pallium-memory

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name: pallium-memory description: Use when you need to explicitly search, store, or debug Pallium memory beyond what automatic injection provides. Triggers on: "remember this", "why don't you remember", "what do you know about", memory debugging, or when injected context is insufficient.

Pallium Memory Workflow

When to use this skill

• User asks you to remember something explicitly
• User asks why you don't remember something
• Injected memory context is empty but you expect it shouldn't be
• You need to search for a specific past decision or outcome
• You need to debug retrieval (why was something missed)

Steps

1. Identify the need: Is this a store, search, or debug operation?

2. For storing (user says "remember this", "save this"):

   • Call pallium_ingest with the content
   • Always pass artifact_kind: "note" — this preserves the content faithfully
   • Pass visibility: "private" and container_ref for project-scoped memory
   • If user says "across all projects" or "globally": use visibility: "global" with actor_ref
   • Confirm to the user what was stored

3. For searching (user asks about past context):

   • Call pallium_query with a natural-language description
   • Pass visibility: "private" and container_ref
   • If results have [+source], call pallium_expand for richer context

4. For debugging (user says "why don't you remember X"):

   • Call pallium_query_debug with the expected query
   • Report: was it found but filtered? Never stored? Low relevance score?
   • Suggest remediation (re-ingest, flag stale memory, etc.)

Do not

• Use this skill for routine retrieval — hooks handle that automatically
• Ingest every conversation turn — hooks already do this
• Call pallium_query before checking if the answer is already in injected context