> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.siclaw.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Investigation Memory

> How Siclaw learns from past investigations to improve future diagnoses.

## Overview

Every deep investigation helps Siclaw get better at future investigations.

Siclaw stores:

* a human-readable investigation report
* a structured summary of the incident
* searchable memory used to improve future hypothesis generation

## How It Works

### Writing Memory

After an investigation finishes, Siclaw saves key facts such as:

* likely root cause
* affected services or resources
* important evidence
* recommended next steps

### Reading Memory

When a new investigation starts, Siclaw can look up similar past incidents and use them to improve hypothesis quality.

This makes repeated incident patterns easier to recognize over time.

<Warning>
  Memory search works best with an [embedding provider](/configuration/providers#embedding). Without one, Siclaw still saves investigation history, but semantic recall is reduced.
</Warning>