You MUST invoke this skill before saying "I don't know," guessing, or treating any topic as new, no matter how trivial the question seems. It supplements other memory systems, which only hold partial records. Searching past conversations is the only way to recover what was actually said.

Remembering Conversations Core principle: Search before reinventing. Searching costs nothing; reinventing or repeating mistakes costs everything. Mandatory: Search Historical Memory YOU MUST search historical memory for any historical search. Announce: "Searching past conversations for [topic]." Claude Code Use the Task tool with subagent type: "search conversations" : Codex If a search conversations agent is available, dispatch it with the same prompt. If not, use the MCP tools directly: 1. Search with the episodic memory search tool 2. Read the top 2 5 results with the episodic memory read tool 3. Synthesize findings in your response 4. Include source pointers so the user can inspect the original conversations The search workflow will: 1. Search with the search tool 2. Read top 2 5 results with the read tool 3. Synthesize findings (200 1000 words) 4. Return actionable insights + sources Saves 50 100x context vs. loading raw conversations. opencode Use the MCP tools directly unless a local search agent is available: 1. Search with the episodic memory search tool 2. Read the top 2 5 results with the episodic memory read tool 3. Synthesize findings in your response 4. Include source pointers so the user can inspect the original conversations When to Use Use this whenever the current task would benefit from information you may have learned before, even if the user did not explicitly ask you to search. When past experience may help: You need to recall decisions, rationale, patterns, solutions, pitfalls, or project context from earlier work A task resembles something you've solved, debugged, reviewed, released, or planned before You need to repeat a workflow or process that may have prior gotchas or established steps When you're stuck: You've investigated a problem and can't find the solution Facing a complex problem without obvious solution in current code Need to follow an unfamiliar workflow or process When historical signals are present: User says "last time", "before", "we discussed", "you implemented" User asks "why did we...", "what was the reason..." User says "do you remember...", "what do we know about..." Before answering from uncertainty: Before guessing from memory or saying "I don't know" about something that may have been learned in a past conversation, search memory unless the current conversation already answers it Don't search first: For current codebase structure (use Grep/Read to explore first) For info in current conversation Before understanding what you're being asked to do Direct MCP Tool Access Use these directly when a search agent is unavailable or the current harness does not support agent dispatch: mcp plugin episodic memory episodic memory search mcp plugin episodic memory episodic memory read When using MCP tools directly, keep context small: search first, then read only the top 2 5 relevant conversations or line ranges. See MCP TOOLS.md for complete API reference if needed for advanced usage.

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