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Reading Retention System
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-06
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-learning
Actually remember and use what you read — an active-reading system that beats the highlight-and-forget cycle. Use when asked how do I remember what I read, I forget books right after finishing, help me retain what I study, or take better reading notes. Produces an active-reading method (questions before, engagement during, retrieval after), a lightweight note format that captures the few ideas worth keeping, a spaced review touch, and how to actually apply what you read — turning passive consumption into knowledge you keep.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“I forget books right after I finish them — help me retain more.”“How do I actually remember what I read?”“Set up a system for taking notes on what I study.”“I highlight everything but retain nothing. Fix my reading.”“Help me get more out of the books I read.”
What to give it
▸What you're reading — books, articles, study material, and for what
▸Your current approach — highlighting, notes, nothing (reveals the passive trap)
▸Your goal — remember for a purpose, apply it, or general learning
▸How much you read — to size the system realistically
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Includes priming with a question/purpose before reading
✓Replaces passive highlighting with active engagement
✓Captures selectively, in the reader's own words
✓Uses retrieval (from memory) rather than re-reading
✓Adds a light spaced review and an application step
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**Highlight-and-forget** as the whole system.
**Summarizing everything** instead of the few key ideas.
**Copying quotes verbatim** instead of rephrasing.
**Re-reading** instead of retrieving from memory.
**Never applying** what's read.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcpRelated skills
🔌 Embed this skill
Drop this on your blog, docs, or site — it renders a "Run this skill" card:
<div data-pm-skill="reading-retention-system"></div>
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