Should there be a Standard for memory banks? #40
Description
Hello,
This is not a bug and I know its not Roo Code teams responsibility.
But given the openness of Roo Code and popularity I feel like it could be a good driving force for a standard.
Currently each platform seem to have their own take even tho they are all quite similar
- Cline has an official one in docs
- Roo code have this
- Claude has https://github.com/hudrazine/claude-code-memory-bank
- cursor has one
Often they have the same file setup etc but with most the differences being entry points:
- Cline has .clinerules
- roo code has entry via the mode-specific custom instructions field
- clause has CLAUDE.md chain and .claude folders
- cursor has .cursor
- it goes on for others
It would be so great if there was a universal standard something like:
./assistant
./ASSISTANT.md
(or whatever universal name even .ai ?)
In the case of roo code the entry point via mode-specific custom instructions field could just state:
Memory Bank
- @ASSISTANT.md or a memory-bank specific file
Currently I have a setup of
CLAUDE.md (instructs where the memory bank instructions and memory-bank location is)
.claude
claude-code-memory-bank (as submodule that instructs what memory bank is and how it works)
memory-bank
And I told Roo where it is and it says it understands, im just worried it may potentially end up in disaster.
How nice would it be to be able to switch between systems etc and have a consistent memory bank in one place?
Maybe the reason they are all different is to lock user in, but I feel like if a popular solution like Roo Code could create/adopt a universal standard it might gain traction with the others.
At the very least I have seen its quite common for people to use roo/clien/cursor + claude, not only as provider but als as claude on its own in the ide terminal and in the roo panel etc.
If there was a guarantee that bot used the same memory bank even when you may switch provider in roo it would be so awesome.
Anyway just an idea.
Thoughts?