CLI Reference

Complete reference for all uteke commands. Version 0.0.12.

Global Flags

Flag	Description	Default
--store <path>	Override store location	~/.uteke
--namespace <name>	Namespace for multi-agent isolation	default
--config <path>	Override config file path	auto-resolved
--json	Output as JSON	off
--verbose	Enable debug logging	off

uteke remember

Store a new memory with optional tags, metadata, and contradiction detection.

# Basic
uteke remember "Deploy v2.1 to staging Friday" --tags deploy,staging

# With metadata enrichment
uteke remember "Deploy staging to AWS us-east-1" \
  --tags deploy,aws \
  --entity staging-server \
  --category infrastructure \
  --meta "source:meeting-note,confidence:0.9"

# With contradiction detection
uteke remember "Server runs on port 8080" --tags config --detect-contradiction

# With memory type and temporal bounds
uteke remember "API rate limit is 1000/min" --type fact --valid-from 2026-01-01 --valid-until 2026-12-31

# In a specific namespace
uteke remember "User prefers dark mode" --tags pref --namespace my-agent

Flag	Description
--tags <tags>	Comma-separated tags
--entity <name>	Associate memory with an entity (e.g. "staging-server")
--category <cat>	Categorize the memory (e.g. "infrastructure")
--meta <pairs>	Key:value pairs, comma-separated. Auto-detects type (string/number/bool)
--metadata <json>	Arbitrary JSON metadata
--detect-contradiction	Detect conflicting memories (threshold 0.65)
--type <type>	Memory type: fact, procedure, preference, decision, context
--valid-from <datetime>	Start of validity period (ISO 8601)
--valid-until <datetime>	End of validity period (ISO 8601)
--json	Output stored memory as JSON

uteke recall

Hybrid search combining vector similarity with FTS5 full-text search, ranked by Reciprocal Rank Fusion (RRF). Hot memories (accessed within 7 days) get a score boost.

uteke recall "What framework does the API use?"
uteke recall "deployment" --limit 10
uteke recall "database config" --namespace hermes --json
uteke recall "server" --entity staging-server --json
uteke recall "config" --category infrastructure --limit 5

Flag	Description
--limit <n>	Max results (default: 5)
--entity <name>	Filter results to a specific entity
--category <cat>	Filter results to a specific category
--json	Output as JSON array

uteke search

Keyword text search with tag filtering.

uteke search "monorepo"
uteke search "deploy" --tags staging,prod --limit 20
uteke search "api" --namespace backend --json

Flag	Description
--tags <tags>	Filter by comma-separated tags
--limit <n>	Max results (default: 20)
--json	Output as JSON

uteke list

List memories with optional tag, entity, category filter and pagination.

uteke list --limit 20
uteke list --tag deploy --offset 10 --json
uteke list --entity staging-server --json
uteke list --category infrastructure --limit 10
uteke list --namespace hermes

Flag	Description
--tag <tag>	Filter by single tag
--entity <name>	Filter by entity name
--category <cat>	Filter by category
--limit <n>	Max results (default: 20)
--offset <n>	Skip first N results
--json	Output as JSON

uteke forget

Delete memories by ID, tag, tier, or all. Supports bulk operations.

# Delete single memory
uteke forget <uuid> --confirm

# Delete all with a tag
uteke forget --tag deploy --confirm

# Delete all cold-tier memories (>30 days old)
uteke forget --cold --confirm

# Delete everything in namespace
uteke forget --all --confirm

# Preview without deleting
uteke forget --tag stale --dry-run

Flag	Description
--tag <tag>	Delete all memories with this tag
--cold	Delete all cold-tier memories (>30 days)
--all	Delete all memories in namespace
--confirm	Skip confirmation prompt
--dry-run	Preview what would be deleted

uteke consolidate

Find and merge duplicate memories using cosine similarity.

# Preview duplicates (dry run)
uteke consolidate --threshold 0.60 --dry-run

# Merge duplicates
uteke consolidate --threshold 0.60

# Higher threshold = more conservative (default: 0.90)
uteke consolidate --dry-run

Recommended threshold: 0.60–0.70 for small embedding models (embeddinggemma-q4). Keeps newer memory, removes older.

uteke prune

Remove deprecated and expired temporal memories.

# Preview what would be pruned
uteke prune --ttl 30 --dry-run

# Prune deprecated/expired memories
uteke prune --ttl 30

uteke namespace

Manage namespaces — list, inspect, and switch defaults.

# List all namespaces with counts
uteke namespace list

# Show stats for a namespace
uteke namespace stats my-agent

# Switch default namespace (saved to config)
uteke namespace switch my-agent

Namespace resolution order: --namespace flag → UTEKE_NAMESPACE env → uteke.toml → "default"

uteke tags

Manage tags across all memories.

# List all tags with counts
uteke tags list --by-count

# Rename a tag
uteke tags rename old-tag new-tag

# Delete a tag from all memories
uteke tags delete unused-tag

uteke aging

Memory aging management with auto-cleanup.

# Show hot/warm/cold breakdown
uteke aging status

# Preview memories older than 90 days
uteke aging preview --days 90

# Delete memories older than 180 days
uteke aging cleanup --days 180 --confirm

Other Commands

Command	Description
uteke get <id>	Retrieve a single memory by UUID
uteke forget <id>	Delete a memory by UUID
uteke forget --tag <tag>	Delete all memories with a tag
uteke forget --cold	Delete all cold-tier memories
uteke forget --all	Delete all memories in namespace
uteke consolidate	Find and merge duplicate memories
uteke prune	Remove deprecated/expired memories
uteke stats	Show store statistics with tier breakdown
uteke export	Export memories to JSONL (no embeddings)
uteke import <file>	Import memories from JSONL
uteke doctor	Health check (DB, index, model, consistency)
uteke verify	Verify DB and index consistency
uteke repair	Rebuild index from SQLite
uteke namespace list	List all namespaces with memory counts
uteke namespace stats <name>	Show stats for a namespace
uteke namespace switch <name>	Set default namespace in config
uteke hook install <shell>	Install shell hook (bash/zsh/fish)
uteke completions <shell>	Generate shell completions

uteke-serve (Server Mode)

Start a persistent HTTP server for fast AI agent access. Eliminates cold start (~980ms → ~21ms per operation).

# Start server on default port (8767)
uteke-serve

# Custom port
uteke-serve --port 9000

# With logging
RUST_LOG=info uteke-serve --port 8767

When [server] enabled = true is set in config, the CLI auto-routes commands through the server. Falls back to local store if server is not running.