feat(memory): add Auto Memory inbox flow with canonical-patch contract (#26338)

packages/cli/src/acp/commands/memory.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import {
   addMemory,
+  listInboxMemoryPatches,
   listInboxSkills,
   listInboxPatches,
   listMemoryFiles,
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ export class AddMemoryCommand implements Command {
 export class InboxMemoryCommand implements Command {
   readonly name = 'memory inbox';
   readonly description =
-    'Lists skills extracted from past sessions that are pending review.';
+    'Lists memory items extracted from past sessions that are pending review.';
 
   async execute(
     context: CommandContext,
@@ -142,12 +143,17 @@ export class InboxMemoryCommand implements Command {
       };
     }
 
-    const [skills, patches] = await Promise.all([
+    const [skills, patches, memoryPatches] = await Promise.all([
       listInboxSkills(context.agentContext.config),
       listInboxPatches(context.agentContext.config),
+      listInboxMemoryPatches(context.agentContext.config),
     ]);
 
-    if (skills.length === 0 && patches.length === 0) {
+    if (
+      skills.length === 0 &&
+      patches.length === 0 &&
+      memoryPatches.length === 0
+    ) {
       return { name: this.name, data: 'No items in inbox.' };
     }
 
@@ -165,8 +171,19 @@ export class InboxMemoryCommand implements Command {
         : '';
       lines.push(`- **${p.name}** (update): patches ${targets}${date}`);
     }
+    for (const memoryPatch of memoryPatches) {
+      const targets = memoryPatch.entries.map((e) => e.targetPath).join(', ');
+      const date = memoryPatch.extractedAt
+        ? ` (latest extract: ${new Date(memoryPatch.extractedAt).toLocaleDateString()})`
+        : '';
+      const sourceCount = memoryPatch.sourceFiles.length;
+      const sourceLabel = sourceCount === 1 ? 'patch' : 'patches';
+      lines.push(
+        `- **${memoryPatch.name}** (${sourceCount} source ${sourceLabel}, ${memoryPatch.entries.length} hunks): targets ${targets}${date}`,
+      );
+    }
 
-    const total = skills.length + patches.length;
+    const total = skills.length + patches.length + memoryPatches.length;
     return {
       name: this.name,
       data: `Memory inbox (${total}):\n${lines.join('\n')}`,

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -2410,7 +2410,7 @@ const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
         requiresRestart: true,
         default: false,
         description:
-          'Automatically extract reusable skills from past sessions in the background. Review results with /memory inbox.',
+          'Automatically extract memory patches and skills from past sessions in the background. Every change is written as a unified diff `.patch` file under `<projectMemoryDir>/.inbox/<kind>/` and held for review in /memory inbox; nothing is applied until you approve it.',
         showInDialog: true,
       },
       generalistProfile: {

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/memoryCommand.ts

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import {
   type SlashCommand,
   type SlashCommandActionReturn,
 } from './types.js';
-import { SkillInboxDialog } from '../components/SkillInboxDialog.js';
+import { InboxDialog } from '../components/InboxDialog.js';
 
 export const memoryCommand: SlashCommand = {
   name: 'memory',
@@ -156,13 +156,16 @@ export const memoryCommand: SlashCommand = {
 
         return {
           type: 'custom_dialog',
-          component: React.createElement(SkillInboxDialog, {
+          component: React.createElement(InboxDialog, {
             config,
             onClose: () => context.ui.removeComponent(),
             onReloadSkills: async () => {
               await config.reloadSkills();
               context.ui.reloadCommands();
             },
+            onReloadMemory: async () => {
+              await refreshMemory(config);
+            },
           }),
         };
       },

packages/cli/src/ui/components/InboxDialog.test.tsx

@@ -6,19 +6,27 @@
 
 import { act } from 'react';
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
-import type { Config, InboxSkill, InboxPatch } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
+import type {
+  Config,
+  InboxSkill,
+  InboxPatch,
+  InboxMemoryPatch,
+} from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import {
   dismissInboxSkill,
+  dismissInboxMemoryPatch,
   listInboxSkills,
   listInboxPatches,
+  listInboxMemoryPatches,
   moveInboxSkill,
   applyInboxPatch,
   dismissInboxPatch,
+  applyInboxMemoryPatch,
   isProjectSkillPatchTarget,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { waitFor } from '../../test-utils/async.js';
 import { renderWithProviders } from '../../test-utils/render.js';
-import { SkillInboxDialog } from './SkillInboxDialog.js';
+import { InboxDialog } from './InboxDialog.js';
 
 vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async (importOriginal) => {
   const original =
@@ -27,11 +35,14 @@ vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async (importOriginal) => {
   return {
     ...original,
     dismissInboxSkill: vi.fn(),
+    dismissInboxMemoryPatch: vi.fn(),
     listInboxSkills: vi.fn(),
     listInboxPatches: vi.fn(),
+    listInboxMemoryPatches: vi.fn(),
     moveInboxSkill: vi.fn(),
     applyInboxPatch: vi.fn(),
     dismissInboxPatch: vi.fn(),
+    applyInboxMemoryPatch: vi.fn(),
     isProjectSkillPatchTarget: vi.fn(),
     getErrorMessage: vi.fn((error: unknown) =>
       error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error),
@@ -41,10 +52,13 @@ vi.mock('@google/gemini-cli-core', async (importOriginal) => {
 
 const mockListInboxSkills = vi.mocked(listInboxSkills);
 const mockListInboxPatches = vi.mocked(listInboxPatches);
+const mockListInboxMemoryPatches = vi.mocked(listInboxMemoryPatches);
 const mockMoveInboxSkill = vi.mocked(moveInboxSkill);
 const mockDismissInboxSkill = vi.mocked(dismissInboxSkill);
 const mockApplyInboxPatch = vi.mocked(applyInboxPatch);
 const mockDismissInboxPatch = vi.mocked(dismissInboxPatch);
+const mockApplyInboxMemoryPatch = vi.mocked(applyInboxMemoryPatch);
+const mockDismissInboxMemoryPatch = vi.mocked(dismissInboxMemoryPatch);
 const mockIsProjectSkillPatchTarget = vi.mocked(isProjectSkillPatchTarget);
 
 const inboxSkill: InboxSkill = {
@@ -76,6 +90,27 @@ const inboxPatch: InboxPatch = {
   extractedAt: '2025-01-20T14:00:00Z',
 };
 
+const inboxMemoryPatch: InboxMemoryPatch = {
+  kind: 'private',
+  relativePath: 'private',
+  name: 'Private memory',
+  sourceFiles: ['update-memory.patch'],
+  entries: [
+    {
+      targetPath: '/home/user/.gemini/tmp/project/memory/MEMORY.md',
+      isNewFile: false,
+      diffContent: [
+        '--- /home/user/.gemini/tmp/project/memory/MEMORY.md',
+        '+++ /home/user/.gemini/tmp/project/memory/MEMORY.md',
+        '@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@',
+        '-old',
+        '+use focused tests',
+      ].join('\n'),
+    },
+  ],
+  extractedAt: '2025-01-21T10:00:00Z',
+};
+
 const workspacePatch: InboxPatch = {
   fileName: 'workspace-update.patch',
   name: 'workspace-update',
@@ -137,11 +172,12 @@ const windowsGlobalPatch: InboxPatch = {
   ],
 };
 
-describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
+describe('InboxDialog', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.clearAllMocks();
     mockListInboxSkills.mockResolvedValue([inboxSkill]);
     mockListInboxPatches.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mockListInboxMemoryPatches.mockResolvedValue([]);
     mockMoveInboxSkill.mockResolvedValue({
       success: true,
       message: 'Moved "inbox-skill" to ~/.gemini/skills.',
@@ -158,6 +194,14 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       success: true,
       message: 'Dismissed "update-docs.patch" from inbox.',
     });
+    mockApplyInboxMemoryPatch.mockResolvedValue({
+      success: true,
+      message: 'Applied memory patch to 1 file.',
+    });
+    mockDismissInboxMemoryPatch.mockResolvedValue({
+      success: true,
+      message: 'Dismissed 1 private memory patch from inbox.',
+    });
     mockIsProjectSkillPatchTarget.mockImplementation(
       async (targetPath: string, config: Config) => {
         const projectSkillsDir = config.storage
@@ -176,6 +220,64 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
     vi.unstubAllEnvs();
   });
 
+  it('reviews and applies memory patches', async () => {
+    mockListInboxSkills.mockResolvedValue([]);
+    mockListInboxMemoryPatches.mockResolvedValue([inboxMemoryPatch]);
+    const config = {
+      isTrustedFolder: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+    } as unknown as Config;
+    const onReloadMemory = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <InboxDialog
+          config={config}
+          onClose={vi.fn()}
+          onReloadSkills={vi.fn()}
+          onReloadMemory={onReloadMemory}
+        />,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      expect(lastFrame()).toContain('Private memory');
+    });
+
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\r');
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const frame = lastFrame() ?? '';
+      expect(frame).toContain('Review');
+      expect(frame).toMatch(/source patch/);
+    });
+
+    // Memory patches default to Dismiss as the highlighted action so a stray
+    // Enter cannot apply durable changes. Arrow-down to reach Apply, then
+    // press Enter to confirm.
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\u001B[B'); // arrow down → Apply
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\r');
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      // Aggregate apply: relativePath equals the kind name.
+      expect(mockApplyInboxMemoryPatch).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        config,
+        'private',
+        'private',
+      );
+      expect(onReloadMemory).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
   it('disables the project destination when the workspace is untrusted', async () => {
     const config = {
       isTrustedFolder: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(false),
@@ -183,7 +285,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
     const onReloadSkills = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
     const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
       renderWithProviders(
-        <SkillInboxDialog
+        <InboxDialog
           config={config}
           onClose={vi.fn()}
           onReloadSkills={onReloadSkills}
@@ -228,7 +330,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
     } as unknown as Config;
     const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
       renderWithProviders(
-        <SkillInboxDialog
+        <InboxDialog
           config={config}
           onClose={vi.fn()}
           onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
@@ -276,7 +378,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       .mockRejectedValue(new Error('reload hook failed'));
     const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
       renderWithProviders(
-        <SkillInboxDialog
+        <InboxDialog
           config={config}
           onClose={vi.fn()}
           onReloadSkills={onReloadSkills}
@@ -316,6 +418,83 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
     unmount();
   });
 
