status

---
name: status
description: Use when checking memory system health across auto-memory, rules, and topic files; reports capacity, stale entries, and recommendations.
category: Engineering
version: 1.0.0
tools: []
---

# /si:status — Memory Health Dashboard

Quick overview of project memory state across auto-memory, rules, and topic files.

## Usage

```
/si:status                    # Full dashboard
/si:status --brief            # One-line summary
```

## What It Reports

### Locate All Memory Files

- Auto-memory: MEMORY.md line count
- Topic files: count and names
- SYNTIC.md: line count (project-level and user global)
- Rules: count of files in .syntic/rules/

### Analyze Capacity

| Metric | Healthy | Warning | Critical |
|--------|---------|---------|----------|
| MEMORY.md lines | < 120 | 120–180 | > 180 |
| SYNTIC.md lines | < 150 | 150–200 | > 200 |
| Topic files | 0–3 | 4–6 | > 6 |
| Stale entries | 0 | 1–3 | > 3 |

### Verify Referenced Files

For each MEMORY.md entry that references a file path, verify the file still exists. Stale entries waste space.

### Output

```
Memory Status

  Auto-Memory (MEMORY.md):
    Lines:        {{n}}/200 ({{bar}}) {{emoji}}
    Topic files:  {{count}} ({{names}})
    Last updated: {{date}}

  Project Rules:
    SYNTIC.md:    {{n}} lines
    Rules:        {{count}} files in .syntic/rules/
    User global:  {{n}} lines (~/.syntic/SYNTIC.md)

  Health:
    Capacity:     {{healthy/warning/critical}}
    Stale refs:   {{count}} (files no longer exist)
    Duplicates:   {{count}} (entries repeated)

  {{if recommendations}}
  Recommendations:
    - {{recommendation}}
  {{endif}}
```

## Interpretation

- **Green (< 60%)**: Plenty of room. Auto-memory working well.
- **Yellow (60–90%)**: Getting full. Consider running `/si:review` to promote or clean up.
- **Red (> 90%)**: Near capacity. Auto-memory may start dropping older entries. Run `/si:review` now.

## Brief Mode

```
/si:status --brief
```

Output: `Memory: {{n}}/200 lines | {{count}} rules | {{status_emoji}} {{status_word}}`