| name | recall-before-asking |
| description | Use before asking the user about infrastructure, preferences, conventions, prior decisions, or past incidents. |
| source | bundled |
| triggers | {"user_pattern":["do you remember","what did we decide","which host","what is my preference"]} |
Recall Before Asking
Search Aimee memory before spending a turn asking the user for information that may already be known.
Preferred route:
- Use
search_memory / memory_recall, or run aimee memory search <terms>, with the concrete host, repo, service, person, convention, or incident name.
- Treat memory as evidence with confidence, not as authority over current user instructions.
- If memory answers the question, proceed and cite the remembered fact in your reasoning.
- Ask the user only when memory is absent, ambiguous, low-confidence, or conflicts with the current request.
This is especially important for homelab endpoints, repo conventions, operator preferences, and recurring operational fixes.