brain_recall

The read side of the brain. Returns titles + last-modified dates + brief excerpts for matching notes — Claude is expected to cite these when acting on a result.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
query	string	—	Free-text query — e.g. “git workflow”, “deployment runbook”, “idempotent migrations”
category	enum	(any)	One of standards, decisions, lessons, apps, reviews, drafts to scope the search
limit	number	10	Cap on results returned

Example

Claude: I’ll check the brain for our git workflow first.

brain_recall(query="git workflow", category="standards")

→ Brain matches for "git workflow" (backend=trilium, 2 results):
    • Git Workflow  [id=ExdruMgaoqjb, modified 2026-04-26]
        "Branch model: main — production. Only updated via PR from develop during releases. develop — integration branch. Features PR to here for review..."

Claude: Per Trilium Standards / Git Workflow (last updated 2026-04-26): all PRs target develop, never main. So I’ll branch off develop for this fix.

That citation is the discipline rule in action — see Discipline rules.

Tips

• Prefer specific over broad: "jwt rotation strategy" retrieves more useful results than "jwt".
• Use category when known: scoping to standards skips noise from old drafts.
• Backend-aware quirks:
  • Trilium: query is run as a Trilium fulltext search restricted to #claude-brain notes
  • Obsidian: substring match across body + filename, ranked by mtime
  • Notion: Notion’s own search endpoint, restricted to integration-accessible pages