recall

name	recall
description	Search past user and assistant messages in this space when the user asks what was said before, wants a fact from an earlier turn, or the current prompt does not include enough history. Use mrctl recall with keywords from the topic.

Command

mrctl recall "<keywords or phrase>" [--limit N]

• Searches stored Mercury message history (case-insensitive substring match).
• Default --limit is 20 (max 100 on the server).
• Requires the same permission as mrctl compact (compact).

When to use

• User references something from "earlier" or "before" and the pi session may be minimal or compacted.
• You need to verify an exact prior message without loading the full session into context.

When not to use

• For durable notes and vault content, prefer napkin search (when the napkin extension is enabled).
• For the current conversation turn, rely on the user message and attached reply context first.