name: read-working-memory description: "Load today's Working Memory briefing at session start. Shows your current focus areas, priorities, and recent knowledge changes across all AI tools."
Read Working Memory
Start every session with context. Use Context Bundle when owner identity, AI Identity, active scope, or rules could matter; it includes Working Memory. Use Working Memory alone for the lighter daily briefing.
When to Use
At session start:
- Beginning of a new conversation
- Returning to a project after a break
- When context about recent work would help
During session:
- User asks "what am I working on?" or "what's my context?"
- User references recent priorities or decisions
- Need to understand what has been happening across tools
Skip when:
- Already loaded this session
- User explicitly wants a fresh start
- Working on an isolated, context-independent task
Usage
nmem --json context --source-app pi
If the runtime already knows the current project or agent lane, add --space "<space name>". Multi-agent orchestrators can set NMEM_AGENT_ID="<agent-slug>" before launching the child agent. Add NMEM_SPACE only when that whole run should override the identity's default space. Use NMEM_HOST_AGENT_ID only for advanced host-id aliases.
For only Working Memory:
nmem --json wm read
What You'll Find
- Active Focus Areas: Topics you're currently engaged with, ranked by recent activity
- Priorities: Items flagged as important or needing attention
- Unresolved Flags: Contradictions, stale information, or items needing verification
- Recent Activity: What changed in your knowledge base since the last briefing
- Deep Links: References to specific memories for further exploration
How to Use This Context
- Read once at session start. Don't re-read unless asked.
- If Context Bundle was already loaded and includes Working Memory, do not read Working Memory again.
- If the task is clearly a continuation, review, regression, release, or prior-decision question, move directly into
search-memoryafter the briefing. - Reference naturally when it connects to the current task.
- Share only the parts relevant to what the user is working on.
- Insights saved in other tools (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex) appear here automatically.
If the response includes exists: false, mention there's no briefing yet and continue.