{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-20",
 "id": "dragthelake-ambient-context--find-page-or-file-seen-earlier",
 "repo": "dragthelake/ambient-context",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/dragthelake/ambient-context",
 "repo_slug": "dragthelake-ambient-context",
 "title": "Find the page or file you saw earlier today",
 "page_title": "How to find the page or file you saw earlier today with Ambient Context",
 "summary": "Search the day's record for an excerpt and open the document path or URL it points to.",
 "who": "A person who remembers reading something earlier in the day but cannot recall which app, tab or file it was in.",
 "problem": "Screen content is gone once you switch away, so finding it again means retracing the whole day by hand.",
 "outcome": "The matching block in the record, with the file path or URL where the app exposes one, so you can open the original.",
 "steps": [
  "Record during the day with the eye open in the menu bar.",
  "Open the Days folder in your chosen save location.",
  "Search the markdown files with grep for a phrase you remember seeing.",
  "Open the file path or URL shown in the matching block."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the dragthelake/ambient-context record folder, search the Days files for <placeholder phrase> and list each match with its app, time and any file path or URL. Expected output: a list of matches with timestamps. Verify that each listed path or URL opens the original document.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "30 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "References appear only where the app exposes a document path or URL, so some blocks will show text alone.",
 "category": "Personal productivity",
 "tags": [
  "Personal productivity"
 ],
 "lang": "rust",
 "requirements": [
  "A Mac on macOS 14 or later with Apple Silicon",
  "Accessibility permission granted to Ambient Context",
  "A folder you choose to hold the record, ideally outside iCloud Drive",
  "An agent CLI you already have (Claude Code, Codex or opencode) for Knowledge and Notes",
  "An MCP client such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor or Zed for the tool connection"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.8,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/dragthelake-ambient-context/find-page-or-file-seen-earlier/",
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 "disclaimer": "Deduped lists open-source repositories that belong to other people. We do not own, maintain, audit, or vouch for any of them, and a repo appearing here is not an endorsement or a safety check. The use cases, steps, and prompts are written by AI and may be incomplete, outdated, or just wrong. Where a use case is marked \"Seen in the wild\", we link to public posts where someone described something similar, but we have not verified those posts and the use case itself is still our AI's own write-up. Use all of this at your own risk. Only run code, commands, or agents on systems and accounts you are authorized to use, and read the code and every command before you run it, especially anything that touches credentials, files, or the network. Nothing here is professional, security, legal, or financial advice. All trademarks and project names belong to their respective owners, and their use here does not imply affiliation. Content is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. Found a mistake, a safety problem, or something you want removed? Email hello@dedupedai.com and we will look at it promptly.",
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 "api_version": "v1"
}