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:
code
/mem-search authentication error fix /mem-search database schema decisions /mem-search how did we handle caching /mem-search API rate limiting patterns
Workflow
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Analyze the Query
- •Determine if they're looking for an error, decision, pattern, or general info
- •Identify any project context
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Search Strategy
- •Use
mem_searchwith 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
- •Use
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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:
markdown
## Found X results for "query" ### [Title] **Type**: type | **Path**: `path/to/note.md` **Project**: project-name --- 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:
code
mem_project_context({ project: "project-name" })
This returns unresolved errors, active decisions, and patterns for the project.