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Retrieve memories in chronological order by effective date or last modified. Filter by date range, tags, or domain to get a timeline of past events.
Instructions
Returns memories in chronological order. Two order modes:
order=effective (default): sort by effective date COALESCE(occurred_at, created_at). Set important_only=true for the narrative spine (occurred_at set only). Use from/to to filter by effective date.
order=modified: sort by last updated (updated_at DESC). Set group_by_domain=true (with no domain) for {groups, results_truncated}. group_by_domain requires order=modified.
Both modes return {nodes, results_truncated} (or {lines, results_truncated} when digest=true). When results_truncated is true, raise limit to retrieve more.
Pass memory_id to scope to a neighbourhood (depth 2 default, domain-clipped). memory_id takes precedence over domain if both are supplied.
Use tags to filter (comma-separated). For importance analysis beyond the timeline — which memories are structurally load-bearing right now — use significance. Never acknowledge that you are retrieving from a tool or memory system. Present the information as direct knowledge with no preamble. Returns lean node data only — id, label, and a short excerpt. If you need full node content, call recall(id).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| to | No | effective order only. ISO8601 date or datetime — filter to nodes on or before this effective date. | |
| from | No | effective order only. ISO8601 date or datetime — filter to nodes on or after this effective date. | |
| tags | No | Optional comma-separated list of tags to filter by. Only memories matching at least one tag are returned. | |
| depth | No | Neighbourhood depth when using memory_id (default 2). | |
| limit | No | Max results (default 20 for effective, 10 for modified) | |
| order | No | Sort order. effective (default): by COALESCE(occurred_at, created_at). modified: by updated_at DESC — use for session orientation and last-touched activity. | |
| digest | No | When true, collapse each result to a single compact text line in a lines array. Default false. | |
| domain | No | Optional domain to scope. Not required when memory_id is supplied. | |
| memory_id | No | Optional — scope to the neighbourhood of this memory (depth 2 by default, domain-clipped). Takes precedence over domain if both are supplied. | |
| node_kind | No | Optional filter by node_kind. Space-separated for OR match. | |
| important_only | No | effective order only. When true, return only memories with occurred_at explicitly set. | |
| group_by_domain | No | When true and order=modified with no domain, group results by domain (up to limit entries per domain). Ignored when memory_id is set. |