read-working-memory
Daily briefing of active focus areas, priorities, and recent knowledge changes for cross-session continuity.
- Load at the beginning of each session to understand current context and recent work across tools
- Surfaces active focus areas ranked by recent activity, flagged priorities, and unresolved contradictions or stale information
- Works via
nmem wm readCLI command for both local and remote knowledge bases, with fallback to local file access - Includes deep links to specific memories for further exploration when context needs expansion
Read Working Memory
Start every session with context. Your Working Memory is a daily briefing synthesized from your knowledge base.
When to Use
At session start:
- Beginning of a new conversation
- Returning to a project after a break
- When context about recent work would help
During session:
- User asks "what am I working on?" or "what's my context?"
- User references recent priorities or decisions
- Need to understand what's been happening across tools
Skip when:
- Already loaded this session
- User explicitly wants a fresh start
- Working on an isolated, context-independent task
Usage
Read Working Memory with nmem first:
nmem --json wm read
If it succeeds but reports exists: false, say there is no Working Memory briefing yet.
If the host already knows a project or agent lane, add --space "<space name>".
Only fall back to ~/ai-now/memory.md for older local-only Default-space setups.
What You'll Find
The Working Memory briefing contains:
- Active Focus Areas — Topics you're currently engaged with, ranked by recent activity
- Priorities — Items flagged as important or needing attention
- Unresolved Flags — Contradictions, stale information, or items needing verification
- Recent Activity — What changed in your knowledge base since the last briefing
- Deep Links — References to specific memories for further exploration
How to Use This Context
- Read once at session start — don't re-read unless asked
- Reference naturally — mention relevant context when it connects to the current task
- Continuation handoff — if the task looks like a review, regression, release, resume, or prior-decision question, move straight into
search-memoryafter the briefing instead of stopping here - Don't overwhelm — share only the parts relevant to what the user is working on
- Cross-tool continuity — insights saved in other tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) appear here
Examples
# Read today's briefing
nmem --json wm read
# Legacy local-only fallback
test -f ~/ai-now/memory.md && cat ~/ai-now/memory.md || echo "No Working Memory found. Ensure Nowledge Mem is running with Background Intelligence enabled."
About Working Memory
Working Memory is generated daily by Nowledge Mem's Background Intelligence. It synthesizes your recent knowledge activity into a concise briefing that any connected AI tool can read.
Updated daily at your configured briefing time (default: 8 AM local time).
Shared across tools — connected tools read the same lane's briefing. Save an insight in one tool, and that lane's next briefing reflects it for the others.
Links
Native Plugin
These skills work in any agent via CLI. For auto-recall, auto-capture, and graph tools, check if your agent has a native Nowledge Mem plugin — run the check-integration skill or see https://mem.nowledge.co/docs/integrations