> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pnbr.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Search memories

> Search active memory. The public REST verb is **search**; **recall** is the SDK and agent-tool verb for the same read.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json post /v1/memories/search
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Penumbra Platform API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The Penumbra /v1 REST surface. Developer-intent nouns (memories, documents,
    submissions, connections, preflight, bridge) over a typed, governed
    knowledge graph. Every write stages through a reviewable delta; verdicts are
    dispositions and findings, never scores.
servers:
  - url: https://pnbr.io
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Memories
    description: Store and recall agent memory as first-class REST.
  - name: Documents
    description: Add and search documents over the source/file substrate.
  - name: Submissions
    description: A generic capture door for app events, forms, and payloads.
  - name: Search
    description: Hybrid, graph, and retrieval search.
  - name: Ontology & Shapes
    description: Read the active ontology, types, and shapes.
  - name: Deltas
    description: 'The governed-write primitive: stage, plan, apply, revert.'
  - name: Graph
    description: >-
      Direct reads of the typed graph: nodes, edges, and counts. Scope:
      graph:read.
  - name: Extraction
    description: Coerce source material into typed entities through a shape.
  - name: Context & Slices
    description: >-
      Author reusable context scopes (slices) and compile them into context. A
      slice is a saved scope; the context verbs act on a scope or a saved slice.
  - name: Preflight
    description: >-
      Read-only decision-quality verdicts: is the graph fit to act on?
      Disposition plus findings, never a score.
  - name: Loops
    description: Bounded agentic extraction and hydration loops over your context.
  - name: Connections
    description: Headless integration connect for token-paste platforms.
  - name: Bridge
    description: Map an external API's type system onto your ontology.
paths:
  /v1/memories/search:
    post:
      tags:
        - Memories
      summary: Search memories
      description: >-
        Search active memory. The public REST verb is **search**; **recall** is
        the SDK and agent-tool verb for the same read.
      operationId: searchMemories
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                query:
                  type: string
                limit:
                  type: integer
                project_id:
                  type: string
            example:
              query: procurement
              project_id: 9142fa4d-7aad-4a1b-8f99-b522fd37518d
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Matching memories with adjacent edges.
          content:
            application/json:
              example:
                query: procurement
                project_id: 9142fa4d-7aad-4a1b-8f99-b522fd37518d
                planes:
                  - memory
                nodes:
                  - id: 92e22e9e-ace5-4f88-9972-a2b099f313b1
                    type: memory
                    name: Enterprise buyers stall on procurement, not price.
                    properties:
                      kind: observation
                      content: Enterprise buyers stall on procurement, not price.
                      memory_schema: papi.memory/v1
                    plane: memory
                    created_at: '2026-06-16T00:01:16.851Z'
                    updated_at: '2026-06-16T00:01:16.851Z'
                edges: []
                count: 1
                request_id: a2eb1c9d-5845-46a6-8b17-de7bd679e1df
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        A `pnbr-` API key. Project-scoped keys make `project_id` implicit;
        org-scoped keys require it.

````