Context
From the 2026-07-13 mnemon competitive review (red-team validated — Recall memory breadcrumb #3984, learning #668). The red team rated this the best-value borrow in the entire candidate list: a thin verb over machinery Recall already shipped, not a new subsystem.
Prior art this builds on (do not duplicate): aging policy #139 / epic #53, consolidation #141, migration #140, dedup/prune #45 #80 #145. mnemon reference: cmd/gc.go — suggest mode lists non-immune insights below an effective-importance threshold; gc --keep <id> boosts retention (access bump + timestamp refresh), and actual deletion stays a separate explicit act.
Proposal
A read-only-by-default review verb:
recall review # list records that the next aging/consolidation pass would demote/merge, ranked
recall review --keep <id> # pin: boost so aging skips it
recall review --limit 20 --type decisions
- Reuses the existing aging/dedup scoring — the verb PREVIEWS what
recall age / recall consolidate / recall prune would do, it does not introduce a second scoring model (DRY).
--keep is the only mutation: a retention boost consistent with the demote-not-delete locked decision (nothing is deleted).
- Gives the user agency over memory curation without babysitting — 'review what's about to fade.'
Acceptance criteria
Context
From the 2026-07-13 mnemon competitive review (red-team validated — Recall memory breadcrumb #3984, learning #668). The red team rated this the best-value borrow in the entire candidate list: a thin verb over machinery Recall already shipped, not a new subsystem.
Prior art this builds on (do not duplicate): aging policy #139 / epic #53, consolidation #141, migration #140, dedup/prune #45 #80 #145. mnemon reference:
cmd/gc.go— suggest mode lists non-immune insights below an effective-importance threshold;gc --keep <id>boosts retention (access bump + timestamp refresh), and actual deletion stays a separate explicit act.Proposal
A read-only-by-default review verb:
recall age/recall consolidate/recall prunewould do, it does not introduce a second scoring model (DRY).--keepis the only mutation: a retention boost consistent with the demote-not-delete locked decision (nothing is deleted).Acceptance criteria
recall reviewlists demotion/merge candidates with the same scoring the real aging pass uses (no parallel heuristic)--keep <id>boosts retention and is reflected in the nextrecall reviewoutput