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session-to-brain

Archive a Copilot CLI session to the brain. Creates a daily project file with the session transcript and adds a resume link to the weekly note. Use when ending a significant work session to preserve context for future reference.

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npx add-skill https://github.com/jonmagic/skills/tree/main/skills/session-to-brain

SKILL.md

Session to Brain

Archive Copilot CLI sessions to your brain for future reference.

Overview

This skill captures a Copilot session and saves it to your brain in two places:

  1. Daily Projects - A markdown file with the full session transcript
  2. Weekly Note - A bullet with the session focus and resume command

When to Use

  • At the end of a significant work session you want to preserve
  • When switching contexts and want to capture what you accomplished
  • Before closing a session you might want to resume later

Inputs

The skill needs:

  1. Session ID - Available from the session context (look for the session folder path)
  2. Focus - A brief description of what the session was about (1-5 words)

Detailed Instructions

Step 1: Gather Information

Ask the user for the focus (what was this session about?). The session ID is available from the session context - look for the path like ~/.copilot/session-state/UUID/.

Step 2: Extract Transcript

Run the transcript extraction script:

bash
~/.copilot/skills/session-to-brain/scripts/extract-transcript \
  --session-id "SESSION_ID" \
  --output "/tmp/session-transcript.md"

Step 3: Create Daily Project File

Run the daily project creation script:

bash
~/.copilot/skills/session-to-brain/scripts/create-daily-project \
  --focus "FOCUS" \
  --session-id "SESSION_ID" \
  --transcript "/tmp/session-transcript.md"

This outputs the path to the created file.

Step 3b: Add Frontmatter

The create-daily-project script does not currently add frontmatter. After the file is created, add frontmatter to it:

bash
node ~/.copilot/skills/frontmatter-add/scripts/add-frontmatter.js "PATH_FROM_STEP_3"

Or generate a TID and add it manually:

bash
node ~/.copilot/skills/frontmatter-add/scripts/generate-tid.js
yaml
---
uid: <TID>
type: daily.project
created: <today ISO 8601>
tags: []
links:
  related: []
---

Step 4: Update Weekly Note

Run the weekly note update script with the path from step 3:

bash
~/.copilot/skills/session-to-brain/scripts/update-weekly-note \
  --focus "FOCUS" \
  --session-id "SESSION_ID" \
  --daily-project-path "PATH_FROM_STEP_3"

Step 5: Confirm Completion

Report what was created:

  • The daily project file path
  • The weekly note that was updated

Scripts

All scripts are in ~/.copilot/skills/session-to-brain/scripts/:

Script Purpose
extract-transcript Parse events.jsonl into readable markdown
create-daily-project Create numbered file in Daily Projects folder
update-weekly-note Add wikilink + resume command to today's section

Example Prompts

Archive current session

Archive this session to my brain. The focus was "Proxima abuse research"

Quick archive

Save this session as "OKR pivot planning"

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