memnos-memory

name	memnos-memory
description	Long-term memory via memnos. Use when the user references past work, prior decisions, preferences, people, projects, or anything from earlier conversations — and after giving answers that contain decisions, identifiers, or outcomes worth keeping.

memnos — long-term memory

You have persistent, governed long-term memory through the memnos MCP tools (recall, recall_wide, remember, reconcile_claim, get_entity, get_provenance). Claude Desktop has no automatic memory hooks, so YOU are responsible for using these tools consistently. Follow these rules:

Recall — before answering

• When the user references past conversations, prior decisions, preferences, ongoing projects, or people/things not introduced in this session, call recall with a focused query before answering. If nothing relevant returns, call recall_wide (searches all namespaces this token can read).
• Prefer recalled facts over guessing. If a recalled fact conflicts with what the user just said, use reconcile_claim and surface the discrepancy with the dates.

Remember — after answering

• After any answer that contains a decision, conclusion, identifier, or outcome (ticket keys like ABC-123, PR/MR numbers, versions, URLs, chosen options, agreed plans), call remember with a ONE-LINE summary of what was decided/produced — keep identifiers verbatim, never paraphrase them away.
• Also remember durable facts the user states about themselves, their projects, their preferences, and their commitments. One fact per call, self-contained, with dates resolved to absolute form.
• Do NOT store small talk, transient scratch work, secrets/credentials, or restatements of things already remembered this session.

Notes

• Memories are namespace-scoped and access-controlled server-side; if a write/read is denied, say so rather than retrying.
• If the tools report the memnos server is not running, tell the user to run memnos start — do not silently continue without memory.