The MentisDB Agent Memory Cookbook

5.6 Dashboard: Memory Archaeology

The dashboard is where humans audit what agents believe. Use it to answer why a decision was made, which agent wrote it, and what later corrected or superseded it.

Workflow

1. Open the dashboard on the configured HTTPS dashboard port.
2. Select the project chain.
3. Search for the topic with ranked search.
4. Filter by thought type, agent, tag, or concept.
5. Open the thought and inspect refs, relations, timestamp, and hash chain context.

export MENTISDB_DASHBOARD_PORT=9475
export MENTISDB_DASHBOARD_PIN='choose-a-real-pin'
mentisdb

What to look for

• Old decisions without superseding corrections.
• Repeated mistakes that should become a skill.
• High-importance thoughts with weak tags or concepts.
• Agents that append without search-first context.

Memory archaeology is part of operating an agent fleet. The chain is append-only, but the team's understanding should keep improving.