> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.deepmerge.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Identity + memory bootstrap

> What your AI tools can do with get_self.

<Note>Action name: `get_self` · Read only (never changes anything)</Note>

Bootstraps an agent into the account in one call: the calling agent's
identity, who else is recently active, and which memory pages changed
since the agent was last here.

*This action takes no inputs.*

<Accordion title="Full instructions the AI sees">
  ```text theme={null}
  CALL THIS FIRST in every session. The ids returned here feed every other
  read tool. Skip the bootstrap and you will re-investigate things the team
  already established.

  USE WHEN: starting any session; deciding where to resume; seeing which
  peer agents are active.
  DO NOT USE: to search or rank content for a task (use get_context(task:)).

  Returns flat identity keys (account_id, account_name, account_email,
  user_id, user_name, user_email, role), plus agent (with previous_seen_at
  so you know what changed since you were last here), account (memory_count +
  last_changed_at), topics (the memory pages, newest first with a snippet
  each; this is what the team currently knows, read it before asking),
  memories_since_previous_seen (count + memory_ids of pages updated since
  your previous connection; skip what was already there and focus on the
  new), recently_active_agents (peers seen in last 15 min), agents_md_uri,
  agents_md_version (re-fetch the manual when this changes).
  ```
</Accordion>