ralph-memory

Skill access pattern (post-kernel-pivot, 2026.5+)

Skill names referenced in this document are AIWG skills, not slash commands. Most are not kernel-listed and cannot be invoked as /skill-name by the platform. Reach them via:

aiwg discover "<capability>"
aiwg show skill <name> --body

Only kernel-listed skills (aiwg-doctor, aiwg-refresh, aiwg-status, aiwg-help, use, steward) are directly invokable as slash commands. See skill-discovery rule.

Al Memory

Inspect and manage the semantic memory that Al accumulates across loop iterations. Memory entries record lessons learned, failure patterns, and success patterns so that later iterations — and future loops on similar tasks — benefit from what earlier attempts discovered.

Natural Language Triggers

Users may say:

• "ralph memory"
• "ralph memories"
• "list ralph memory"
• "query ralph memory"
• "what has ralph learned"
• "show ralph lessons"
• "clear ralph memory"

Parameters

Subcommand (required)

One of list, query, or clear.

--loop-id (optional)

Scope the operation to a specific loop's memory. If omitted, operates on the global memory store (.aiwg/ralph/memory.json).

/ralph-memory list --loop-id abc123

--query (optional, used with query subcommand)

Text to search for in memory entries. Matches against lesson, pattern, context, and tags fields.

/ralph-memory query --query "auth mocks"

--since (optional)

Filter entries created on or after this date. Accepts ISO 8601 date (2026-04-01) or relative expressions (7d, 2w).

/ralph-memory list --since 7d

Memory Entry Schema

Each entry in .aiwg/ralph/memory.json follows this structure:

{
  "id": "mem_a1b2c3",
  "loopId": "abc123",
  "iteration": 2,
  "createdAt": "2026-04-01T10:42:00Z",
  "type": "failure_pattern",
  "lesson": "Auth mocks must be initialized inside beforeEach, not at module scope",
  "context": "src/auth/auth.test.ts iteration 2 failure",
  "tags": ["auth", "mocks", "jest"],
  "confidence": 0.9
}