mem-search

Memory Search Skill

Search your Claude Code knowledge base to find relevant information.

When to Use

• Finding how a previous error was solved
• Recalling decisions made about the codebase
• Looking up patterns used before
• Getting context about a file's history
• Finding knowledge and learnings

Usage

The skill accepts a natural language query. Examples:

/mem-search authentication error fix
/mem-search database schema decisions
/mem-search how did we handle caching
/mem-search API rate limiting patterns

Workflow

1. Analyze the Query

   • Determine if they're looking for an error, decision, pattern, or general info
   • Identify any project context

2. Search Strategy

   • Use mem_search with appropriate filters
   • For errors: filter by type: error
   • For decisions: filter by type: decision
   • For patterns: filter by type: pattern
   • For knowledge: filter by type: learning

3. Present Results

   • Show a summary of top matches
   • Show title, type, and path for each result
   • Offer to show full details with mem_read

Output Format

Present results clearly:

## Found X results for "query"

### [Title]
**Type**: type | **Path**: `path/to/note.md`
**Project**: project-name

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Would you like me to show the full details of any of these?

Note: Search returns lightweight results. Use mem_read for full note content.

Advanced Usage

If the user wants project-wide context:

mem_project_context({ project: "project-name" })

This returns unresolved errors, active decisions, and patterns for the project.