+  it('preserves the highlighted row after Esc-ing back from a sub-phase', async () => {
+    // Reproduces the bug where pressing Esc from the apply dialog re-rendered
+    // the list with focus jumped back to row 0 instead of staying on the row
+    // the user was on.
+    const secondSkill: InboxSkill = {
+      ...inboxSkill,
+      dirName: 'second-skill',
+      name: 'Second Skill',
+    };
+    mockListInboxSkills.mockResolvedValue([inboxSkill, secondSkill]);
+
+    const config = {
+      isTrustedFolder: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+    } as unknown as Config;
+    const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
+      renderWithProviders(
+        <InboxDialog
+          config={config}
+          onClose={vi.fn()}
+          onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
+        />,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const frame = lastFrame();
+      expect(frame).toContain('Inbox Skill');
+      expect(frame).toContain('Second Skill');
+    });
+
+    // Arrow down to the second row.
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\x1b[B');
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+
+    // Enter the second row's preview.
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\r');
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const frame = lastFrame();
+      expect(frame).toContain('Review new skill');
+      expect(frame).toContain('Second Skill');
+    });
+
+    // Esc back to list.
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\x1b');
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const frame = lastFrame();
+      expect(frame).toContain('Inbox Skill');
+      expect(frame).toContain('Second Skill');
+    });
+
+    // Re-enter (no arrow keys this time). The active row must still be the
+    // SECOND skill, not the first — which is what the bug reproduced before.
+    await act(async () => {
+      stdin.write('\r');
+      await waitUntilReady();
+    });
+
+    await waitFor(() => {
+      const frame = lastFrame();
+      expect(frame).toContain('Review new skill');
+      // The preview header echoes the highlighted skill's name.
+      expect(frame).toContain('Second Skill');
+    });
+
+    unmount();
+  });
+
   describe('patch support', () => {
     it('shows patches alongside skills with section headers', async () => {
       mockListInboxPatches.mockResolvedValue([inboxPatch]);
@@ -328,7 +507,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       } as unknown as Config;
       const { lastFrame, unmount } = await act(async () =>
         renderWithProviders(
-          <SkillInboxDialog
+          <InboxDialog
             config={config}
             onClose={vi.fn()}
             onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
@@ -360,7 +539,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(
         async () =>
           renderWithProviders(
-            <SkillInboxDialog
+            <InboxDialog
               config={config}
               onClose={vi.fn()}
               onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
@@ -401,7 +580,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       const onReloadSkills = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
       const { stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
         renderWithProviders(
-          <SkillInboxDialog
+          <InboxDialog
             config={config}
             onClose={vi.fn()}
             onReloadSkills={onReloadSkills}
@@ -449,7 +628,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(
         async () =>
           renderWithProviders(
-            <SkillInboxDialog
+            <InboxDialog
               config={config}
               onClose={vi.fn()}
               onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
@@ -494,7 +673,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(
         async () =>
           renderWithProviders(
-            <SkillInboxDialog
+            <InboxDialog
               config={config}
               onClose={vi.fn()}
               onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
@@ -538,7 +717,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       const onReloadSkills = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined);
       const { stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(async () =>
         renderWithProviders(
-          <SkillInboxDialog
+          <InboxDialog
             config={config}
             onClose={vi.fn()}
             onReloadSkills={onReloadSkills}
@@ -593,7 +772,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       } as unknown as Config;
       const { lastFrame, unmount } = await act(async () =>
         renderWithProviders(
-          <SkillInboxDialog
+          <InboxDialog
             config={config}
             onClose={vi.fn()}
             onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}
@@ -628,7 +807,7 @@ describe('SkillInboxDialog', () => {
       const { lastFrame, stdin, unmount, waitUntilReady } = await act(
         async () =>
           renderWithProviders(
-            <SkillInboxDialog
+            <InboxDialog
               config={config}
               onClose={vi.fn()}
               onReloadSkills={vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(undefined)}

packages/cli/src/ui/components/InboxDialog.tsx

@@ -20,22 +20,32 @@ import {
   type Config,
   type InboxSkill,
   type InboxPatch,
+  type InboxMemoryPatch,
   type InboxSkillDestination,
   getErrorMessage,
   listInboxSkills,
   listInboxPatches,
+  listInboxMemoryPatches,
   moveInboxSkill,
   dismissInboxSkill,
   applyInboxPatch,
   dismissInboxPatch,
+  applyInboxMemoryPatch,
+  dismissInboxMemoryPatch,
   isProjectSkillPatchTarget,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 
-type Phase = 'list' | 'skill-preview' | 'skill-action' | 'patch-preview';
+type Phase =
+  | 'list'
+  | 'skill-preview'
+  | 'skill-action'
+  | 'patch-preview'
+  | 'memory-preview';
 
 type InboxItem =
   | { type: 'skill'; skill: InboxSkill }
   | { type: 'patch'; patch: InboxPatch; targetsProjectSkills: boolean }
+  | { type: 'memory-patch'; memoryPatch: InboxMemoryPatch }
   | { type: 'header'; label: string };
 
 interface DestinationChoice {
@@ -50,6 +60,12 @@ interface PatchAction {
   description: string;
 }
 
+interface MemoryPatchAction {
+  action: 'apply' | 'dismiss';
+  label: string;
+  description: string;
+}
+
 const SKILL_DESTINATION_CHOICES: DestinationChoice[] = [
   {
     destination: 'global',
@@ -95,6 +111,24 @@ const PATCH_ACTION_CHOICES: PatchAction[] = [
   },
 ];
 
+// Dismiss-first: memory patches modify durable on-disk state outside the
+// project (private MEMORY.md and sibling files, plus ~/.gemini/GEMINI.md),
+// so a stray Enter on a freshly-opened memory-patch preview must NOT apply.
+// The lower-stakes skill-patch list (PATCH_ACTION_CHOICES) keeps Apply as
+// the default.
+const MEMORY_PATCH_ACTION_CHOICES: MemoryPatchAction[] = [
+  {
+    action: 'dismiss',
+    label: 'Dismiss',
+    description: 'Delete from inbox without applying',
+  },
+  {
+    action: 'apply',
+    label: 'Apply',
+    description: 'Apply patch and delete from inbox',
+  },
+];
+
 function normalizePathForUi(filePath: string): string {
   return path.posix.normalize(filePath.replaceAll('\\', '/'));
 }
@@ -105,6 +139,14 @@ function getPathBasename(filePath: string): string {
   return basename === '.' ? filePath : basename;
 }
 
