Recall

Reads are compact by default and expandable on demand. Start from the brief; open handles for depth; search the archive when nothing prepared covers it.

CLI

memcal brief                 # the current snapshot
memcal week                  # the event window (--back/--forward/--json)
memcal month                 # whole month, separate from the user calendar
memcal todos                 # open to-dos
memcal E286                  # everything about one handle
memcal page jordan           # a wiki page
memcal search "dinner next week"   # full-text archive search

MCP

Tool	Reads
memcal_brief	The always-in-context block — read first
memcal_open	One brief line: detail, links, messages, history
memcal_open_page	Wiki page facts, encounters, citations
memcal_list_days	Day or stretch (saturday, tomorrow, weekend, date)
memcal_list_month	Whole-month memory view
memcal_search_archive	Raw messages, email, notes (person, stream, since/until)
memcal_source	Full invitation body plus backing
memcal_conversation	Ordered conversation around a message (before/after)

memcal_conversation takes a line_id from search results or a stream/thread pair, so a flagged thread is one call away — the assistant never invents a keyword search for known activity. See Daytime freshness.