name	memory
description	Search and recall information from past sessions and memory logs. Use when you need to remember something, reference past conversations, ask "what did we talk about", "remember when", or need historical context.

Memory

You don't have to start every session blank. Past context lives in files you can search.

Where Memory Lives

state/memory.log — Append-only log of important facts, preferences, and decisions
state/sessions/*.jsonl — Full conversation transcripts per session

When to Search

User says "remember when..." or "you said..." or "we talked about..."
User references a preference, decision, or fact you should know
You need context from a previous session
Before asking the user something they may have already told you

Quick Searches

# Search memory log
rg -i "search term" state/memory.log

# Recent memories
tail -30 state/memory.log

# Search all sessions
rg -i "search term" state/sessions/

# Search with context (2 lines before/after)
rg -i -C 2 "search term" state/memory.log state/sessions/

Writing to Memory

When you learn something worth keeping:

echo "[$(date -u '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')] Memory entry here." >> state/memory.log

Keep entries atomic — one fact per line. Future you will grep this.

Session Log Deep Queries

Session files are JSONL. Each line:

{
  "type": "message",
  "timestamp": "2026-02-05T05:16:04.856Z",
  "message": {
    "role": "user" | "assistant" | "toolResult",
    "content": [
      { "type": "text", "text": "..." },
      { "type": "thinking", "thinking": "..." },
      { "type": "toolCall", "name": "bash", "arguments": {...} }
    ]
  }
}

List sessions by date

for f in state/sessions/*.jsonl; do
  [ -f "$f" ] || continue
  ts=$(head -1 "$f" | jq -r '.timestamp // empty' 2>/dev/null)
  echo "$(echo "$ts" | cut -dT -f1) $(basename $f)"
done | sort -r

Extract user messages

jq -r 'select(.message.role == "user") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' state/sessions/<file>.jsonl

Extract assistant responses

jq -r 'select(.message.role == "assistant") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' state/sessions/<file>.jsonl

Conversation overview (skip thinking/tools)

jq -r 'select(.message.role == "user" or .message.role == "assistant") | .message.content[]? | select(.type == "text") | .text' state/sessions/<file>.jsonl | head -100

Tool usage stats

jq -r '.message.content[]? | select(.type == "toolCall") | .name' state/sessions/<file>.jsonl | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn

Tips

Sessions are append-only JSONL (one JSON per line)
Large sessions can be several MB — use head/tail for sampling
Filter type=="text" to skip thinking blocks and tool calls
Use jq -r for raw output without JSON escaping

name	memory
description	Search and recall information from past sessions and memory logs. Use when you need to remember something, reference past conversations, ask "what did we talk about", "remember when", or need historical context.