+function formatMemoryPatchSummary(patch: InboxMemoryPatch): string {
+  const hunkCount = patch.entries.length;
+  const sourceCount = patch.sourceFiles.length;
+  const hunkLabel = hunkCount === 1 ? 'hunk' : 'hunks';
+  const sourceLabel = sourceCount === 1 ? 'patch' : 'patches';
+  return `${hunkCount} ${hunkLabel} from ${sourceCount} source ${sourceLabel}`;
+}
+
 async function patchTargetsProjectSkills(
   patch: InboxPatch,
   config: Config,
@@ -173,16 +215,18 @@ function formatDate(isoString: string): string {
   }
 }
 
-interface SkillInboxDialogProps {
+interface InboxDialogProps {
   config: Config;
   onClose: () => void;
   onReloadSkills: () => Promise<void>;
+  onReloadMemory?: () => Promise<void>;
 }
 
-export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
+export const InboxDialog: React.FC<InboxDialogProps> = ({
   config,
   onClose,
   onReloadSkills,
+  onReloadMemory,
 }) => {
   const keyMatchers = useKeyMatchers();
   const { stdout } = useStdout();
@@ -196,15 +240,20 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
     text: string;
     isError: boolean;
   } | null>(null);
+  // Tracks the most recent highlighted/selected position in the list so we
+  // can restore focus when the user backs out of a sub-phase (e.g. ESC from
+  // the apply dialog) instead of jumping back to the top of the list.
+  const [lastListIndex, setLastListIndex] = useState(0);
 
   // Load inbox skills and patches on mount
   useEffect(() => {
     let cancelled = false;
     void (async () => {
       try {
-        const [skills, patches] = await Promise.all([
+        const [skills, patches, memoryPatches] = await Promise.all([
           listInboxSkills(config),
           listInboxPatches(config),
+          listInboxMemoryPatches(config),
         ]);
         const patchItems = await Promise.all(
           patches.map(async (patch): Promise<InboxItem> => {
@@ -229,6 +278,12 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
           const combined: InboxItem[] = [
             ...skills.map((skill): InboxItem => ({ type: 'skill', skill })),
             ...patchItems,
+            ...memoryPatches.map(
+              (memoryPatch): InboxItem => ({
+                type: 'memory-patch',
+                memoryPatch,
+              }),
+            ),
           ];
           setItems(combined);
           setLoading(false);
@@ -251,42 +306,38 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
         ? `skill:${item.skill.dirName}`
         : item.type === 'patch'
           ? `patch:${item.patch.fileName}`
-          : `header:${item.label}`,
+          : item.type === 'memory-patch'
+            ? `memory:${item.memoryPatch.kind}:${item.memoryPatch.relativePath}`
+            : `header:${item.label}`,
     [],
   );
 
   const listItems: Array<SelectionListItem<InboxItem>> = useMemo(() => {
     const skills = items.filter((i) => i.type === 'skill');
     const patches = items.filter((i) => i.type === 'patch');
+    const memoryPatches = items.filter((i) => i.type === 'memory-patch');
     const result: Array<SelectionListItem<InboxItem>> = [];
 
-    // Only show section headers when both types are present
-    const showHeaders = skills.length > 0 && patches.length > 0;
+    const groups: Array<{ label: string; items: InboxItem[] }> = [
+      { label: 'New Skills', items: skills },
+      { label: 'Skill Updates', items: patches },
+      { label: 'Memory Updates', items: memoryPatches },
+    ].filter((group) => group.items.length > 0);
+    const showHeaders = groups.length > 1;
 
