memo-cli

Overview

memo-cli is a capture-first memo CLI with an agent enrichment loop. Default output is human-readable text. JSON is explicit and intended for service/agent callers.

Usage

Usage:
  memo-cli [--db <path>] [--format <text|json> | --json] <command> [options]

Commands:
  add <text>                                 Capture a raw memo entry
  list [--limit <n>] [--offset <n>]         List entries (default: newest first)
  search <query> [--limit <n>]              Search raw + active derived text
  report <week|month> [--tz <iana-tz>]      Build period summaries
  fetch [--limit <n>] [--cursor <opaque>]   Pull records for enrichment workers
  apply (--input <file> | --stdin)          Apply enrichment payloads

Commands

add: append one immutable raw capture record.
list: show records with deterministic ordering and optional state filters.
search: run keyword/prefix search across capture and active enrichment.
report: render weekly/monthly summaries with capture fallback when enrichment is missing.
fetch: machine-facing pull for pending enrichment work.
apply: machine-facing write-back for normalized enrichment results.

JSON

Text mode is the default for all commands.
--json is shorthand for --format json.
fetch and apply are machine-facing commands and support both --json and --format json.
list, search, and report also support JSON mode for automation and dashboards.
In JSON mode, parse stdout only. stderr is diagnostic-only and not part of the data contract.
Exit code policy: 0 success, 64 usage error, 65 input data error, 1 runtime failure.

Examples

Capture quickly

memo-cli add "buy 1tb ssd for mom"
memo-cli add "book pediatric dentist appointment"

Agent enrichment loop

memo-cli fetch --json --limit 50 > inbox-batch.json
memo-cli apply --format json --input enrichment-batch.json

Example enrichment-batch.json payload:

{
  "agent_run_id": "agent-run-20260212",
  "items": [
    {
      "item_id": "itm_00000001",
      "derivation_hash": "hash-itm-00000001-v1",
      "summary": "buy ssd for mom",
      "category": "shopping",
      "normalized_text": "buy 1tb ssd for mom",
      "confidence": 0.93,
      "tags": ["family", "shopping"],
      "payload": {
        "source": "memo-agent",
        "notes": "priority this week"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Pagination note:

memo-cli fetch --json --limit 20 --cursor itm_00000042

Human and machine reports

memo-cli report week
memo-cli report month --json

Runbooks

Agent workflow: docs/runbooks/memo-cli-agent-workflow.md
Rollout/rollback: docs/runbooks/memo-cli-rollout.md

nils-memo-cli 0.3.2