recall

name	recall
description	Use when user asks about past work, decisions, discussions, or topics that might have relevant history beyond loaded context
user-invokable	true

Recall Skill

Proactive Use (IMPORTANT)

Use this skill PROACTIVELY without being asked when:

• User asks about past decisions, discussions, or work ("what did we decide about X?")
• User references something from more than a week ago
• User asks "when did we...", "did we ever...", "have we talked about..."
• A topic comes up that likely has relevant history (projects, patterns, bugs fixed)
• User seems to expect you to remember something not in the loaded context

Don't wait to be prompted - search first, then answer with full context.

Instructions

1. Get the search query from the user
2. List all files in ~/.claude/memory/daily/
3. Read through each file searching for relevant content
4. Return matching excerpts with their dates
5. Summarize findings if there are many matches

Example Usage

• /recall authentication → Search all daily files for authentication mentions
• /recall what was I working on in December? → Read December files, summarize work

Search Strategy

1. For specific topics: search files for keywords
2. For time-based queries: read files from the specified time period
3. Always include date context when returning results

Implementation

Use the Grep tool to search across daily files:

• Grep(pattern: "search_term", path: "~/.claude/memory/daily/") for keyword matches
• Use -B2 -A2 context for surrounding lines

Use the Glob tool for time-based queries:

• Glob(pattern: "~/.claude/memory/daily/2026-01-*.md") for a specific month

Always provide the date with each result so the user knows when something happened.