-    if (showHeaders) {
-      const header: InboxItem = { type: 'header', label: 'New Skills' };
-      result.push({
-        key: 'header:new-skills',
-        value: header,
-        disabled: true,
-        hideNumber: true,
-      });
-    }
-    for (const item of skills) {
-      result.push({ key: getItemKey(item), value: item });
-    }
-
-    if (showHeaders) {
-      const header: InboxItem = { type: 'header', label: 'Skill Updates' };
-      result.push({
-        key: 'header:skill-updates',
-        value: header,
-        disabled: true,
-        hideNumber: true,
-      });
-    }
-    for (const item of patches) {
-      result.push({ key: getItemKey(item), value: item });
+    for (const group of groups) {
+      if (showHeaders) {
+        const header: InboxItem = { type: 'header', label: group.label };
+        result.push({
+          key: `header:${group.label}`,
+          value: header,
+          disabled: true,
+          hideNumber: true,
+        });
+      }
+      for (const item of group.items) {
+        result.push({ key: getItemKey(item), value: item });
+      }
     }
 
     return result;
@@ -360,11 +411,36 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
       [],
     );
 
-  const handleSelectItem = useCallback((item: InboxItem) => {
-    setSelectedItem(item);
-    setFeedback(null);
-    setPhase(item.type === 'skill' ? 'skill-preview' : 'patch-preview');
-  }, []);
+  const memoryPatchActionItems: Array<SelectionListItem<MemoryPatchAction>> =
+    useMemo(
+      () =>
+        MEMORY_PATCH_ACTION_CHOICES.map((choice) => ({
+          key: choice.action,
+          value: choice,
+        })),
+      [],
+    );
+
+  const handleSelectItem = useCallback(
+    (item: InboxItem) => {
+      setSelectedItem(item);
+      setFeedback(null);
+      // Remember which list row we navigated away from so ESC restores focus
+      // instead of jumping the cursor back to the top of the list.
+      const idx = listItems.findIndex((i) => i.value === item);
+      if (idx >= 0) {
+        setLastListIndex(idx);
+      }
+      setPhase(
+        item.type === 'skill'
+          ? 'skill-preview'
+          : item.type === 'patch'
+            ? 'patch-preview'
+            : 'memory-preview',
+      );
+    },
+    [listItems],
+  );
 
   const removeItem = useCallback(
     (item: InboxItem) => {
@@ -521,6 +597,65 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
     [config, selectedItem, onReloadSkills, removeItem],
   );
 
