Read Working Memory

Use the read_working_memory MCP tool to load the user's current focus, priorities, and unresolved context when the session-start hook did not already provide it or when a refresh is needed.

When To Use

• At session start if fresh Working Memory is not already present in the session context
• When resuming work after a break
• When the user asks what they are focused on now
• When the current task clearly depends on recent priorities or active initiatives

Usage Pattern

• If a fresh <nowledge_working_memory> block is already present, reuse it instead of reading again immediately.
• Otherwise, read it once near the start of the session.
• If the task is clearly a continuation, review, regression, release, or prior-decision question, move into search-memory after the briefing instead of stopping there.
• Reuse that context mentally instead of re-reading on every turn.
• Only refresh if the session context changed materially, the user asks, or the work has gone on long enough that a fresh briefing is clearly useful.