Recap

The user wants a recap. Time window args: $ARGUMENTS

Quick start

memory_sessions { "limit": 30 }

Then per surviving session: memory_recall { "query": "<top concepts>", "limit": 3 }.

Expected output:

2026-06-07
  7f3a9c2 · "Auth refresh rework" · 14 obs · completed
    - [8] Rotate refresh tokens on every use
3 sessions across 2 days, 41 observations.

Why

Only summarize sessions and observations the tools returned. An empty window is a real answer, not a prompt to invent activity.

Workflow

1. Parse $ARGUMENTS: today = current local date; this week = last 7 days; last <n> or bare numeric = most recent N; empty = last 10. 2. Call memory_sessions, filter to the current project (match cwd against the working directory), apply the window, sort by startedAt descending. 3. Group survivors by local calendar date (YYYY-MM-DD). 4. Per session list id (first 8), title or first prompt, observation count, status. Indent 2-3 highlights (importance >= 7) from memory_recall. 5. End with "N sessions across M days, K observations."

Anti-patterns

WRONG: window is empty, so you summarize "a productive week of auth work" from memory of the conversation.

RIGHT: "No sessions in the last 7 days for this project."

Checklist

• Window parsed correctly from the argument.
• Sessions filtered to the current project's cwd.
• Highlights come from memory_recall, not paraphrase.
• Totals line reflects the actual counts shown.

See also

• handoff, session-history, recall: same session data, different lens.

Troubleshooting

See ../_shared/TROUBLESHOOTING.md if memory_sessions or memory_recall is not available.

recap worked examples

1. This week

User: "Recap this week."

Window: last 7 days. Invocation:

memory_sessions { "limit": 30 }

Response (after filtering to cwd and the 7-day window):

{
  "sessions": [
    { "id": "7f3a9c21", "cwd": "/Users/dev/app", "title": "Auth refresh rework",
      "startedAt": "2026-06-07T09:00:00Z", "observationCount": 14, "status": "completed",
      "concepts": ["jwt-refresh-rotation", "auth-flow"] },
    { "id": "b21d004e", "cwd": "/Users/dev/app", "title": "Rate limiter audit",
      "startedAt": "2026-06-05T14:00:00Z", "observationCount": 9, "status": "completed",
      "concepts": ["rate-limiter", "per-ip-bug"] }
  ]
}

Per session, pull highlights:

memory_recall { "query": "jwt-refresh-rotation auth-flow", "limit": 3 }

Present:

2026-06-07

- 7f3a9c2 Auth refresh rework, 14 obs, completed

- [8] Rotate refresh tokens on every use

>

2026-06-05

- b21d004e Rate limiter audit, 9 obs, completed

- [7] limit.ts counts per-IP, not per-user

>

2 sessions across 2 days, 23 observations.

2. Bare number

User: "recap 3"

Treat as last 3. Call memory_sessions { "limit": 3 }, group by date, same format.

3. Empty window

User: "Recap today."

If memory_sessions returns no session whose startedAt is today and whose cwd matches:

No sessions today for this project. The most recent was yesterday, 7f3a9c2

Auth refresh rework. Want a recap of that instead?