keep prompt

Render an agent prompt with injected context from the store.

Usage

keep prompt --list                        # List available prompts
keep prompt reflect                       # Render the reflect prompt
keep prompt reflect "auth flow"           # With search context
keep prompt reflect --id %abc123          # Context from specific item
keep prompt reflect --since P7D           # Recent context only
keep prompt reflect --tag project=myapp   # Scoped to project

Options

OptionDescription
--list, -lList available agent prompts
--id IDItem ID for {get} context (default: now)
--tag, -t KEY=VALUEFilter search context by tag (repeatable)
--since DURATIONOnly items updated since (ISO duration or date)
--until DURATIONOnly items updated before (ISO duration or date)
-n, --limit NMax search results (default: 5)

Template placeholders

Prompt docs may contain placeholders that are expanded at render time:

PlaceholderExpands to
{get}Full context for --id target (default: now) — YAML frontmatter with similar items, meta sections, version history
{find}Search results for the text argument — summary lines matching the query with optional tag/time filters
{text}Raw query text passed as the text argument
{since}The --since filter value (ISO duration or date), empty if not given
{until}The --until filter value (ISO duration or date), empty if not given

When no text argument is given, {find} and {text} expand to empty. When no --id is given, {get} shows the now document context.

Prompt docs

Agent prompts live in the store as .prompt/agent/* system documents. They use the same ## Prompt section format as other keep prompt docs, but contain agent-facing instructions rather than LLM system prompts.

Bundled prompts, loaded on first use:

PromptIDPurpose
reflect.prompt/agent/reflectFull structured reflection practice
conversation.prompt/agent/conversationConversation analysis — commitments, breakdowns, moods
query.prompt/agent/queryAnswer questions using retrieved memory context
session-start.prompt/agent/session-startContext injection at session start
subagent-start.prompt/agent/subagent-startContext injection for subagent initialization

Viewing and editing

keep get .prompt/agent/reflect            # View the prompt doc

Prompt docs are editable — they version like any other store document. User edits are preserved across upgrades (content-hash detection).

keep reflect

keep reflect is an alias for keep prompt reflect. It accepts the same text argument and --id option:

keep reflect                              # Same as: keep prompt reflect
keep reflect "auth flow"                  # Same as: keep prompt reflect "auth flow"
keep reflect --id %abc123                 # Same as: keep prompt reflect --id %abc123

See Also