Use after work begun with recall, or any work requiring more than one tool call or non-trivial thought. Use immediately for explicit save requests ("remember this", "save that", "note for next time"), and the moment a review, failing check, or user correction confirms a lesson; capture it before applying the fix. Also use at session end when a presented conclusion, design, or finding was later overturned or corrected. Use when a specific approach is confirmed: the user praises a reusable behavior, or an uncertain choice succeeds with observable evidence. This preserves lessons for future recall.

2026-07-198

operator

toejough/engram

Use when operating or configuring the sweeper background job.

2026-07-168

please

toejough/engram

Use when the user asks you to take a task end-to-end. Triggers on the explicit slash form `/please <ask>` and on natural-language phrasings of the same intent: "please do X", "please work through X", "please take care of X", "work through X end-to-end", "take this end-to-end", "drive X to completion", "see this through". An `<ask>` argument is required — without one, ask the user a single clarifying question and wait. Do not fire on casual uses of "please" attached to a single trivial action ("please read this file", "please rename this var") — fire only when the user is handing over a multi-step piece of work to be carried end-to-end. The explicit slash form `/please <ask>` is an opt-in and always fires regardless of how trivial the ask looks — the user chose the workflow deliberately.

2026-07-168

recall

toejough/engram

Use after any user request that might entail more than a single tool call or anything more than quick, shallow thinking. This surfaces relevant memories that are VITAL to recall for a good user experience and a greater chance at first-pass success for the user's request.

2026-07-138

write-memory

toejough/engram

Executes a vault write handed off by another skill (recall, learn): composes the engram command from the provided fields, runs it, verifies the result, and reports the written note path. Requires a handoff — do not fire on your own judgment that something is worth remembering.

2026-07-118

route

toejough/engram

Use when you are about to dispatch a subagent and must decide its agent type, model, and effort level. Triggers on any delegation decision, and when you recognize a unit is too large for one focused agent and needs decomposition before dispatch.

2026-07-108

name	sweeper
description	Use when operating or configuring the sweeper background job.