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Retrieve a chronological timeline of memories for a domain or workstream. Filter by date, tags, important events, or explore evolution around a specific memory.
Instructions
Returns memories in chronological order by effective date (COALESCE(occurred_at, created_at)).
By default returns ALL memories in the domain — the complete chronological view of everything filed. Use this to understand how a domain evolved over time.
Set important_only=true to return only memories where occurred_at is explicitly set. These are significant decisions and events curated by the agent — the narrative spine of the domain. Use this to review key milestones or debug a decision trail.
Pass memory_id to scope the timeline to a single memory's neighbourhood (depth 2 by default, domain-clipped) — answers 'how did this workstream evolve?' from a known anchor. Combines with important_only=true for the decision spine of the workstream. memory_id takes precedence over domain if both are supplied.
Use from/to to scope by effective date. Use tags to further filter results (comma-separated). All filters apply in both domain mode and memory_id mode.
For importance analysis beyond the timeline — which nodes 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 | ISO8601 date or datetime. Filter to nodes whose effective date (COALESCE(occurred_at, created_at)) is on or before this value. | |
| from | No | ISO8601 date or datetime. Filter to nodes whose effective date (COALESCE(occurred_at, created_at)) is on or after this value. | |
| tags | No | Optional comma-separated list of tags to filter by. Only memories matching at least one tag are returned. Applies in both modes. | |
| depth | No | Neighbourhood depth when using memory_id (default 2). | |
| limit | No | Max results (default 20) | |
| digest | No | When true, collapse each result to a single compact text line in a lines array. Default false. Each line includes id and occurred_at when set. | |
| domain | No | Optional domain to scope. Not required when memory_id is supplied. | |
| memory_id | No | Optional — scope the timeline to the neighbourhood of this memory (depth 2 by default, domain-clipped). Returns the workstream's chronological evolution from a known anchor. Takes precedence over domain if both are supplied. | |
| node_kind | No | Optional filter by node_kind. Space-separated for OR match. | |
| important_only | No | When true, return only memories with occurred_at explicitly set (significant decisions and events). When false or absent, return all memories ordered by effective date. |