a-fig/accordion/accordion-context-recall

Accordion, an external desktop app, may be folding parts of your context to save tokens. A folded block appears as:

{#3f9a2c FOLDED} Assistant analyzed the test failures: three imports were missing…

The 3f9a2c is a fold code — the short summary after FOLDED} is a digest. The original content is preserved and always retrievable.

recall — read folded content this turn

Call recall with one or more codes copied verbatim from the markers:

recall({codes: ["3f9a2c"]})
recall({codes: ["3f9a2c", "00a2cd"]})

The full original content of each block comes back as this tool's result, immediately — like reading a file. Your standing context is not changed: the block stays folded, costs no extra tokens, and the human's view is untouched.

This is the right choice when:

• You need a specific value, piece of code, or detail for the current step only
• You don't want the block to permanently reopen (it stays folded for future turns)
• You're under a tight token budget and opening it permanently would trigger more folding

When to use unfold instead

unfold({codes: [...]}) forces the block open in your standing context — the full content appears on your next turn and stays open until the human re-folds it. Use unfold when you will keep referencing the block over several turns, not just once.

Summary:

• recall — read once, now. No context change. Content in the tool result this turn.
• unfold — keep it open. Content in your context next turn, stays open.

Prefer recall for one-off reads; use unfold only when repeated access justifies the token cost of keeping it open.