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name: change-and-decision-log
description: "Use when the user asks to what did we change, decision log, client memory, what to recheck. You get: A per-client log of what changed, what you decided, and what to re-check next time."
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# Client memory

## You get

A per-client log of what changed, what you decided, and what to re-check next time.

## Why use it

The next session should read the last decision before it recommends something new.

## Ask when

- what did we change
- decision log
- client memory
- what to recheck

## Steps

1. Keep one log per client. The next session reads it before recommending anything.
2. Each entry has the date, the URL, what changed, which judgment was made, and what to re-check.
3. Record waits from measurement-discipline and confirms that are still open.
4. Do not store secrets, tokens, or customer lists in the log.

## Hold back

- A recommendation that ignores the last entry.
- A token or a password in the log.


## BudgetSEO data

Keyword, competitor, and domain figures come from the budgetSEO MCP only. Do not use another SEO data source for those three.

Use saved data first. Those reads are free:

- A keyword already tracked: get_keyword_action_plan, find_quick_wins, or get_rank_changes.
- A competitor already saved: get_competitor_overview.
- AI citation gaps already stored: get_ai_visibility.

A figure that is not already in the account is a new lookup. Tell the user the credit cost and wait for a yes before calling it. A cached result stays free.

- lookup_keywords: keyword ideas from a seed. 6 credits.
- check_keywords: volume, difficulty, and intent for named keywords. 2 credits.
- lookup_domain: organic keywords, estimated traffic, and ranking URLs. 4 credits.
- lookup_backlinks: referring domains and link totals. 3 credits.

research_keywords is a separate paid AI run for idea generation on Starter and Pro. It is not the tool for a single lookup.

Crawl checks, robots.txt, sitemaps, and primary-source fact checks are your own work. budgetSEO cannot fetch an arbitrary page.

A bulk edit, a disavow file, or a URL change waits for a person on the agency side to confirm that package.