memorix-reasoning

Development

Use when a technical decision, trade-off, rejected alternative, architecture rationale, or design risk should be recorded or recovered.

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Memorix Reasoning

Use reasoning memory for why a decision was made. Use ordinary memory for what happened.

Tool Router

Situation	Prefer	CLI fallback
Store why a decision was made	`memorix_store_reasoning`	`memorix reasoning store --entity <name> --decision "<decision>" --rationale "<why>"`
Find earlier rationale	`memorix_search_reasoning`	`memorix reasoning search --query "<topic>"`
Need a stable evolving topic key	`memorix_suggest_topic_key`	`memorix memory suggest-topic-key --type decision --title "<title>"`
Link rationale to commit evidence	`relatedCommits` on reasoning store	`memorix reasoning store ... --relatedCommits <sha>`

Use Reasoning When

The answer depends on alternatives considered, constraints, expected outcomes, or accepted risks.
A future agent may otherwise reopen the same debate.
The user chose a direction and the reason matters more than the implementation details.
A Git Memory entry says what changed, but not why it changed.

Do Not Use Reasoning For

Simple progress notes.
Mechanical refactors with no decision.
Facts that belong in memorix_store as how-it-works, what-changed, or problem-solution.