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remnic-search

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Run a deep full-text search across every Remnic memory. Trigger phrases include "search memories for", "find anything about", "deep search".

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How to use this skill

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/joshuaswarren/remnic/blob/HEAD/packages/plugin-codex/skills/remnic-search/SKILL.md

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When to use

Use when a natural-language remnic-recall did not surface something the user insists exists, or when the task genuinely needs exhaustive coverage rather than a ranked summary.

Triggers:

  • "Search memories for …"
  • "Deep search on …"
  • "I know I told you about X, find it."
  • Follow-up after remnic-recall returned nothing useful.

Inputs

  • query (required) — literal phrase or keyword string; this is full-text, not semantic.
  • Optional: date range, category filter, or entity constraint if the tool supports it.

Procedure

  1. Ask the user (or the calling skill) for the most literal phrase they expect to match.
  2. Call remnic_lcm_search with that phrase.
  3. Group results by date or category when the tool returns enough metadata.
  4. Present the top 5–10 matches with dates and short excerpts.
  5. If still nothing, say so plainly and suggest remnic-remember if the content should be captured going forward.

Efficiency plan

  • Use the most specific phrase available; literal matches are cheaper than wildcarding.
  • Prefer one targeted search over several broad ones.
  • When recall already worked, do not re-run a deep search for the same topic in the same turn.

Pitfalls and fixes

  • Pitfall: Using remnic_lcm_search as the default. Fix: Start with remnic_recall; escalate to search only when recall fails.
  • Pitfall: Pasting huge result dumps. Fix: Show the top matches with excerpts, not the raw payloads.
  • Pitfall: Over-broad queries like "notes". Fix: Require at least one distinctive keyword.

Verification checklist

  • remnic_lcm_search was called only after recall fell short or the task required exhaustive matching.
  • Results were grouped by relevance/date when possible.
  • User-facing output shows excerpts, not raw blobs.
  • Legacy engram_lcm_search alias was not preferred over remnic_lcm_search.

Tool names: canonical name is remnic_lcm_search. The legacy engram_lcm_search alias remains accepted during v1.x.