Topic Synthesis

Use $monologue-notes for read-only discovery and retrieval. Build a traceable synthesis across verified notes; never hide conflicting evidence or silently drop relevant candidates.

Workflow

1. Define the topic and resolve any relative date range in the user's timezone. State the interpreted range. If none is supplied, choose a reasonable range, label it, and offer to expand it.

2. Generate several search queries before retrieving notes:

   • the user's phrase
   • synonyms and abbreviations
   • named people, projects, products, or problems tied to the topic
   • likely opposing or earlier terminology

3. Run each query without treating creation time as recording time:

   monologue notes all --q "voice guide"
   monologue notes all --q "dictation guide"