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“What happened this week?” and “what have we decided?” are two different questions answered by two different tools. Raw activity — PRs, reviews, tasks, meetings — lives as work events and is browsed with list_events. Summaries — decisions, work outputs, captured answers — live as knowledge entries and are browsed with list_knowledge. Reach for the right one and the catch-up is accurate; mix them and you’ll miss things.

This page is a rule you write for your agent. For the distinction itself, see Knowledge vs work events.

Recent activity with list_events

Section titled “Recent activity with list_events”

list_events browses the work-event ledger: the episodic record of what people and systems did. Use it for delivery and activity questions.

list_events(eventType?, author?, repo?, since?, until?, limit=20, offset?)
list_events(eventType: ["pull_request_merged"], since: "14d")
{
  "status": "success",
  "count": 1,
  "total": 48,
  "events": [
    {
      "event_type": "pull_request_merged",
      "subject_key": "acme/app#457",
      "source_url": "https://github.com/acme/app/pull/457",
      "source_provider": "github",
      "repository": "acme/app",
      "occurred_at": "2026-06-15T05:20:21.000Z",
      "actor": { "displayName": "jlee", "user": { "name": "Jordan Lee" } },
      "metadata": {
        "title": "feat: escalate KB misses to a human",
        "prNumber": 457,
        "merged": true,
        "additions": 274,
        "deletions": 47
      }
    }
  ]
}
  • total is the full count; count is how many came back this page.
  • actor is stitched to a Halyard user when the identity is linked.
  • metadata is provider-specific (PR stats, task status, meeting details).

Filter by eventType for a kind of activity, repo for one repository, author for one person (me for yourself), and since / until for a window. Event types are values like pull_request_merged, task_status_updated, and calendar_event_scheduled — see Enums & filters.

Recent summaries with list_knowledge

Section titled “Recent summaries with list_knowledge”

list_knowledge browses the knowledge side — and, usefully, returns a chronological mix of both substrates so you see summaries and the events around them together.

list_knowledge(type?, eventType?, repo?, kind?, author?, since?, until?, limit=10, offset?, include_content=false)
list_knowledge(author: "me", since: "30d")
{
  "status": "success",
  "count": 2,
  "totals": { "knowledge": 105, "event": 387 },
  "items": [
    {
      "kind": "knowledge",
      "entry_type": "WORK_OUTPUT",
      "title": "Reworked docs IA with Starlight",
      "tags": ["docs", "starlight"],
      "author": { "name": "Jordan Lee" },
      "created_at": "2026-06-15T22:55:07.392Z"
    },
    {
      "kind": "event",
      "event_type": "pull_request_merged",
      "subject_key": "acme/app#457",
      "source_provider": "github",
      "occurred_at": "2026-06-15T05:20:21.000Z",
      "metadata": {
        "title": "feat: escalate KB misses to a human",
        "additions": 274,
        "deletions": 47
      }
    }
  ]
}

Each item is tagged kind: "knowledge" or kind: "event" — read the fields for that kind. totals shows how big each substrate is. Filter kind to one or the other, or author: "me" and since to scope your own recent work.

Which one for which question

Section titled “Which one for which question”
QuestionTool
”What did I ship / merge / close recently?”list_events (or list_knowledge with kind: "event")
“What decisions or work outputs were filed?”list_knowledge (kind: "knowledge")
“What did I do in the last 30 days?”list_knowledge(author: "me", since: "30d") for the mixed feed
”What do we know about topic X?”search_knowledge — see Search

The agent rule

Section titled “The agent rule”
Pick the tool by the question.


- "What happened / what was shipped?" -> list_events(eventType?, repo?, since?).
  Work events are activity, not knowledge — they are NOT semantically searchable.
- "What did we decide / write up?" -> list_knowledge(type?, author?, since?).
- "What did I do lately?" -> list_knowledge(author: "me", since: "30d") for the mixed feed.
- "What do we know about X?" -> search_knowledge, never list_events.

In practice

Section titled “In practice”