diff --git a/src/resources/extensions/sf/commands-memory.ts b/src/resources/extensions/sf/commands-memory.ts
index 4d9dbc7a0..a54528b36 100644
--- a/src/resources/extensions/sf/commands-memory.ts
+++ b/src/resources/extensions/sf/commands-memory.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 	enforceMemoryCap,
 	getActiveMemories,
 	getActiveMemoriesRanked,
+	getRelevantMemoriesRanked,
 	supersedeMemory,
 } from "./memory-store.js";
 import { _getAdapter, isDbAvailable } from "./sf-db.js";
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ export async function handleMemory(
 		case "list":
 			handleList(ctx);
 			return;
+		case "search":
+			await handleSearch(ctx, parsed);
+			return;
 		case "show":
 			handleShow(ctx, parsed.positional[0]);
 			return;
@@ -160,6 +164,7 @@ function usage(): string {
 	return [
 		"Usage: /sf memory <subcommand>",
 		"  list                    list recent active memories",
+		'  search "<query>"        embedding-ranked search (gateway-aware; static fallback)',
 		"  show <MEM###>           print one memory",
 		"  forget <MEM###>         supersede a memory",
 		"  stats                   counts by category / sources / edges",
@@ -199,6 +204,40 @@ function handleList(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext): void {
 	ctx.ui.notify(lines.join("\n"), "info");
 }
 
+async function handleSearch(
+	ctx: ExtensionCommandContext,
+	parsed: MemoryCmdArgs,
+): Promise<void> {
+	if (!isDbAvailable()) {
+		ctx.ui.notify("No SF database available.", "warning");
+		return;
+	}
+	const query = parsed.positional.join(" ").trim();
+	if (!query) {
+		ctx.ui.notify(
+			'Usage: /sf memory search "<query>"  (uses embeddings when SF_LLM_GATEWAY_KEY is set; static fallback otherwise)',
+			"warning",
+		);
+		return;
+	}
+	const memories = await getRelevantMemoriesRanked(query, 10);
+	if (memories.length === 0) {
+		ctx.ui.notify("No matches.", "info");
+		return;
+	}
+	const usingEmbeddings = !!process.env.SF_LLM_GATEWAY_KEY;
+	const header = usingEmbeddings
+		? `Top ${memories.length} memories for "${truncate(query, 60)}" (embedding-ranked):`
+		: `Top ${memories.length} memories for "${truncate(query, 60)}" (static rank — set SF_LLM_GATEWAY_KEY for embeddings):`;
+	const lines = [header];
+	for (const m of memories) {
+		lines.push(
+			`  [${m.id}] (${m.category}, conf ${m.confidence.toFixed(2)}) ${truncate(m.content, 100)}`,
+		);
+	}
+	ctx.ui.notify(lines.join("\n"), "info");
+}
+
 function handleShow(ctx: ExtensionCommandContext, id: string | undefined): void {
 	if (!id) {
 		ctx.ui.notify("Usage: /sf memory show <MEM###>", "warning");