Recall Past Work Search through previous sessions to find relevant decisions, approaches that worked, and approaches that failed. Queries two sources: 1. Artifact Index Handoffs, plans, ledgers with post mortems (what worked/failed) 2. Reasoning Files Build attempts, test failures, commit context When to Use Starting work similar to past sessions "What did we do last time with X?" Looking for patterns that worked before Investigating why something was done a certain way Debugging an issue encountered previously Usage Primary: Artifact Index (rich context) This searches handoffs with post mortems (what worked, what failed, key decisions). Secondary: Reasoning Files (build attempts) This searches .git/claude/commits/ /reasoning.md for build failures and fixes. Examples What Gets Searched Artifact Index (handoffs, plans, ledgers): Task summaries and status What worked Successful approaches What failed Dead ends and why Key decisions Choices with rationale Goal and constraints from ledgers Reasoning Files ( .git/claude/ ): Failed build attempts and error output Successful builds after failures Commit context and branch info Interpreting Results From Artifact Index: ✓ = SUCCEEDED outcome (pattern to follow) ✗ = FAILED outcome (pattern to avoid) ? = UNKNOWN outcome (not yet marked) Post mortem sections show distilled learnings From Reasoning: build fail = approach that didn't work build pass = what finally succeeded Multiple failures before success = non trivial problem Process 1. Run Artifact Index query first richer context, post mortems 2. Review relevant handoffs check what worked/failed sections 3. If needed, search reasoning for specific build errors 4. Apply learnings follow successful patterns, avoid failed ones No Results? Artifact Index empty: Run uv run python scripts/core/artifact index.py all to index existing handoffs Create handoffs with post mortem sections for future recall Reasoning files empty: Use /commit after builds to capture reasoning Check if .git/claude/ directory exists

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