lox/managing-people

People & Memory Management

Query and update the knowledge graph for people, teams, and organisational relationships via the manager-os memory CLI.

Commands

| Command | Purpose | |---------|---------| | manager-os memory recall <query> | Search by name or keyword. Tries exact match first, then keyword search. | | manager-os memory remember --about "Name" --content "note" | Record a raw source note about a person, team, or concept. | | manager-os memory reconcile | Fold unreconciled source pages into durable entity pages. | | manager-os memory relate --subject "Name" --predicate TYPE --object "Name" | Create a relationship between entities. | | manager-os memory log "entry" | Append to today's daily note. | | manager-os memory read <path> | Read a memory file (e.g. areas/people/person-example.md). | | manager-os memory write <path> --content "..." | Write a memory file (creates parent dirs). |

All commands output markdown by default. Add --json for machine-readable output.

Searching

# Find a person by name (exact match)
manager-os memory recall "Alice Chen"

# Keyword search across all entities
manager-os memory recall "architecture"

# JSON output for parsing
manager-os memory recall "Alice" --json

Privacy Labels

Results include privacy labels. Notes marked [PRIVATE] contain sensitive info (visa status, performance, compensation).

• NEVER include private notes in calendar invites, emails, Slack messages, or any external tool

Storing Notes

manager-os memory remember writes a raw source page under sources/remember/. It does not append directly to a durable entity page.

Run manager-os memory reconcile when you want unreconciled source pages folded into durable entity pages with provenance and privacy preserved.

# Regular note with source
manager-os memory remember --about "Person Example" --content "Promoted to Staff Engineer" --source "1:1 2026-01-26"

# Private/sensitive note
manager-os memory remember --about "Person Example" --content "Visa expires March 2026" --source "1:1 2026-01-26" --private

# Reconcile pending source pages into durable memory
manager-os memory reconcile

Creating Relationships

manager-os memory relate --subject "Person Example" --predicate reports_to --object "Manager Example"
manager-os memory relate --subject "Person Example" --predicate member_of --object "Team Example"

Predicates: reports_to, member_of, manages, works_with

Daily Notes

manager-os memory log "## 09:15 — Standup
- Discussed pipeline progress
- Person Example blocked on API review"

Reading/Writing Files

# Read a person file
manager-os memory read areas/people/person-example.md

# Read working memory
manager-os memory read MEMORY.md

# Write a new person file
manager-os memory write areas/people/new-person.md --content "---
name: Person Example
type: person
---

# Person Example

## Current
"

Proactive Updates

Update memories when information changes — don't wait to be asked. If you learn something new about a person in conversation, record it as a source note and reconcile it into durable memory when appropriate.