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Agent Memory as a File Format

https://calpaterson.com/memoryfields.html
13•ingve•1h ago

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JustFinishedBSG•8m ago
That's a whole lot of text to say "it's markdown".
pietz•7m ago
I'm not convinced an unstructured collection of memory files is the way to go at all.
pavo-etc•6m ago
I've come to a similar lofi solution for my agent fleet. Markdown wiki with simple querying is decently effective as a memory system. Setting up a skill that can effectively reduce a session into useful long term lessons is the easiest unlock for these systems.
ltsSmitty•4m ago
This was a compelling writeup to me. I read through the spec and found it easy to understand and make sense of.

I wonder how much my system needs something like this. Between the invisible system memory of my random chats with Gippity, my Matt Pocock skills saving terminology and plans, and whatever else Cursor and Codex do, I don't think I feel a need for more agent memory. I do like how it's exposed and searchable, and not invisible. But I honestly just send my questions/tasks away to my magic agent and eventually it gets it right anyway; do I need more discrete memory my team has to maintain? (That's an earnest question, not disregard for this)

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