Use the recall skill to retrieve composed context from active memory, trusted Terminus graphs, and optional speculative branches. Also covers journal-backed history of past working-memory mutations.
Retrieve past knowledge from the memory layers.
import pathlib
from datetime import date
from src.api.memory_manager import MemoryManager
from src.retrieval.composer import RetrievalComposer
from src.journal.appender import JournalAppender
root = pathlib.Path(".agent-memory")
# High-level retrieval via MemoryManager
mgr = MemoryManager(root_dir=root)
context = mgr.retrieve_context(include_terminus=False)
# context keys: session, working_items, entities, tasks, claims,
# terminus_memories, speculative_inference, facet_relations
# Include trusted Terminus memories and speculative inference
full = mgr.retrieve_context(
include_terminus=True,
include_speculative=True,
inference_branch="inference/sess-1",
)
# Journal history for today
appender = JournalAppender(root)
events = appender.read_day(date.today())
for event in events:
print(event.mutation_kind, event.changed_files)
from src.retrieval.composer import RetrievalComposer
from src.terminus.adapter import TerminusMemoryRepository
repo = TerminusMemoryRepository(url="http://localhost:6363")
composer = RetrievalComposer(root, terminus_repo=repo)
trusted = composer.retrieve(include_terminus=True)
exploratory = composer.retrieve(
include_terminus=True,
include_speculative=True,
inference_branch="inference/sess-1",
)
| Class | Method | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
MemoryManager | retrieve_context() | High-level composed retrieval with opt-in layers |
RetrievalComposer | retrieve() | Low-level retrieval combining active, Terminus, and speculative sources |
JournalAppender | read_day() | Read mutation events for a specific date |
ActiveRetriever | get_session() / get_working_set() / get_entities() / get_tasks() / get_claims() | Individual active-memory readers |
src/retrieval/composer.py — composed retrieval from multiple layerssrc/retrieval/active_retriever.py — filesystem active-memory readersrc/retrieval/terminus_retriever.py — Terminus trusted/speculative readersrc/journal/appender.py — journal day-file readertests/integration/test_retrieval.py — integration coveragenotebooks/03_historical_recall.ipynb — executable walkthroughRetrievalComposer from src/retrieval/composer.py to merge context layers rather than hand-merging sources.JournalAppender in src/journal/appender.py as the source for mutation history.include_speculative=True.tests/integration/test_retrieval.py.