MCP Tools Overview
BaseLayer exposes seven tools via MCP. Any connected AI can call these to interact with your knowledge vault.| Tool | Purpose | When to use |
|---|---|---|
| recall | Search your vault | Finding specific knowledge, answering questions about past work |
| remember | Store new knowledge | Saving decisions, facts, corrections |
| recent | Load recent context | Start of a conversation, catching up on recent activity |
| relate | Explore connections | Understanding how entities are linked, creating new relationships |
| inspect | View entity details | Deep dive into a specific person, project, or concept |
| status | Vault health check | Verifying the connection, checking entity counts |
| forget | Remove knowledge | Deleting incorrect or outdated entities |
Common patterns
Start of conversation: The AI callsrecent to load recent context, then uses recall as needed throughout the conversation.
Storing knowledge: When you share important information, the AI calls remember to save it to your vault.
Research mode: The AI combines recall (search) → inspect (details) → relate (connections) to build a comprehensive picture.
Cleanup: Use forget to remove entities that are incorrect or no longer relevant. It always previews before deleting.
How AIs use these tools
You don’t need to explicitly ask your AI to call these tools. Connected AIs will use them naturally based on context:- If you ask about past work, the AI calls
recall - If you share a decision, the AI may call
remember - If you ask “what do you know about X,” the AI calls
inspect
“Search my vault for anything about the Stripe integration.”
“Remember that we decided to use Redis for caching.”