diff --git a/harnessed_reasoning/.core.py.swp b/harnessed_reasoning/.core.py.swp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d17f3d
Binary files /dev/null and b/harnessed_reasoning/.core.py.swp differ
diff --git a/harnessed_reasoning/__pycache__/core.cpython-311.pyc b/harnessed_reasoning/__pycache__/core.cpython-311.pyc
index fac4359..8ee1b11 100644
Binary files a/harnessed_reasoning/__pycache__/core.cpython-311.pyc and b/harnessed_reasoning/__pycache__/core.cpython-311.pyc differ
diff --git a/harnessed_reasoning/core.py b/harnessed_reasoning/core.py
index 5f7df9a..7093feb 100644
--- a/harnessed_reasoning/core.py
+++ b/harnessed_reasoning/core.py
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ class HermesReasoningEngine:
     # Config helpers
     # --------------------------------------------------------
 
-    async def _get_config(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """Get reasoning config from DB, fall back to defaults."""
+    async def _get_config(self, user_id: str = None) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Get reasoning config from DB for current user, fall back to defaults."""
         try:
             env = ServerEnv()
             dbname = env.get_module_dbname('harnessed_reasoning')
@@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ class HermesReasoningEngine:
 
         try:
             async with self.db.sqlorContext(dbname) as sor:
-                sql = "SELECT * FROM harnessed_reasoning_config ORDER BY updated_at DESC LIMIT 1"
-                rows = await sor.sqlExe(sql, {})
+                where = {}
+                if user_id:
+                    where['user_id'] = user_id
+                rows = await sor.R('harnessed_reasoning_config', where if where else None, ns={'sort': 'updated_at desc'})
                 if rows:
                     return rows[0]
         except Exception as e:
@@ -196,15 +198,14 @@ class HermesReasoningEngine:
         try:
             async with self.db.sqlorContext('default') as sor:
                 for kw in list(keywords)[:3]:
-                    sql = """SELECT * FROM hermes_skills 
-                             WHERE user_id = :user_id 
-                             AND (name LIKE :kw1 OR description LIKE :kw2) 
-                             LIMIT 2"""
-                    rows = await sor.sqlExe(sql, {
-                        'user_id': user_id, 
-                        'kw1': f'%{kw}%', 
-                        'kw2': f'%{kw}%'
+                    rows = await sor.R('hermes_skills', {
+                        'user_id': user_id,
+                        '$or': [
+                            {'name': {'$like': f'%{kw}%'}},
+                            {'description': {'$like': f'%{kw}%'}}
+                        ]
                     })
+                    rows = (rows or [])[:2]
                     skills.extend(rows)
 
                 # Deduplicate
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ class HermesReasoningEngine:
         except Exception:
             pass
 
-        config = await self._get_config()
+        config = await self._get_config(user_id)
         safety_mode = config.get('safety_mode', 'strict')
 
         result = {
@@ -689,8 +690,9 @@ class HermesReasoningEngine:
 
         try:
             async with self.db.sqlorContext('default') as sor:
-                sql = f"SELECT * FROM harnessed_reasoning_sessions WHERE user_id = :user_id ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT {limit} OFFSET {offset}"
-                rows = await sor.sqlExe(sql, {'user_id': user_id})
+                rows = await sor.R('harnessed_reasoning_sessions', {'user_id': user_id}, ns={'sort': 'created_at desc'})
+                rows = rows or []
+                rows = rows[offset:offset + limit]
 
                 sessions = []
                 for s in rows: