Memory - Read & Access Operations

Unified read-side memory skill with subcommands for searching, loading, syncing, history, and visualization.

Cross-session read strategy (Opus 4.8 / CC 2.1.111+): Opus 4.8 reads filesystem memory more reliably than older tiers. When loading context at session start, prefer the layered read order:

1. ~/.claude/projects/<slug>/memory/MEMORY.md (durable index — load first, always)
2. .claude/chain/state.json + most recent NN-*.json handoff (session continuation)
3. MCP mcp__memory__search_nodes for anything the filesystem index doesn't answer (typed graph traversal)

Layer 1 is cheap (small index file), Layer 2 is scoped (session-specific), Layer 3 is selective (only when needed). Avoid dumping the full knowledge graph into context — use the index to narrow the search first.

Argument Resolution

SUBCOMMAND = "$ARGUMENTS[0]"  # First token: search, load, history, viz, status
QUERY = "$ARGUMENTS[1]"       # Second token onward: search query or flags
# $ARGUMENTS is the full string (CC 2.1.59 indexed access)