| name | sb-ask |
| description | Search and synthesize knowledge from SecondBrain vault. Use when the user asks about their projects, past decisions, meetings, people, goals, or anything that might be in their personal knowledge base. Triggers on questions like "what do I know about X", "find notes on Y", "what did we decide about Z", "remind me about", "what's the status of". |
| when_to_use | Invoke before answering any factual question about the user's work, projects, meetings, or decisions. Prefer secondbrain_recall for quick lookups (top 5 results), or secondbrain_ask for multi-source synthesis. |
| allowed-tools | Bash(.venv/bin/sb ask *) |
SecondBrain Knowledge Lookup
Answer the user's question by querying their personal vault. Use the MCP tools in this order:
- Quick recall first — call
secondbrain_recall with the user's query
- If insufficient — call
secondbrain_ask for full DataAgent synthesis
- Cite sources — always mention the vault file path(s) where you found the answer
Query to answer
$ARGUMENTS
Format
- Start with a direct answer
- Follow with supporting evidence from vault (quote briefly, cite path)
- Note any gaps: "Your vault doesn't have X, but based on Y..."
- If nothing found: say so clearly and suggest
sb ingest to add relevant docs
