{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "songs-aaa-shared-memory-vault--search-past-project-memory",
 "repo": "songs-aaa/shared-memory-vault",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/songs-aaa/shared-memory-vault",
 "repo_slug": "songs-aaa-shared-memory-vault",
 "title": "Find earlier decisions before starting new work",
 "page_title": "How to find earlier decisions before starting new work with Shared Memory Vault",
 "summary": "Query the shared knowledge base so an agent reuses past decisions instead of redoing research.",
 "who": "A developer starting a new task in a project that has months of logs, notes and reflections already in the shared vault.",
 "problem": "Past decisions and research sit in many files, so agents or people redo work or contradict an earlier choice.",
 "outcome": "A ranked set of relevant past notes and reflections that the agent reads before it plans the new task.",
 "steps": [
  "Make sure the knowledge base exists and contains project memory under work memory/.",
  "Run a semantic search with your question: `python3 ~/.workbuddy/skills/shared-memory-vault/scripts/search.py \"<your question>\"` (inferred, check the README)",
  "Open the top results and note any decisions that apply to the new task.",
  "Have the agent cite those notes in its plan before it starts work."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the shared-memory-vault repo, run its semantic search for <question> against the knowledge base at <knowledge base path>. Report the three most relevant notes and one decision from each. Verify that each decision points to a real file in the vault.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The README lists search.py under semantic retrieval but does not describe how it takes its query, so confirm the argument format in the script before using the command above.",
 "category": "Work and operations",
 "tags": [
  "Work and operations"
 ],
 "lang": "",
 "requirements": [
  "Python to run the standard-library scripts",
  "bash to run vault-init.sh",
  "A cloud-synced directory on your machine",
  "An AI agent that can read SKILL.md and follow its lifecycle SOP"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": false,
 "score": 0.7,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/songs-aaa-shared-memory-vault/search-past-project-memory/",
 "md": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/songs-aaa-shared-memory-vault/search-past-project-memory/index.md",
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 "api_version": "v1"
}