memory

name	memory
description	Search and reason over Atris journal history. Use when user asks about past work, decisions, history, or patterns. Uses RLM pattern (grep first, reason second).

Atris Memory Skill

Search and reason over Atris journal history using the RLM pattern (grep first, reason second).

When to Activate

User asks about:

• Past work, decisions, history
• "Remember when...", "How did we...", "Why did we..."
• Patterns, failures, lessons learned
• "What have we tried before?"
• Anything requiring historical context

Journal Locations

atris/logs/YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD.md

Structure of each journal:

• ## Inbox - Raw ideas (I1, I2, ...)
• ## In Progress 🔄 - Active work
• ## Backlog - Deferred work
• ## Notes - Session summaries, brainstorms
• ## Completed ✅ - Finished work (C1, C2, ...)

Search Strategy (RLM Pattern)

Step 1: Grep first (cheap, fast)

# Find keyword matches
grep -r "keyword" atris/logs/ --include="*.md"

# With context
grep -r -C 3 "keyword" atris/logs/ --include="*.md"

# Multiple terms
grep -r -E "auth|login|token" atris/logs/ --include="*.md"

Step 2: If few matches (< 10), read directly

• Use Read tool on matching files
• Synthesize answer yourself

Step 3: If many matches (10+), use subagent

Task(haiku): "Analyze these journal entries and find patterns related to [query]:
[paste relevant grep results]"

Step 4: For complex synthesis

• Chunk results by time period or topic
• Spawn multiple haiku subagents
• Aggregate findings

Example Flows

Simple: "When did we add feature X?"

1. grep -r "feature X" atris/logs/
2. Read the matching file
3. Answer: "Added on 2025-01-02, see C3 in that day's journal"

Medium: "What auth issues have we had?"

1. grep -r -E "auth|login|token|credential" atris/logs/
2. Found 15 matches across 8 files
3. Read the 3 most recent matches
4. Task(haiku): "Categorize these auth-related entries: [entries]"
5. Synthesize into answer

Complex: "Why do reviews keep failing?"

1. grep -r -E "fail|❌|reject|REVIEW" atris/logs/
2. Found 30+ matches
3. Task(haiku): "What are the failure reasons in: [chunk 1]"
4. Task(haiku): "What are the failure reasons in: [chunk 2]"
5. Aggregate: "78% missing tests, 22% outdated MAP.md"

Key Patterns to Search

Looking for	Grep pattern
Completed work	Completed|✅|C[0-9]+:
Failures	fail|❌|reject|block
Decisions	decided|decision|chose|pivot
Ideas	Inbox|I[0-9]+:|idea|maybe
Technical debt	debt|todo|hack|fixme|refactor

Cost Efficiency

• Grep: Free, instant
• Read: Counts against context, use sparingly
• Task(haiku): ~$0.001, use for semantic analysis
• Task(sonnet): ~$0.01, use only if haiku insufficient

Always grep first. Only escalate to LLM when you need reasoning, not retrieval.