How do I get the VolatileMemoryStore in the kernel?

[Robert Alexander (roalexan)]

Hello. I have a created a kernel, e.g.:

var kernel = new KernelBuilder(). Configure(c => {...}) .WithMemoryStorage(**new VolatileMemoryStore()**) .Build();

but later, I see that Kernel.Memory is an instance of: Microsoft.SemanticKernel.Memory.SemanticTextMemory.

How do I get back a reference to the VolatileMemoryStore in the kernel? I need it, because want to set a MemoryRecord into it via: UpsertAsync.

[Craig Presti (craigomatic)]

You would typically do this indirectly via the TextMemorySkill, ie: https://github.com/microsoft/semantic-kernel/blob/main/samples/dotnet/kernel-syntax-examples/Example15_MemorySkill.cs