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   integration, written with POSIX shell syntax.
 - `commands.tsv`: curated command descriptions and reminder visibility.
 - `commands.README.md`: format and maintenance instructions for `commands.tsv`.
+- `memory.tsv`: selectively curated shell-memory questions and answers.
+- `memory.README.md`: format, scope and daily-selection behavior for the memory
+  question bank.
 - `install.sh`: installs the `~/.profile` symlink.
 
 ## Alias portability
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+# Shell memory questions
+
+`memory.tsv` is a selectively curated question-and-answer bank for reinforcing
+useful shell commands. It deliberately excludes internal functions, standard
+command overrides and deprecated transition aliases.
+
+Each non-empty line contains three tab-separated fields:
+
+```text
+name	question	answer
+```
+
+- `name` is a unique stable identifier, normally the command or alias name.
+- `question` is displayed on shell startup.
+- `answer` is displayed by running `answerpls` in that terminal.
+
+The file has no header or comments. Empty fields, duplicate names and malformed
+rows are errors.
+
+Bash selects one entry deterministically from the local calendar date. Every
+terminal opened on the same day therefore shows the same question without
+requiring a state file. Editing the bank may change which question maps to a
+given date.
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+nap	What do you use as a snippet manager?	nap
+hyprpicker	What do you use as a colour picker?	hyprpicker
+nmcli	What manages NetworkManager from the terminal?	nmcli
+lftp	What do you use for interactive file transfers?	lftp
+lxc-wp	What creates a local WordPress LXC project?	lxc-wp
+qv4l2	What opens the Video4Linux control panel?	qv4l2
+cheat	What displays command-line cheatsheets?	cheat
+vimv	What lets you batch rename files in Vim?	vimv
+rclone	What synchronizes files with cloud storage?	rclone
+zathura	What lightweight application opens documents?	zathura
+tesseract	What performs optical character recognition?	tesseract
+remmina	What opens remote desktop connections?	remmina
+wl-copy	What copies text to the Wayland clipboard?	wl-copy
+wl-paste	What pastes text from the Wayland clipboard?	wl-paste
+hosts	What lists your configured SSH destinations?	hosts
+commands	What lists remembered commands and their descriptions?	commands
+et	What opens TODO.md for editing?	et
+en	What opens NOTES.md for editing?	en
+ens	What opens NEXT_STEPS.md for editing?	ens
+ee	What opens the current directory in Neovim?	ee
+dusort	What displays disk usage sorted by size?	dusort [path]
+debuglog	What clears and follows debug.log?	debuglog
+mkcd	What creates a directory and enters it?	mkcd <directory>