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name: help description: > One-screen quick reference for the Origin plugin. Lists the daily verbs, the daily flow, where data lives, and how to view it without a GUI. Use when the user says "help", "what can I do", "list origin commands", "how do I use origin", or invokes /help. allowed-tools: []

/help

Print the Origin plugin reference card. Read-only — never calls a tool.

How to invoke

When triggered, output the block below verbatim. No editing, no abbreviating, no embellishing. The user is asking for the menu.

Origin plugin — daily verbs

  /init         set up Origin (auto-installs daemon + local memory)
  /brief        load identity + topic context (start of session)
  /capture <x>  save one durable memory in flow
  /recall <q>   search local memory
  /distill [t]  synthesize pages from clusters (scoped to current repo)
  /read <p>     preview a distilled page inline
  /review <surface>   deep audit (surface = captures|revisions); /brief handles daily
  /forget <id>  delete a memory by ID
  /handoff      end-of-session ritual (session log + captures)
  /debrief      alias for /handoff (brief/debrief symmetry)
  /help         this card

Daily flow (~1 min overhead per session):

  1. start session  →  hook auto-checks daemon, silent if up
  2. /brief         →  ~5 s, load context
  3. work normally  →  Claude proactively /captures durable facts
  4. /recall X      →  as needed for lookups
  5. /handoff       →  ~30 s, narrative session log + captures

Where your data lives (everything under ~/.origin/):

  ~/.origin/pages/      wiki pages distilled from your memories (md)
  ~/.origin/sessions/   session logs by date (md)
  ~/.origin/sessions/_status/  current per-project goals + last-handoff
  ~/.origin/db/         memories + knowledge graph (symlink to libSQL)
  ~/.origin/bin/        installed binaries

View it without a GUI:

  open ~/.origin/                  browse in Finder
  code ~/.origin/                  open in VS Code
  git -C ~/.origin log --oneline   timeline of every memory + distill pass
  ln -s ~/.origin/pages ~/Vault/origin   # symlink into Obsidian for graph view

~/.origin/ is a git repo. Skills auto-commit per logical batch (one per
session, distill pass, or forget). Use git log / git diff / git revert
as a free audit trail. No remote — purely local history.

Three classes of artifact:
  - memories: granular, queryable, live in DB only (confirmed = stays in DB)
  - pages:    synthesized wikis, DB + ~/.origin/pages/*.md projection
  - sessions: chronological narrative, ~/.origin/sessions/*.md only

Daemon must run at 127.0.0.1:7878. Hook prints "/origin:init" if down.

Optional upgrades for richer distill cycles:
  origin model install            local Qwen, no API cost
  origin key set anthropic        Anthropic API, higher quality

When to use

• User explicitly types /help.
• User asks "what can I do with origin", "list origin commands", "how does this plugin work", "remind me what verbs are available".
• First session after install — print this once on /init success too.

When NOT to use

• Specific factual lookup → use /recall.
• Setup troubleshooting → use /init (it diagnoses + auto-installs).