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# Your first memory

This tutorial uses the CLI to demonstrate a complete hosted capsule loop. You need an installed `lm`, network access, and permission to create a capsule and store the example fact. See [CLI quickstart](/cli.md) for installation.

The CLI calls this configuration a **Room**, so the create command uses `--room`.

## Create once

```sh
lm version
lm list
lm create my-project --room
lm inspect my-project
```

If `my-project` already exists, skip creation. Keep creation and inspection output private: it can contain credential URLs. The alias is saved on this machine.

## Keep and recall one fact

```sh
printf '%s' 'The project uses blue for its primary buttons.' | lm remember my-project
printf '%s' 'What color do the primary buttons use?' | lm recall my-project
```

Expected result: the write succeeds, and recall returns relevant text about blue primary buttons. Search wording can differ from the original fact. An error or empty result is not a successful demonstration.

## Continue in another session

```sh
printf '%s' 'The button color is decided. Next: draft the settings page.' | lm handoff my-project
```

Open another terminal using the same saved credentials:

```sh
lm resume my-project
```

Expected result: the checkpoint includes the next step about drafting the settings page. You did not create another capsule or paste a transcript.

For another machine, see the private grant-transfer instructions in [Leave work for the next agent](/handoff.md). If a command fails, use [Troubleshooting](/troubleshooting.md).


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