diff --git a/poc-memory/src/agents/defs.rs b/poc-memory/src/agents/defs.rs
index a3cd7f4..ab0dc82 100644
--- a/poc-memory/src/agents/defs.rs
+++ b/poc-memory/src/agents/defs.rs
@@ -416,10 +416,118 @@ fn resolve(
             })
         }
 
+        // conversation — tail of the current session transcript (post-compaction)
+        "conversation" => {
+            let text = resolve_conversation();
+            if text.is_empty() { None }
+            else { Some(Resolved { text, keys: vec![] }) }
+        }
+
+        // seen_recent — recently surfaced memory keys for this session
+        "seen_recent" => {
+            let text = resolve_seen_recent();
+            Some(Resolved { text, keys: vec![] })
+        }
+
         _ => None,
     }
 }
 
+/// Get the tail of the current session's conversation.
+/// Reads POC_SESSION_ID to find the transcript, extracts the last
+/// segment (post-compaction), returns the tail (~100K chars).
+fn resolve_conversation() -> String {
+    let session_id = std::env::var("POC_SESSION_ID").unwrap_or_default();
+    if session_id.is_empty() { return String::new(); }
+
+    let projects = crate::config::get().projects_dir.clone();
+    // Find the transcript file matching this session
+    let mut transcript = None;
+    if let Ok(dirs) = std::fs::read_dir(&projects) {
+        for dir in dirs.filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
+            let path = dir.path().join(format!("{}.jsonl", session_id));
+            if path.exists() {
+                transcript = Some(path);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let Some(path) = transcript else { return String::new() };
+    let path_str = path.to_string_lossy();
+    let messages = match super::enrich::extract_conversation(&path_str) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(_) => return String::new(),
+    };
+
+    // Take the last segment (post-compaction)
+    let segments = super::enrich::split_on_compaction(messages);
+    let Some(segment) = segments.last() else { return String::new() };
+
+    // Format and take the tail
+    let cfg = crate::config::get();
+    let mut text = String::new();
+    for (_, role, content, ts) in segment {
+        let name = if role == "user" { &cfg.user_name } else { &cfg.assistant_name };
+        if !ts.is_empty() {
+            text.push_str(&format!("**{}** {}: {}\n\n", name, &ts[..ts.len().min(19)], content));
+        } else {
+            text.push_str(&format!("**{}:** {}\n\n", name, content));
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Tail: keep last ~100K chars
+    const MAX_CHARS: usize = 100_000;
+    if text.len() > MAX_CHARS {
+        // Find a clean line break near the cut point
+        let start = text.len() - MAX_CHARS;
+        let start = text[start..].find('\n').map(|i| start + i + 1).unwrap_or(start);
+        text[start..].to_string()
+    } else {
+        text
+    }
+}
+
+/// Get recently surfaced memory keys for the current session.
+fn resolve_seen_recent() -> String {
+    let session_id = std::env::var("POC_SESSION_ID").unwrap_or_default();
+    if session_id.is_empty() {
+        return "(no session ID — cannot load seen set)".to_string();
+    }
+
+    let state_dir = std::path::PathBuf::from("/tmp/claude-memory-search");
+    let mut entries: Vec<(String, String)> = Vec::new();
+
+    for suffix in ["", "-prev"] {
+        let path = state_dir.join(format!("seen{}-{}", suffix, session_id));
+        if let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+            entries.extend(
+                content.lines()
+                    .filter(|s| !s.is_empty())
+                    .filter_map(|line| {
+                        let (ts, key) = line.split_once('\t')?;
+                        Some((ts.to_string(), key.to_string()))
+                    })
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    if entries.is_empty() {
+        return "(no memories surfaced yet this session)".to_string();
+    }
+
+    // Sort newest first, dedup
+    entries.sort_by(|a, b| b.0.cmp(&a.0));
+    let mut seen = std::collections::HashSet::new();
+    let recent: Vec<String> = entries.into_iter()
+        .filter(|(_, key)| seen.insert(key.clone()))
+        .take(20)
+        .map(|(ts, key)| format!("- {} (surfaced {})", key, ts))
+        .collect();
+
+    recent.join("\n")
+}
+
 /// Resolve all {{placeholder}} patterns in a prompt template.
 /// Returns the resolved text and all node keys collected from placeholders.
 pub fn resolve_placeholders(