+  const handleSelectMemoryPatchAction = useCallback(
+    (choice: MemoryPatchAction) => {
+      if (!selectedItem || selectedItem.type !== 'memory-patch') return;
+      const memoryPatch = selectedItem.memoryPatch;
+
+      setFeedback(null);
+
+      void (async () => {
+        try {
+          let result: { success: boolean; message: string };
+          if (choice.action === 'apply') {
+            result = await applyInboxMemoryPatch(
+              config,
+              memoryPatch.kind,
+              memoryPatch.relativePath,
+            );
+          } else {
+            result = await dismissInboxMemoryPatch(
+              config,
+              memoryPatch.kind,
+              memoryPatch.relativePath,
+            );
+          }
+
+          setFeedback({ text: result.message, isError: !result.success });
+
+          if (!result.success) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          removeItem(selectedItem);
+          setSelectedItem(null);
+          setPhase('list');
+
+          if (choice.action === 'apply' && onReloadMemory) {
+            try {
+              await onReloadMemory();
+            } catch (error) {
+              setFeedback({
+                text: `${result.message} Failed to reload memory: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`,
+                isError: true,
+              });
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (error) {
+          const operation =
+            choice.action === 'apply'
+              ? 'apply memory patch'
+              : 'dismiss memory patch';
+          setFeedback({
+            text: `Failed to ${operation}: ${getErrorMessage(error)}`,
+            isError: true,
+          });
+        }
+      })();
+    },
+    [config, selectedItem, onReloadMemory, removeItem],
+  );
+
   useKeypress(
     (key) => {
       if (keyMatchers[Command.ESCAPE](key)) {
@@ -597,6 +732,10 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
           <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
             <BaseSelectionList<InboxItem>
               items={listItems}
+              initialIndex={Math.max(
+                0,
+                Math.min(lastListIndex, listItems.length - 1),
+              )}
               onSelect={handleSelectItem}
               isFocused={true}
               showNumbers={false}
@@ -633,6 +772,27 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
                     </Box>
                   );
                 }
+                if (item.value.type === 'memory-patch') {
+                  const memoryPatch = item.value.memoryPatch;
+                  return (
+                    <Box flexDirection="column" minHeight={2}>
+                      <Text color={titleColor} bold>
+                        {memoryPatch.name}
+                      </Text>
+                      <Box flexDirection="row">
+                        <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>
+                          {formatMemoryPatchSummary(memoryPatch)}
+                        </Text>
+                        {memoryPatch.extractedAt && (
+                          <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>
+                            {' · '}
+                            {formatDate(memoryPatch.extractedAt)}
+                          </Text>
+                        )}
+                      </Box>
+                    </Box>
+                  );
+                }
                 const patch = item.value.patch;
                 const fileNames = patch.entries.map((e) =>
                   getPathBasename(e.targetPath),
@@ -871,6 +1031,101 @@ export const SkillInboxDialog: React.FC<SkillInboxDialogProps> = ({
           />
         </>
       )}
+
+      {phase === 'memory-preview' && selectedItem?.type === 'memory-patch' && (
+        <>
+          <Text bold>{selectedItem.memoryPatch.name}</Text>
+          <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>
+            Review {formatMemoryPatchSummary(selectedItem.memoryPatch)} before
+            applying. Apply runs each source patch atomically; Dismiss removes
+            them all.
+          </Text>
+
+          {(() => {
+            // Group hunks by target file. Multiple source patches may touch
+            // the same file (e.g. several patches all updating MEMORY.md);
+            // showing the file path once with all its hunks beneath is much
+            // less visually noisy than repeating the path for every hunk.
+            const groups = new Map<
+              string,
+              { isNewFile: boolean; diffs: string[] }
+            >();
+            for (const entry of selectedItem.memoryPatch.entries) {
+              const existing = groups.get(entry.targetPath);
+              if (existing) {
+                existing.diffs.push(entry.diffContent);
+                // If any hunk for this target was a creation, treat the
+                // group as a creation overall.
+                if (entry.isNewFile) existing.isNewFile = true;
+              } else {
+                groups.set(entry.targetPath, {
+                  isNewFile: entry.isNewFile,
+                  diffs: [entry.diffContent],
+                });
+              }
+            }
+
+            return Array.from(groups.entries()).map(
+              ([targetPath, { isNewFile, diffs }]) => (
+                <Box key={targetPath} flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
+                  <Text color={theme.text.secondary} bold>
+                    {targetPath}
+                    {isNewFile ? ' (new file)' : ''}
+                    {diffs.length > 1
+                      ? ` · ${diffs.length} changes from different patches`
+                      : ''}
+                  </Text>
+                  {diffs.map((diff, hunkIndex) => (
+                    <DiffRenderer
+                      key={`${targetPath}:${hunkIndex}`}
+                      diffContent={diff}
+                      filename={targetPath}
+                      terminalWidth={contentWidth}
+                    />
+                  ))}
+                </Box>
+              ),
+            );
+          })()}
+
+          <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
+            <BaseSelectionList<MemoryPatchAction>
+              items={memoryPatchActionItems}
+              onSelect={handleSelectMemoryPatchAction}
+              isFocused={true}
+              showNumbers={true}
+              renderItem={(item, { titleColor }) => (
+                <Box flexDirection="column" minHeight={2}>
+                  <Text color={titleColor} bold>
+                    {item.value.label}
+                  </Text>
+                  <Text color={theme.text.secondary}>
+                    {item.value.description}
+                  </Text>
+                </Box>
+              )}
+            />
+          </Box>
+
+          {feedback && (
+            <Box marginTop={1}>
+              <Text
+                color={
+                  feedback.isError ? theme.status.error : theme.status.success
+                }
+              >
+                {feedback.isError ? '✗ ' : '✓ '}
+                {feedback.text}
+              </Text>
+            </Box>
+          )}
+
+          <DialogFooter
+            primaryAction="Enter to confirm"
+            cancelAction="Esc to go back"
+          />
+        </>
+      )}
     </Box>
   );
 };