-obsidian-mem/sessions.db "UPDATE sessions SET status = 'failed' WHERE status = 'processing' AND updated_at < datetime('now', '-30 minutes');"

# Mark orphan active sessions as failed (active > 24 hours) sqlite3 ~/.cc-obsidian-mem/sessions.db "UPDATE sessions SET status = 'failed' WHERE status = 'active' AND created_at < datetime('now', '-24 hours');"

# Show recent sessions sqlite3 ~/.cc-obsidian-mem/sessions.db "SELECT substr(sessionid, 1, 12) || '...' as sessionid, status, project, createdat FROM sessions ORDER BY createdat DESC LIMIT 10;" ```

Windows alternative (if sqlite3 not in PATH): ``bash # Just show the database file exists dir "%USERPROFILE%\.cc-obsidian-mem\sessions.db" 2>nul || echo No database found ``

1. Clean Polluted Claude Session History (if --continue picks wrong sessions)

```bash # Windows (PowerShell) - find and delete polluted session files Get-ChildItem -Path "$env:USERPROFILE\.claude\projects" -Recurse -Filter "*.jsonl" | Where-Object { (Get-Content $_.FullName -Raw) -match "cc-mem-agent|cc-obsidian-mem-" } | Remove-Item -Force

# macOS/Linux grep -rl "cc-mem-agent\|cc-obsidian-mem-" ~/.claude/projects --include="*.jsonl" | xargs rm -f ```

Output Format

## Memory System Repair

### Temp Files Cleaned
- Removed 3 orphan temp files
- Removed 1 legacy temp file

### Lock Files Cleaned
- Removed 2 stale lock files

### Database Sessions
- Marked 1 stale processing session as failed
- Marked 0 orphan sessions as failed

### Log Files
- Kept (use `/mem-repair full` to remove)

### Recent Sessions
| Session ID | Status | Project | Created |
|------------|--------|---------|---------|
| abc123... | completed | my-project | 2024-01-15 10:30 |
| def456... | failed | other-proj | 2024-01-14 15:20 |

Repair complete. Start a new session to continue working.

Common Issues Fixed

After Repair

• Start a fresh session (not --continue)
• If issues persist, check config: cat ~/.cc-obsidian-mem/config.json
• Run /mem-status to verify memory system is working