diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6f60c7..1066b08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls-
 [build-dependencies]
 capnpc = "0.20"
 
+[lib]
+name = "poc_memory"
+path = "src/lib.rs"
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "poc-memory"
 path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/src/bin/memory-search.rs b/src/bin/memory-search.rs
index db3924b..48e8bdf 100644
--- a/src/bin/memory-search.rs
+++ b/src/bin/memory-search.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 // Reads JSON from stdin (Claude Code UserPromptSubmit hook format),
 // outputs results for injection into the conversation.
 
+use poc_memory::search;
+use poc_memory::store;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
@@ -76,24 +78,24 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
-    let query = extract_query_terms(prompt, 3);
+    let query = search::extract_query_terms(prompt, 3);
     if query.is_empty() {
         return;
     }
 
-    let output = Command::new("poc-memory")
-        .args(["search", &query])
-        .output();
-
-    let search_output = match output {
-        Ok(o) if o.status.success() => String::from_utf8_lossy(&o.stdout).to_string(),
-        _ => return,
+    let store = match store::Store::load() {
+        Ok(s) => s,
+        Err(_) => return,
     };
 
-    if search_output.trim().is_empty() {
+    let results = search::search(&query, &store);
+    if results.is_empty() {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Format results like poc-memory search output
+    let search_output = search::format_results(&results);
+
     let cookie = fs::read_to_string(&cookie_path).unwrap_or_default().trim().to_string();
     let seen = load_seen(&state_dir, session_id);
 
@@ -128,27 +130,6 @@ fn main() {
     cleanup_stale_files(&state_dir, Duration::from_secs(86400));
 }
 
-fn extract_query_terms(text: &str, max_terms: usize) -> String {
-    const STOP_WORDS: &[&str] = &[
-        "the", "a", "an", "is", "are", "was", "were", "do", "does", "did",
-        "have", "has", "had", "will", "would", "could", "should", "can",
-        "may", "might", "shall", "been", "being", "to", "of", "in", "for",
-        "on", "with", "at", "by", "from", "as", "but", "or", "and", "not",
-        "no", "if", "then", "than", "that", "this", "it", "its", "my",
-        "your", "our", "we", "you", "i", "me", "he", "she", "they", "them",
-        "what", "how", "why", "when", "where", "about", "just", "let",
-        "want", "tell", "show", "think", "know", "see", "look", "make",
-        "get", "go", "some", "any", "all", "very", "really", "also", "too",
-        "so", "up", "out", "here", "there",
-    ];
-
-    text.to_lowercase()
-        .split(|c: char| !c.is_alphanumeric())
-        .filter(|w| !w.is_empty() && w.len() > 2 && !STOP_WORDS.contains(w))
-        .take(max_terms)
-        .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-        .join(" ")
-}
 
 fn extract_key_from_line(line: &str) -> Option<String> {
     let after_bracket = line.find("] ")?;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae56baf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// poc-memory library — shared modules for all binaries
+//
+// Re-exports modules so that memory-search and other binaries
+// can call library functions directly instead of shelling out.
+
+pub mod config;
+pub mod store;
+pub mod util;
+pub mod llm;
+pub mod digest;
+pub mod audit;
+pub mod enrich;
+pub mod consolidate;
+pub mod graph;
+pub mod search;
+pub mod similarity;
+pub mod migrate;
+pub mod neuro;
+pub mod query;
+pub mod spectral;
+pub mod lookups;
+pub mod daemon;
+pub mod fact_mine;
+pub mod knowledge;
+
+pub mod memory_capnp {
+    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/schema/memory_capnp.rs"));
+}
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index 8eedbf0..8f41302 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -139,3 +139,18 @@ pub fn extract_query_terms(text: &str, max_terms: usize) -> String {
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         .join(" ")
 }
+
+/// Format search results as text lines (for hook consumption).
+pub fn format_results(results: &[SearchResult]) -> String {
+    let mut out = String::new();
+    for (i, r) in results.iter().enumerate().take(5) {
+        let marker = if r.is_direct { "→" } else { " " };
+        out.push_str(&format!("{}{:2}. [{:.2}/{:.2}] {}",
+            marker, i + 1, r.activation, r.activation, r.key));
+        out.push('\n');
+        if let Some(ref snippet) = r.snippet {
+            out.push_str(&format!("         {}\n", snippet));
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 550cc8b..27cf53a 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::fs;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 /// Ensure a subdirectory of the memory dir exists and return its path.
-pub(crate) fn memory_subdir(name: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
+pub fn memory_subdir(name: &str) -> Result<PathBuf, String> {
     let dir = store::memory_dir().join(name);
     fs::create_dir_all(&dir)
         .map_err(|e| format!("create {}: {}", dir.display(), e))?;