search

Memory

Search first: /mnemonic:search {relevant_keywords} Capture after: /mnemonic:capture {namespace} "{title}"

Run /mnemonic:list --namespaces to see available namespaces from loaded ontologies.

/mnemonic:search

Direct ripgrep search across mnemonic memories.

Arguments

• <pattern> - Required. Search pattern (supports regex)
• --namespace - Limit search to specific namespace
• --context - Lines of context around matches (default: 0)
• --files-only - Only list matching file paths
• --case-sensitive - Case-sensitive search (default: case-insensitive)
• --scope - user, project, or all (default: all)

Procedure

Step 1: Parse Arguments

PATTERN="${1:?Error: Pattern required}"
NAMESPACE="${NAMESPACE:-}"
CONTEXT="${CONTEXT:-0}"
FILES_ONLY="${FILES_ONLY:-false}"
CASE_SENSITIVE="${CASE_SENSITIVE:-false}"
SCOPE="${SCOPE:-all}"

ORG=$(git remote get-url origin 2>/dev/null | sed -E 's|.*[:/]([^/]+)/[^/]+\.git$|\1|' | sed 's|\.git$||')
[ -z "$ORG" ] && ORG="default"

Step 2: Build Search Command

# Base command
RG_CMD="rg"

# Case sensitivity
[ "$CASE_SENSITIVE" = "false" ] && RG_CMD="$RG_CMD -i"

# Context lines
[ "$CONTEXT" -gt 0 ] && RG_CMD="$RG_CMD -C$CONTEXT"

# Files only
[ "$FILES_ONLY" = "true" ] && RG_CMD="$RG_CMD -l"

# File pattern
RG_CMD="$RG_CMD --glob '*.memory.md'"

Step 3: Determine Search Paths

SEARCH_PATHS=""

case "$SCOPE" in
    user)
        SEARCH_PATHS="$HOME/.claude/mnemonic/$ORG"
        ;;
    project)
        SEARCH_PATHS="./.claude/mnemonic"
        ;;
    all|*)
        SEARCH_PATHS="$HOME/.claude/mnemonic/$ORG ./.claude/mnemonic"
        ;;
esac

# Narrow by namespace
if [ -n "$NAMESPACE" ]; then
    NEW_PATHS=""
    for path in $SEARCH_PATHS; do
        [ -d "$path/$NAMESPACE" ] && NEW_PATHS="$NEW_PATHS $path/$NAMESPACE"
    done
    SEARCH_PATHS="$NEW_PATHS"
fi

Step 4: Execute Search

echo "=== Searching: $PATTERN ==="
echo ""

for path in $SEARCH_PATHS; do
    if [ -d "$path" ]; then
        if [ "$FILES_ONLY" = "true" ]; then
            rg $([[ "$CASE_SENSITIVE" = "false" ]] && echo "-i") -l "$PATTERN" "$path" --glob "*.memory.md" 2>/dev/null
        else
            rg $([[ "$CASE_SENSITIVE" = "false" ]] && echo "-i") $([[ "$CONTEXT" -gt 0 ]] && echo "-C$CONTEXT") "$PATTERN" "$path" --glob "*.memory.md" 2>/dev/null
        fi
    fi
done