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EVERYDAY MEMORY

Why Flow knows something

Trace any memory to its exact words, and see what Flow would have answered on a past date.

Every answer lists the ids of the memories it used. flow why <id> explains one of them: how it arrived, the exact wording, whether anything since has replaced or outranked it, and which facts were drawn from it.

flow why <id>
Why Flow believes it: the exact words, when, and what has been drawn from it.
flow rewind <date> <query>
What Flow would have answered on a past date, before you knew what you know now.

Rewind

flow rewind <date> <query> answers as Flow would have on that date — memories, graph facts and Soul as they stood then, not recomputed with what you know now. Useful for “what did we believe when we signed?”.

Labels you may see in answers

LabelMeans
a later note may supersede thisA model thinks a newer memory covers the same ground. It ranks lower; nothing was removed. A person decides in Conflicts.
confirmed meeting minutesApproved and confirmed by the named reviewers. See Meeting minutes.
decision from confirmed meeting minutesA decision published from confirmed minutes.
under reconsiderationA reviewer withdrew an approval. It still applies until confirmed again or replaced.

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