diff --git a/plugins/memory/honcho/session.py b/plugins/memory/honcho/session.py
index d76790a3e5..788be9c669 100644
--- a/plugins/memory/honcho/session.py
+++ b/plugins/memory/honcho/session.py
@@ -626,14 +626,15 @@ class HonchoSessionManager:
         Pre-fetch user and AI peer context from Honcho.
 
         Fetches peer_representation and peer_card for both peers, plus the
-        session summary when available. search_query is intentionally omitted
-        — it would only affect additional excerpts that this code does not
-        consume, and passing the raw message exposes conversation content in
-        server access logs.
+        session summary when available. When user_message is provided, it is
+        passed as search_query to the peer context call so Honcho returns
+        conclusions relevant to the session topic rather than the full
+        observation dump.
 
         Args:
             session_key: The session key to get context for.
-            user_message: Unused; kept for call-site compatibility.
+            user_message: Optional first user message used as search_query for
+                          topic-relevant context retrieval.
 
         Returns:
             Dictionary with 'representation', 'card', 'ai_representation',
@@ -659,7 +660,7 @@ class HonchoSessionManager:
             logger.debug("Failed to fetch session summary from Honcho: %s", e)
 
         try:
-            user_ctx = self._fetch_peer_context(session.user_peer_id, target=session.user_peer_id)
+            user_ctx = self._fetch_peer_context(session.user_peer_id, search_query=user_message or None, target=session.user_peer_id)
             result["representation"] = user_ctx["representation"]
             result["card"] = "\n".join(user_ctx["card"])
         except Exception as e: