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name: recall
description: "Pull relevant findings stashed from past sessions — on demand. Triggers on: recall, remember, what did I learn, prior session, past findings, did I hit this before, what do we know about."
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# Recall

**IMPORTANT: Start your response by telling the user:**

> **Recall** — Searching cross-session memory for findings related to
> your query.

## What It Does

`/recall` is the on-demand companion to the automatic SessionStart
recall. It searches the findings stashed by the Stop hook across past
sessions (file backend by default; Redis AMS when connected) and
surfaces the most relevant ones, formatted for reading.

- **With a query** (`/recall AMS event loop`): keyword + recency search,
  same-project findings ranked first.
- **No query** (`/recall`): the most recent findings for this project.

## How To Run It

Recall is exposed through `attune.memory.session_stash`. Run the
appropriate snippet via Bash from the project root, then present the
results as a readable list (newest / most-relevant first), grouped or
annotated by their `[type]`.

**With a query:**

```bash
python -c "import json, os; from attune.memory.session_stash import recall_entries; print(json.dumps(recall_entries(os.environ['Q'], top_k=8, cwd=os.getcwd()), ensure_ascii=False))"
```

Pass the user's topic as the `Q` environment variable (avoids quoting
issues), e.g. `Q="AMS event loop" python -c "..."`.

**No query (recent):**

```bash
python -c "import json, os; from attune.memory.session_stash import recent_entries; print(json.dumps(recent_entries(top_k=8, cwd=os.getcwd()), ensure_ascii=False))"
```

Each result is a dict with `text`, `topics` (carrying `type:<kind>` and
`cwd:<path>`), `cwd`, and `session_id`. Render them as:

```
- [decision] <text>
- [bug] <text>
```

## When Nothing Comes Back

An empty list means no matching findings yet (the store fills as the
Stop hook stashes findings over sessions), or no searchable backend is
installed. Say so plainly — do **not** invent findings. Suggest the
user keep working; the soak fills the store over time.

## Promote A Keeper

If a recalled finding is worth keeping permanently, the user can
promote it into curated memory with `/remember` — the durable,
human-curated tier above this raw cross-session stash.